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Police investigating apparent Central Peoria murder
***UPDATE*** Harwood has identified the person shot as 23-year-old Treek Booker-Lawson. She sustained multiple gunshot wounds to her body, Harwood said. The coroner was not releasing any details about...
Nov 06, 2020
Defense Sec’y planning exit
WASHINGTON — United States Secretary of Defense Mark Esper was planning Thursday to resign, according to sources. Part of the reason he is planning to leave his post, the sources said, is becaus...
Nov 05, 2020
Festival of Lights plans revealed
EAST PEORIA, Ill. — The 2020 East Peoria Festival of Lights has been scheduled, albeit with provisions for COVID-19. The event is set for Nov. 21 at 5:45 P.M. The two-mile route will start at th...
Nov 05, 2020
Local COVID roundup 11/5: 7 deaths retroactively added
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department Thursday reported two new deaths from COVID-19, both females who resided at Heritage Health in Chillicothe. One female was in her 80s, whi...
Nov 05, 2020
State COVID roundup 11/5: 10k deaths, nearly 10k cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — 10,000 was the number on Thursday to keep in mind, as Illinois hit one dubious COVID-19 milestone and nearly hit another. The Illinois Department of Public Health said with 9...
Nov 05, 2020
Challenger King won’t concede to Bustos
EAST MOLINE, Ill. — The Associated Press on Thursday declared incumbent Democrat Cheri Bustos has been re-elected to Illinois’ 17th Congressional district, but her Republican opponent, Est...
Nov 05, 2020
OSF’s Hammerton backs out of Bradley job
PEORIA, Ill. - OSF HealthCare President Tom Hammerton has announced he will not be joining Bradley University as Vice President for Advancement. The university on Thursday morning issued a statement, ...
Nov 05, 2020
751,000 seek US jobless benefits as virus hobbles economy
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell slightly last week to 751,000, a still-historically high level that shows that many employers keep cutting jobs in the face...
Nov 05, 2020
Pritzker: Blame tax-plan opponents for coming budget pain
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois governor has lashed out at "special interests" and "billionaires" who he says "told lies" about the impact of a constitutional amendment allowing for a graduated ...
Nov 05, 2020
Update: One dead in officer-involved shooting in Fulton County
***UPDATE*** Fulton County Coroner Steve Hines has ID’ed the deceased man as 26-year-old Justin Hammack. Hines said Hammack was shot in the chest. UPDATE: Fulton County Sheriff Jeff Standard con...
Nov 05, 2020
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