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State COVID roundup 10/8: 3,000 plus cases in 24 hours
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health on Thursday reported over 3,000 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 32 additional deaths. With 3,059 cases, this is the first ...
Oct 08, 2020
Biden says he’ll hold town hall event without President Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) - Joe Biden's presidential campaign says because of President Donald Trump's rejection of a virtual presidential debate on Oct. 15, the Democratic challenger will hold his own town hal...
Oct 08, 2020
Sheriff: More bones found near Glasford
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. — Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell confirms that more bones have been found near Glasford, not far from Banner Marsh. Asbell told WMBD News, the bones were found about 5:30...
Oct 08, 2020
US layoffs remain elevated as 840,000 seek jobless aid
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell slightly last week to a still-high 840,000, evidence that job cuts remain elevated seven months into the pandemic recession...
Oct 08, 2020
Trump says he won’t debate virtually
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Commission on Presidential Debates says the second Trump-Biden debate will be 'virtual' amid concerns about the president’s COVID-19. The nonpartisan host of the debates ma...
Oct 08, 2020
Second presidential debate will be virtual
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Commission on Presidential Debates says the second Trump-Biden debate will be 'virtual' amid concerns about the president’s COVID-19. The nonpartisan host of the debates ma...
Oct 08, 2020
Arson likely cause of Peoria fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria firefighters were called just before 10:30 p.m. Wednesday to a home in the 1100 block of W. Dr. Martin Luther King Drive. When crews arrived, they encountered heavy smoke a...
Oct 08, 2020
Update: Standoff with police in Goodfield ends
***UPDATE*** Deer Creek/Goodfield Police Chief Bradley Potts identified the man as 29-year-old Trent D. Johnson. Potts said the welfare check came at 6:24, after a report Johnson may have been suicida...
Oct 07, 2020
Pence, Harris spar over COVID-19 in vice presidential debate
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Republican Mike Pence firmly defended the Trump administration's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic while his Democratic challenger, Kamala Harris, condemned what she called "the ...
Oct 07, 2020
Teen named suspect in hit-and-run that injured child
PEORIA, Ill. — A 17-year-old male has been cited by Peoria Police for two violations in regards to a hit-and-run that left an 11-year-old with serious injuries. The teen appeared at the Peoria P...
Oct 07, 2020
Peoria, IL, USA
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