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Johns Hopkins sues to block rule on international students
BALTIMORE (AP) - Johns Hopkins University has filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration's decision to make international students leave the U.S. if they intend to take classes entirely...
Jul 11, 2020
Trump commutes longtime friend Roger Stone’s prison sentence
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of his longtime political confidant Roger Stone on Friday, just days before he was set to report to prison. Democrats denounced the...
Jul 10, 2020
State COVID roundup 7/10: despite recent gains, most regions still meeting phase four guidelines
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — For the second straight day, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported over 1,000 COVID-19 cases. Statewide, 1,317 cases were reported from Thursday to Friday, the mo...
Jul 10, 2020
Local COVID roundup 7/10: one-fifth of cases in home isolation
PEORIA, Ill. — 28 cases of COVID-19 reported Friday brought the tri-county’s overall total since the start of the pandemic to 835. Peoria County reported the biggest gain, with 19, for a t...
Jul 10, 2020
Teepee Kids Design AND Build!
Who doesn’t love Target? Even my 3 year old asks if we can go to Target! HHAHA! When I found this I thought “GENIUS!” Target now carries a teepee kids can decorate AND build! It̵...
Jul 10, 2020
Boy charged in Goodfield fire won’t stand trial
EUREKA, Ill. — A 9-year-old boy charged with first-degree murder in a 2019 mobile home fire in Goodfield has been found unfit to stand trial. A Woodford County Court judge made the ruling Thursd...
Jul 10, 2020
Peoria homicide suspect identified
PEORIA, Ill. — A suspect has been identified in connection with Peoria’s sixth homicide of the year. On the night of June 29th, Peoria Police were called to a shooting the 300 block of N. ...
Jul 09, 2020
Local COVID roundup 7/9: big case increase
PEORIA, Ill. — In keeping with the trend the state of Illinois is seeing with a resurgence in COVID-19 cases, the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county from Wednesday to Thursday saw a jump of 35,...
Jul 09, 2020
State COVID roundup 7/9: 1,000 mark surpassed for first time in a month
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — For the first time since June 4-5, Illinois has broken the 1,000 COVID-19 case mark over a 24-hour period. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported a count of 1,018 ...
Jul 09, 2020
Majority of Morton parents want kids back in the classroom
MORTON, Ill. — Nearly 95% of parents surveyed by Morton School District 709 said they’ll send their children back to school next month despite concerns over COVID-19. The results of the re...
Jul 09, 2020
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