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State COVID roundup 10/29: over 3,000 hospitalized
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — One day after Illinois set a new 24-hour high for COVID-19 cases, it repeated that action. Illinois Department of Public Health reported 6,363 people between Wednesday and Th...
Oct 29, 2020
Jobless claims fall to 751,000, but new infections a threat
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 751,000, the lowest since March but a figure that remains historically high and indicates the viral pandemic i...
Oct 29, 2020
Bride: Nearly 45,000 Peoria Co. residents have already voted
PEORIA, Ill. — It’s been busy, but pretty much smooth sailing for the Peoria County Election Commission, according to Executive Director Thomas Bride, just days ahead of the 2020 election....
Oct 29, 2020
3 dead in knife attack in French church; terrorism suspected
PARIS (AP) - An attacker armed with a knife killed three people at a church in the Mediterranean city of Nice, the third attack in two months in France. The assailant was shot by police and hospitaliz...
Oct 29, 2020
Arrest made in Tuesday night stabbing
PEORIA, Ill. — An arrest has been made in the Tuesday night stabbing outside of Ulrich’s Rebellion Room. Upon arrival at approximately 2:30 a.m., officers found an adult male with stab wou...
Oct 28, 2020
IHSA to defy state orders, go forward with basketball season
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — The Illinois High School Association has voted to move forward with basketball season as planned, which would defy orders handed down Tuesday by Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Il...
Oct 28, 2020
Local COVID roundup 10/28: 4 deaths, FCI outbreak update
PEORIA, Ill. — There was significant COVID-19 activity to report between Tuesday and Wednesday throughout the entirety of the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county. In Woodford County, a man in hi...
Oct 28, 2020
State COVID roundup 10/28: 6K
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois’s 24-hour COVID-19 case count from Tuesday to Wednesday surpassed 6,000, setting yet another one-day record. Along with the 6,110 positives were 51 reported de...
Oct 28, 2020
No. 9 Wisconsin cancels Nebraska game; Chryst tests positive
No. 9 Wisconsin has canceled its game at Nebraska on Saturday and paused all team activities for at least seven days after a dozen people within the program including coach Paul Chryst tested positive...
Oct 28, 2020
Students help bring Bradley’s positivity rate down
PEORIA, Ill. — Bradley University, like schools nationwide, has had to deal with outbreaks of the coronavirus on campus. Bradley Spokesperson Renee Charles told WMBD’s “The Greg and ...
Oct 28, 2020
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