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Supreme Court rules Manhattan DA can obtain Trump taxes
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a prosecutor's demand for President Donald Trump's tax returns as part of a criminal investigation that includes hush-money payments to women who...
Julia Bradley Jul 09, 2020
1.3 million apply for unemployment benefits
WASHINGTON (AP) – More than 1.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, a historically high pace that shows that many employers are still laying people off in the face of ...
Julia Bradley Jul 09, 2020
Pritzker calls for national masking mandate
WASHINGTON, D.C. — While appearing before the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security on Wednesday, Illinois Gov. J-B Pritzker asked for a national containment strategy for COVID-19 that inclu...
Julia Bradley Jul 09, 2020
Collins: Threat of severe weather Thursday evening
PEORIA, Ill. — Though tornadoes aren’t likely, there is a threat of severe storms for the Peoria area Thursday evening. News Partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins said although...
Julia Bradley Jul 09, 2020
Peoria Schools roll out details on fall plan, take public feedback
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Public Schools District 150 called a special meeting Wednesday night to update parents and students on the status of the fall back-to-school plan. While no changes to the p...
Jeremy Scott Jul 08, 2020
Gov. Pritzker announces expanded COVID-19 mobile testing programs
CHICAGO — During a visit to a mobile testing site at Coles Elementary School on Wednesday, Governor JB Pritzker announced the expansion of the state’s mobile testing operation with twelve ...
Mike Sabol Jul 08, 2020
State COVID roundup 7/8: biggest uptick since early June
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Department of Public Health on Wednesday reported its largest 24-hour increase of statewide COVID-19 cases in over a month. 980 was the highest number since the 1,15...
Jeremy Scott Jul 08, 2020
Local COVID roundup 7/8: double-digit increase, no new deaths
PEORIA, Ill. — A local increase of 15 COVID-19 cases reported Wednesday brought the area’s total to 772. Peoria County saw the biggest jump, 10, to bring its total to 579. 100 of those cas...
Jeremy Scott Jul 08, 2020
‘Strike for Black Lives’ to highlight racism
NEW YORK (AP) - A national coalition of labor unions, along with racial and social justice organizations, will stage a mass walkout from work this month, as part of an ongoing reckoning on systemic ra...
Jeremy Scott Jul 08, 2020
PPD opens Resource Center in the East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. — A police presence in the East Bluff. Peoria Police on Wednesday, July 8, opened a new Police Resource Center in the 2300 block of N. Wisconsin in the former Kroger building, now o...
Julia Bradley Jul 08, 2020

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