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East Peoria moving forward with allowing fish processing and freezing
EAST PEORIA, Ill. — The East Peoria City Council decided Tuesday night to move forward with allowing Roy Sorce of Sorce Enterprises to benefit from the Asian carp occupying the Illinois River. A...
Kristina Leahy May 19, 2020
Local COVID roundup 5/19: new death in Woodford
PEORIA, Ill. — The tri-county death toll from COVID-19 rose Tuesday to 11, with one new death being reported in Woodford County, a 90-year-old female with multiple comorbidities, according to Dr...
Jeremy Scott May 19, 2020
State COVID roundup 5/19: all regions looking able to move to phase three
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. J.B Pritzker said Illinois on Tuesday reached another milestone. Illinois became the number one state in the country for COVID-19 testing per capita, overtaking New York...
Kristina Leahy May 19, 2020
Tazewell County Dental Center closed
NORTH PEKIN, Ill. — The Tazewell County Health Department Dental Center has been permanently closed. In a statement released Tuesday, the health department said the closure is effective immediat...
Julia Bradley May 19, 2020
Pool Noodle Obstacle Course!
I’ve seen pool noodles in Dollar Stores all over the place, so why not make an obstacle course using them! What you’ll need: 1. Pool Noodles 2. Pencils or stakes 3. Duct Tape Directions: Y...
Steph Blue May 19, 2020
GOP: Graduated tax ‘cash grab’ will stifle pandemic recovery
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Republicans are demanding a vote in the General Assembly on removing from the fall ballot a proposed graduated income tax structure, saying the state’s pa...
Julia Bradley May 19, 2020
Pritzker staying with the state’s plan
CHICAGO – Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker says his regional plan still stands. During the past few weeks, 11 local counties, including Peoria, provided the governor with proposed plans that prov...
Mike Sabol May 18, 2020
Gunshot victim in serious condition Monday night
PEORIA, Ill. — A man is in serious condition Monday night after a shooting in Peoria. Peoria Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said just after 4:00 p.m. police received a ShotSpotter alert o...
Kristina Leahy May 18, 2020
Local COVID roundup 5/18: experimental drug comes to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. – A COVID-19 drug being used in clinical trials has become available in the tri-county. UnityPoint Health and OSF HealthCare have both recently received a limited supply of remdesiv...
Jeremy Scott May 18, 2020
State COVID roundup 5/18: new contact tracing program introduced
CHICAGO — Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday the state is building a tech-based approach to contact tracing. “That way larger health departments can assist where smaller departments need help,...
Kristina Leahy May 18, 2020

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