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Update: Peoria homicide victim identified
		PEORIA, Ill. — Emergency crews were called at approximately 6:20 p.m. Saturday to an apartment complex in the 3300 block of W. Woodhill Lane on reports of an unconscious male. Firefighters first...
			
				Julia Bradley				Sep 06, 2020							
		SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 A.M. SUNDAY (9/6)
		THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 487 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS DE WIT...
			
				Julia Bradley				Sep 06, 2020							
		Morton COVID update: Fewer students positive, more in quarantine
		MORTON, Ill. — Fewer students are positive with COVID-19 this week compared to last week, but the number of students in quarantine is up. Last week, there were eight students that had tested pos...
			
				Dalton Kemper				Sep 05, 2020							
		Inaugural Heart of Illinois Walk raising awareness for CHD
		PEORIA, Ill. — The inaugural Heart of Illinois Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) Walk will take place at noon at the Keller Station this Sunday, Sept. 6. However, the walk has turned into a drive-th...
			
				Dalton Kemper				Sep 05, 2020							
		Peoria Firefighters respond to Friday night blaze
		PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria firefighters and paramedics responded to a residential fire Friday at 9:13 p.m. The first arriving truck company found a fire in the enclosed porch area of the home, locate...
			
				Dalton Kemper				Sep 05, 2020							
		Peoria Fire Union President says 44 positions have been cut in 21 months
		PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City Council voted on Tuesday to decommission two fire engines in the city to help plug the hole in the budget created by the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision has not be...
			
				Dalton Kemper				Sep 05, 2020							
		Friday night single-vehicle accident claims a life
		PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria firefighters responded to a single-vehicle accident Friday night that proved to be fatal. At 11:28 p.m., Peoria firefighters and paramedics were called to 324 W. Glen on re...
			
				Dalton Kemper				Sep 05, 2020							
		Peoria firefighters battle electrical fire
		PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria firefighters responded to a structure fire Friday morning at 825 W. Brons Ave. Upon arrival at 10:19 a.m., heavy smoke was showing. Forced entry to the building by fire cre...
			
				Dalton Kemper				Sep 04, 2020							
		Local COVID roundup 9/4: deaths in Peoria/Tazewell Counties
		PEORIA, Ill. — For a third day in a row, the Peoria City/County Health Department has reported deaths in the Tri-County area. A Peoria County man in his 90s, a resident of Apostolic Christian Sk...
			
				Julia Bradley				Sep 04, 2020							
		State COVID roundup 9/4: data backlog inflates numbers
		SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A backlog of test reporting caused Friday’s statewide COVID-19 numbers to skew highly. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 5,368 new cases of coronavirus....
			
				Jeremy Scott				Sep 04, 2020							
		 
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