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PEORIA, Ill. — The long holiday weekend brought a slew of new COVID-19 cases and deaths throughout Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties. Peoria reported six deaths, Woodford reported nine, wh...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — More COVID-19 patients Sunday night were in Illinois intensive care unit beds than were on Saturday night. Use of ventilators was also up. 3,948 beds in total were in use, ac...

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA men’s basketball tournament will be played entirely in the Indianapolis area, officials said Monday. Due to the pandemic, all 68 March Madness teams will compete in...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 4,469 new COVID-19 cases yesterday (Sunday) and 81 additional deaths related to the virus. In total, 16,755 Illinois residen...

PEORIA, Ill. — Hundreds of homes were still without power Sunday morning following Friday’s ice storm. In the Tri-County, more than 2,000 customers were powerless on Sunday. Over 6,000 cus...

MORTON, Ill. — The Village of Morton lifted its city-wide boil order Sunday morning, according to the Village of Morton Facebook page. Customers no longer need to boil their water prior to consu...

PEORIA, Ill. — A shooting Saturday night at the Greenbriar Apartments is being investigated by Peoria Police. The shooting took place shortly after 7:00 p.m. One man was shot in the torso and ta...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 4,762 new and probable COVID-19 cases on Saturday, along with 29 additional deaths. State labs collected 61,987 specimens to...

MORTON, Ill. — 14 students within Morton School District 709 were diagnosed with COVID-19, and 26 were in quarantine, as of Jan. 1. One staff member had coronavirus and four were in isolation, a...

MORTON, Ill. — The Village of Morton issued a city-wide boil order, effective immediately, on Jan. 2, 2021, according to the Tazewell County Health Department. A temporary loss of power at the W...