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PCCHD offering COVID vaccinations at Heddington Oaks
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department is opening up COVID-19 vaccine appointment slots this week, April 13-17 at Heddington Oaks. The appointments are for first doses of the Mo...
Apr 12, 2021
Collaboration of UnityPoint Health/Springfield Clinic will benefit patients
PEORIA, Ill. — Springfield Clinic and UnityPoint Health –Central Illinois have announced a clinical collaboration agreement between the health systems in the Peoria area, including UnityPo...
Apr 12, 2021
State COVID roundup 4/11: Nearly 3,000 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health on Sunday reported 2,942 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 16 additional deat...
Apr 12, 2021
UPDATE: Driver identified in fatal Peoria County crash
UPDATE 5:45 p.m. — Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the driver who died as 34-year-old David Carman of Kewanee. According to Illinois State Police, Carman was travelling southb...
Apr 12, 2021
Morton District 709 weekly COVID update: Cases up, quarantines down
MORTON, Ill. — Morton Community Unit District 709 Superintendent Jeffrey Hill said in his weekly news release COVID-19 cases are up among students, but the number of students in quarantine is do...
Apr 11, 2021
Gov. Pritzker talks Illinois vaccination rates, increasing hospitalizations
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — New daily COVID-19 cases in Illinois rose above 4,000 Friday for the first time since January. In addition, around 1,800 people in Illinois were hospitalized with the virus. ...
Apr 10, 2021
Local COVID roundup 4/9: Region under 20% ICU capacity
PEORIA, Ill. — Region 2 of Illinois has now slipped below 20% ICU bed capacity, as just 19% of ICU beds in the region were available as of Friday afternoon. The Peoria City/County Health Departm...
Apr 09, 2021
Bradley receives 1,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from Peoria City/County Health Department
PEORIA, Ill. — Bradley University will be holding vaccination clinics Monday, April 12 and Tuesday, April 13 in the Markin Center after receiving 1,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine from the Peor...
Apr 09, 2021
State COVID roundup 4/9: More than 4,000 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Friday reported 4,004 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 21 additional deaths. However, the s...
Apr 09, 2021
Britain’s Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth, dies aged 99
LONDON (Reuters) -Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth and a leading figure in the British royal family for almost seven decades, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace said on Friday. The Duke ...
Apr 09, 2021
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