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Local COVID roundup 8/7: lower case count, but with catch
PEORIA, Ill. — While Friday’s tri-county COVID-19 case count came back lower than Thursday’s count, it also came with a caveat. The Peoria City/County Health Department reported 58 n...
Jeremy Scott Aug 07, 2020
State lays out emergency COVID rules for businesses, educational facilities
CHICAGO — Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health announced emergency rules on Friday for businesses, schools, and child care facilities to help prevent further spread of...
Jeremy Scott Aug 07, 2020
State COVID roundup 8/7: 2,000 mark broken for first time since May
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The last time Illinois, as a state, surpassed the 2,000 COVID-19 case count, America was one day away from observing Memorial Day. Until Friday, that is. The Illinois Departm...
Jeremy Scott Aug 07, 2020
Update: Inmate who died at Peoria Co. Jail identified
PEORIA, Ill. — On Friday, the Peoria County coroner released the name of an inmate found unresponsive in the Peoria County Jail on Thursday morning. Coroner Jamie Harwood said 60-year-old Freder...
Julia Bradley Aug 07, 2020
Morton students, school staff test positive for COVID-19
Morton, Ill. — With classes set to start Tuesday, August 11, Morton District 709 says three students and two staff members have tested positive for COVID-19. Superintendent Jeff Hill said in a l...
Julia Bradley Aug 07, 2020
U.S. adds 1.8 million jobs as hiring slows
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States added 1.8 million jobs in July, a pullback from the gains of May and June and evidence that the resurgent coronavirus is stalling hiring and slowing an economic reb...
Julia Bradley Aug 07, 2020
Manito resident dies in boating accident in Lake of the Ozarks
CAMDENTON, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say an Illinois man has died after being hit by a boat anchor on Lake of the Ozarks. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the incident happened Wednesday afte...
Julia Bradley Aug 07, 2020
Illinois extends unemployment benefits another 20 weeks
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Department of Employment Security has extended jobless benefits another 20 weeks as the state’s unemployment numbers continue to soar because of the c...
Julia Bradley Aug 07, 2020
Kitchen fire injures resident
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria firefighters responded to smoke in a house around 1:00 p.m. Thursday at 2117 W. Ann St. Fire crews found plastic blinds in the kitchen that caught on fire after incense wer...
Mike Sabol Aug 06, 2020
May murder suspect in Peoria Police custody
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police have arrested a suspect in connection with a May 13 murder. The PPD took into custody 23-year-old Devonte P. Thompson after detectives were tipped off Thursday after...
Jeremy Scott Aug 06, 2020

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