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State COVID roundup 7/1: another triple-digit day
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois remained below 1,000 newly-reported positive COVID-19 cases over a 24-hour period, as the Department of Public Health on Wednesday reported 828. There were 30 new de...
Jul 01, 2020
Local COVID roundup 7/1: Peoria County inches closer to 500
PEORIA, Ill. — The area’s positive COVID-19 case count rose Wednesday to 666, an increase of 18 from Tuesday. Peoria County could hit the 500 mark by the end of the week, as the countyR...
Jul 01, 2020
Peoria’s Steamboat Classic cancelled
PEORIA,Ill. — The Illinois Valley Striders, organizers of Peoria’s Steamboat Classic race, said Tuesday the 47th annual running, already postponed from the Father’s Day weekend date,...
Jul 01, 2020
A fatal hit and run in May leads to an arrest
PEORIA, Ill. – In the early morning hours of May 25th, Police responded to the 2300 block of W. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive of a male victim that appeared to be hit by a vehicle. The victim was...
Jun 30, 2020
Minor League Baseball season canceled
PEORIA, Ill. — Dozer Park will remain dark the rest of the year, as there will be no 2020 Minor League Baseball season. The announcement came down Tuesday afternoon from the league, citing ongoi...
Jun 30, 2020
State COVID roundup 6/30: another day of 30,000+ tests
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — It was another day of over 30,000 COVID-19 tests administered across the state, the Illinois Department of Public Health said Tuesday in its daily update. That trend started ...
Jun 30, 2020
Local COVID roundup 6/30: 0 new positive cases in Peoria County
PEORIA, Ill. — For the first time in a 24-hour period since March, Peoria County from Monday to Tuesday had no positive COVID-19 tests to report. Peoria City/County Health Department Communicati...
Jun 30, 2020
Washington homicide victim was stabbed to death
***UPDATE*** Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley has identified the victim as 41-year-old Joshua R. Snyder. Hanley said an autopsy Tuesday showed the official cause of death was multiple stab wound...
Jun 30, 2020
Morton Dist. 709 plans for in-person instruction
MORTON, Ill. — Morton students will be in the classroom full-time in the fall. Morton Schools Superintendent Jeff Hill said Monday in a press release that the District 709’s School Board h...
Jun 30, 2020
Morton business destroyed by fire
MORTON, Ill. — Fire broke out just after 5:30 p.m. Monday at One Source Equipment Rentals on Detroit Avenue in Morton. A passerby called in the fire while driving on I-155. Thick black smoke was...
Jun 30, 2020
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