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State COVID roundup 2/18: vax delivery still slow
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Wintry weather continued between Wednesday and Thursday to stifle shipments to Illinois of the coronavirus vaccine. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported only 4,3...
Jeremy Scott Feb 18, 2021
Dr. Kasper: Just being out in the cold won’t make you sick
PEORIA, Ill. — Growing up, your mom probably insisted that you put on your coat and hat to avoid catching a cold. But, is the old adage really true? Dr. Doug Kasper, Infectious Disease Specialis...
Julia Bradley Feb 18, 2021
Madigan resigning IL House seat
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has announced he is stepping down from the seat he has held for decades. He released a statement: The 78-year-old Chicago Democrat w...
Jeremy Scott Feb 18, 2021
Pritzker’s delivers third balanced budget proposal, doesn’t increase income taxes
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — In Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s annual State of the State/Budget Address Wednesday, he delivered a balanced budget proposal that does not include increases in income taxes. ...
Dalton Kemper Feb 17, 2021
Local COVID roundup 2/17: region ICU capacity goes down
PEORIA, Ill. — Five Peoria County residents between Tuesday and Wednesday became casualties of COVID-19. Two of them, both women in their 80s, were long-term care facility residents. One lived a...
Jeremy Scott Feb 17, 2021
State COVID roundup 2/17: wintry WX slows vax shipments
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The winter storm that slammed most of the United States this week has wreaked havoc on COVID-19 vaccine shipments. The Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed Wednesda...
Jeremy Scott Feb 17, 2021
BU hoopster Childs faces sex charge
***UPDATE*** 4/1/21 7:15 A.M. Bradley University basketball player Elijah Childs faces a sex crime charge stemming from an alleged February incident during the Braves’ trip to Springfield, MO fo...
Dalton Kemper Feb 17, 2021
Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh dead at 70
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Provocative and polarizing U.S. talk radio luminary Rush Limbaugh, a leading voice on the American political right since the 1980s who boosted, and was honored by, former ...
Julia Bradley Feb 17, 2021
BU officials: return to normal classes possible by fall
PEORIA, Ill. - Bradley University officials have announced they plan to return the institution to full-time traditional learning, complete with regular campus life and extracurricular activities, for ...
Jeremy Scott Feb 17, 2021
One injured in Pekin stabbing overnight
PEKIN, Ill. — Pekin Police were called at approximately 11:54 p.m. Tuesday to the 100 block of Sapp Street on reports of a man being stabbed. Public Information Officer Billie Ingles said that a...
Julia Bradley Feb 17, 2021

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