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State COVID roundup 10/20: more than 3,700 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Tuesday reported 3,714 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state, including 41 additional deaths. The preliminary seven-day...
Oct 20, 2020
Pop-up COVID testing site moved to Shore Acres
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. — A pop-up COVID-19 testing site, scheduled to be held in Chillicothe at the end of the month, is being moved. The Peoria City/County Health Department said on Tuesday that the...
Oct 20, 2020
CAT unveils video of giant “PAC-MAN” game
PEORIA, Ill. — A few years back, Caterpillar launched a series of videos featuring a gigantic Jenga game, an outrageous setup of Dominoes, construction of the world’s tallest sand castle, ...
Oct 20, 2020
Pritzker brings back daily press briefings
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. J-B Pritzker is resuming his daily updates on COVID-19 as all regions of the state are seeing cases increase. “Thursday we set a record high of cases identified in...
Oct 20, 2020
Supreme Court denies GOP request to stop extended period in Pennsylvania for returning ballots
WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania election officials will be allowed to count ballots received up to three days after Election Day after a Monday night Supreme Court ruling. This refuses a Republican re...
Oct 19, 2020
Local COVID roundup 10/19: 6 die, over 200 new positives
PEORIA, Ill. — Long-term care facilities in Peoria and Tazewell Counties over the weekend grieved six deaths related to COVID-19. In Tazewell, a woman in her 80s who lived at Timber Creek Rehab ...
Oct 19, 2020
Peoria Police find woman dead in home
PEORIA, Ill. — A woman was found dead in her home Monday morning in the 2300 block of W. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Peoria Police Detectives received a tip regarding a deceased person inside of ...
Oct 19, 2020
State COVID roundup 10/19: seven-day positivity rate rises again
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday reported 3,113 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 22 additional deaths. The seven-day statewide pos...
Oct 19, 2020
Early Voting breaking records in Tazewell and Peoria Counties
PEORIA, Ill. — Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, early voting has been very popular with local voters so far. Two weeks ahead of the 2020 Presidential Election, Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman s...
Oct 19, 2020
Farmington Central Schools shift to virtual learning due to COVID case
FARMINGTON, Ill. — Farmington Central Jr. High and Elementary schools will begin remote learning this week after a positive COVID-19 case. The district’s website said on Sunday that a staf...
Oct 19, 2020
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