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State COVID roundup 5/21: vax numbers once again hit six digits
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Bucking a recent trend of fewer people getting the COVID-19 vaccine than when the shot was first made available, the Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday reported 1...
Jeremy Scott May 21, 2021
State-of-the-art projection system comes to Peoria’s Dome Planetarium
PEORIA, Ill. — A brand-new, world-class planetarium system will be unveiled at the Peoria Riverfront Museum on Saturday, May 22. The system, Evans & Sutherland 6.5K Digistar 7, is considered...
Dalton Kemper May 21, 2021
Dozer Park upping capacity
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria Chiefs will begin to sell tickets for 60% of seats at Dozer Park. The team announced Friday night’s game against Quad Cities would be the first game at that capac...
Jeremy Scott May 21, 2021
2 14-year-old girls among suspects in Peoria carjacking
PEORIA, Ill. — Four suspects, including a pair of juveniles, have been arrested for a Wednesday morning armed carjacking in Peoria’s West Bluff. A woman said the suspects drove away around...
Jeremy Scott May 20, 2021
Peoria Public Health Administrator urges vaccination status honesty
PEORIA, Ill. — With the news last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that mask guidelines would be relaxed for fully-vaccinated individuals, many have wondered how to t...
Dalton Kemper May 20, 2021
Local COVID roundup 5/20: area man in 30s succumbs
PEORIA, Ill. — Two residents of the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county during the most recent COVID-19 reporting period passed away from conditions related to the virus. A Peoria man in his 30s...
Jeremy Scott May 20, 2021
Israel and Hamas to observe Gaza truce from 2 a.m. on Friday
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel and Hamas will cease fire across the Gaza Strip border as of 2 a.m. on Friday (2300 GMT Thursday), a Hamas official and Israeli media said, bringing a potentially tenu...
Jeremy Scott May 20, 2021
State COVID roundup 5/20: nearly 50% fully vaxed
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Almost half of all Illinois adults have reached full vaccination status. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 47% of the state’s adult population as of Thu...
Jeremy Scott May 20, 2021
PIA launches new website
PEORIA, Ill. — The Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport is launching a newly redesigned website. The updated flypia.com will offer passengers and area residents increased functionality ...
Julia Bradley May 20, 2021
U.S. weekly jobless claims drop further below 500,000
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits dropped further below 500,000 last week, suggesting job growth picked up this month, though companies s...
Julia Bradley May 20, 2021

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