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Armed drugstore robbers remain on the loose
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police have been scouring the area for two men who robbed the University St. Walgreens. The incident happened Saturday just before 10 P.M. and involved the brandishing of h...
May 23, 2021
Tazewell County crash claims a life; victim ID’ed
***UPDATE*** 5/24/21 1:40 P.M. The person who died has been identified. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley said 54-year-old David Becktel died from blunt force trauma. He was the only occupant of ...
May 22, 2021
Why you’re paying more: local trucking experts address cause-and-effect of driver shortage
PEORIA, Ill. — The recent pipeline outage that caused gas prices to spike in certain parts of the country brought to the top of many economists’ minds another looming problem related to ga...
May 21, 2021
Local COVID roundup 5/21: Hospitalizations continue downward trend
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department (PCCHD) Friday reported three fewer patients are in area hospital beds due to COVID-19 compared to Thursday. One fewer person occupies an ...
May 21, 2021
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
May 20, 2021
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