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SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today reported 461 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois. Seven new deaths are also being reported, including the ...

PEORIA, Ill. — Scammers and hackers are preying on fears about the coronavirus pandemic. Jessica Tharp, with Peoria’s Better Business Bureau, says stimulus checks haven’t been mailed...

Deerfield, Ill. — Caterpillar Spokesperson Kate Kenny confirms the company is laying off employees at East Peoria’s Building KK indefinitely. Here is Caterpillar’s full statement: A ...

MOSCOW (AP) – In an abrupt turnaround, President Donald Trump extended lockdown measures across the United States as deaths in New York alone from the new coronavirus passed 1,000. Moscow went o...

LINCOLN, Ill. — The National Weather Service in Lincoln has confirmed the Saturday night storm that ripped through Central Illinois produced an EF0/low-end EF1 tornado that touched down near Peo...

CHICAGO — Gov. J.B. Pritzker gave his daily COVID-19 news briefing Sunday and announced good news and bad news. First, the bad news: the state’s total case count has reached 4,596, includi...

LINCOLN, Ill. — The National Weather Service in Lincoln has confirmed the Saturday night storm that ripped through Central Illinois produced an EF0/low-end EF1 tornado that touched down near Peo...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. government’s foremost infection disease expert says the United States could experience more than 100,000 deaths and millions of infections from the coronavirus p...

JACKSONVILLE, Ill. (AP) – A central Illinois college will close its doors after 174 years due to declining enrollment and other financial challenges. The State Journal-Register reports the chair...

EAST PEORIA, Ill. — East Peoria fire and police departments responded around 9:30 p.m. Saturday to a fire at Jim Hawk Truck Trailers. Upon arrival, fire crews found two semi trucks fully involve...