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Local COVID roundup 1/25: Positivity rate under 6%
PEORIA, Ill. — The rolling seven-day positivity rate across Region 2 of Illinois has continued to decrease and now sits at 5.6%. Since the region has been below 6.5% for three consecutive days, ...
Dalton Kemper Jan 25, 2021
Region 2 returning to Phase 4 Restore Illinois mitigations
PEORIA, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health announced on Monday that Region 2, which includes Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford Counties, will return to Phase 4 of the Restore Illinois g...
Julia Bradley Jan 25, 2021
Tazewell Co. Coroner releases homicide autopsy results
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. — The Tazewell County Coroner has released autopsy results related to a recent homicide case. Coroner Charles Hanley said that 50-year-old Mona Ellison’s death was ca...
Julia Bradley Jan 25, 2021
State COVID roundup 1/24: Illinois positivity rate 4.8%
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health on Sunday reported 3,292 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, including 40 additional deaths. Between Saturday and Sunday, s...
Julia Bradley Jan 25, 2021
Collins forecasts winter storms for the Peoria area
PEORIA, Ill. — UPDATED: A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect through noon Tuesday. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins forecasts a wintry mix including freezing rain wh...
Ben Pollard Jan 24, 2021
Man taken to hospital following mobile home fire
PEORIA, Ill. — Around 9 a.m. on Saturday, the Limestone Fire Department responded to a report of a mobile home on fire in the Royal Oaks Estates Mobile Home Park. One man escaped the home but su...
Ben Pollard Jan 23, 2021
State COVID roundup 1/23: seven-day positivity continues to decline
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health Saturday reported 5,152 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, including 97 additional deaths. Within the past 24 hours, labor...
Ben Pollard Jan 23, 2021
Peoria Civic Center excited to bounce back after 2020
PEORIA, Ill. — The COVID-19 pandemic hit many businesses hard across the Peoria area, but arguably none were as hard hit as the Peoria Civic Center. The downtown building used specifically for v...
Dalton Kemper Jan 23, 2021
Trump impeachment trial set to begin week of Feb. 8
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Friday announced on the Senate floor the impeachment trial for Donald Trump will begin the week of Feb. 8. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will send ...
Dalton Kemper Jan 22, 2021
UPDATE: Human remains identified as Jeffrey Blevins
UPDATE 2:50 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police have identified the human remains discovered Friday morning inside of a recreation vehicle in the 8300 block of N. Knoxville to be 49-year-old Jeffr...
Dalton Kemper Jan 22, 2021

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