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TAZEWELL COUNTY/WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. — The health departments of Tazewell County and Woodford County announced Wednesday they will soon be offering online scheduling for COVID-19 vaccine appoin...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced Wednesday the rolling-seven day positivity rate throughout the state was 3.5%. IDPH also reported 3,314 new confirme...

PEORIA, Ill. — Three deaths occurred between Tuesday and Wednesday from COVID-19 complications throughout the tri-county. A man in his 90s who lived at Villas of Holly Brook passed away, while a...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden told congressional Democrats on Wednesday he would not back down on including $1,400 checks for struggling Americans in his COVID-19 relief plan but wo...

LINCOLN, Ill. — Will it be another polar vortex this weekend? Scott Baker, Meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Lincoln, is predicting overnight low temperatures Saturday and Sunda...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid package would increase the nation’s minimum wage to $15 an hour. But, it would also eliminate tip credit....

MORTON, Ill. — The Tazewell County coroner has identified the victim of a fatal crash on Rt. 150 between Deer Creek and Morton. Coroner Charles Hanley said 19-year-old Quinten Cremeens, of Deer ...

PEORIA, Ill. — Christopher Sanders, the 42-year-old accused of killing Mona Ellison, has been charged with first-degree murder. Sanders allegedly beat and strangled Ellison to death, and his bon...

PEORIA, Ill. — In one of the lowest activity reporting periods in months, the Peoria City/County Health Department on Tuesday reported 50 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths. Peoria County had ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pete Buttigieg, a former mayor who challenged Joe Biden for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday on a 86-13 vote to hea...