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Fire crews answer two bridge jumping calls in less than day’s time
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria Fire Department responded to two Bob Michel Bridge jumping-related incidents within 24 hours of each other. The first call came in at 4:46 Friday afternoon regarding a ...
Jul 25, 2020
State COVID roundup 7/24: new testing record
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday announced another large batch of COVID-19 cases over a 24-hour reporting period. The 1,532 new cases, while not as large as...
Jul 24, 2020
Local COVID roundup 7/24: Peoria County at warning level
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health has placed Peoria County into a warning level because of recent COVID-19 statistics. The IDPH gives a county a warning when two or mo...
Jul 24, 2020
5 new COVID cases at the Peoria County Jail
***UPDATED*** Sheriff Brian Asbell said a corrections officer was symptomatic, bringing the total number of staff in quarantine to 19. ___________________________________ PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. — F...
Jul 24, 2020
Peoria crews battle house fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria firefighters responded just before 12:30 a.m. Friday to a structure fire in the 1800 block of W. Millman. Fire Battalion Chief Clint Kuhlman said crews found smoke showing ...
Jul 24, 2020
Update: Victim of I-155 crash identified
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. — A crash on I-155 in Tazewell County Thursday evening has claimed a life. Illinois State Police have identified the victim as 48-year-old Steven Richards, of Forsyth. Rich...
Jul 24, 2020
Batch of positive COVID tests pops up at Bradley
***UPDATE*** University officials said the case count as of Friday afternoon was up to ten. This number does include some students, the school confirmed. The July 27-31 orientation sessions will be co...
Jul 24, 2020
Crash at Knoxville and Forrest Hill claims a life of a bicyclist
PEORIA, Ill. — A truck vs. bicycle crash at Knoxville and Forrest Hill in Peoria has claimed a life. According to a police report, the incident happened Thursday around 12:40 p.m. when a bicycli...
Jul 23, 2020
Trump calls off Florida segment of GOP National Convention
WASHINGTON (AP) - Bowing to the coronavirus threat, President Donald Trump on Thursday scrapped plans for a four-night Republican National Convention celebration in Florida that had been set to draw m...
Jul 23, 2020
Local COVID roundup 7/23: recovery rate back down, hospitalization rate back up
PEORIA, Ill. — With 37 new cases of COVID-19 reported by the Peoria City/County Health Department on Thursday, the area has now seen over 1,200 since the start of the pandemic. In Peoria County,...
Jul 23, 2020
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