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PEORIA, Ill. — Tazewell County had the highest amount of new COVID-19 cases in the tri-county during the Wednesday-to-Thursday reporting period, according to the Peoria City/County Health Depart...

PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria County Sheriff’s Deputy Matthew Hawkins has been released on bail following his Wednesday arrest. News partner 25 News reports that officials with the Peoria County C...

PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics were called to a potentially scary scene Thursday afternoon near the McClugage Bridge. Crews received word around 2:00 a catamaran boat had capsized ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Department of Public Health on Thursday reported 1,707 new cases of COVID-19. During the Wednesday-to-Thursday reporting period, 24 passed away from the virus. The r...

CHILLICOTHE, Ill. — Days after Illinois Valley Central High School reported its first case of COVID-19, another building inside Illinois Valley School District 321 has recorded its first case. S...

Bloomington, Ill. — The Illinois High School Association has taken heat on a recent decision to forgo state championships for all fall sports. IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson told WMBD...

UNDATED (AP) – Hurricane Laura is headed toward Arkansas, where an unusual tropical storm warning has been issued for much of the state. Many schools that just reopened for the first time since ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – Just over 1 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that the coronavirus outbreak continues to threaten jobs even as the housing market, auto sale...

PEORIA, Ill. — One person is dead following a late night crash in Peoria. Peoria Police responded to a single-vehicle accident in the 300 block of W. Glen, near the intersection with Knoxville, ...

LAKE ARTHUR, La. (AP) – Laura has weakened to a Category 2 hurricane as its center moved deeper inland over Louisiana. That’s no longer a major hurricane but it still has extremely dangero...