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Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided US
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday, positioning himself to lead a nation gripped by historic pandemic an...
Jeremy Scott Nov 07, 2020
Trump chief of staff Meadows diagnosed with COVID-19
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows has been diagnosed with the coronavirus as the nation sets daily records for confirmed cases for the pandemic. Two senior adminis...
Jeremy Scott Nov 06, 2020
State COVID roundup 11/6: case count hits 10k
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois saw over 10,000 cases of COVID-19 between Thursday and Friday to go along with 49 deaths. 10,376 people during that time received positive test results. 98,401 COVID...
Jeremy Scott Nov 06, 2020
Local COVID roundup 11/6: over 300 new cases in 24 hours
PEORIA, Ill. — Four people died and 325 people tested positive between Thursday and Friday for COVID-19 throughout the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county. The deaths in Peoria County were of tw...
Jeremy Scott Nov 06, 2020
Former Bush, Romney aide says Trump legal pursuit likely futile
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s Thursday night speech from the White House Briefing Room left many talking heads and the voting public at large wondering if the President would take ...
Jeremy Scott Nov 06, 2020
Police investigating apparent Central Peoria murder
***UPDATE*** Harwood has identified the person shot as 23-year-old Treek Booker-Lawson. She sustained multiple gunshot wounds to her body, Harwood said. The coroner was not releasing any details about...
Jeremy Scott Nov 06, 2020
Defense Sec’y planning exit
WASHINGTON — United States Secretary of Defense Mark Esper was planning Thursday to resign, according to sources. Part of the reason he is planning to leave his post, the sources said, is becaus...
Jeremy Scott Nov 05, 2020
Festival of Lights plans revealed
EAST PEORIA, Ill. — The 2020 East Peoria Festival of Lights has been scheduled, albeit with provisions for COVID-19. The event is set for Nov. 21 at 5:45 P.M. The two-mile route will start at th...
Jeremy Scott Nov 05, 2020
Local COVID roundup 11/5: 7 deaths retroactively added
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department Thursday reported two new deaths from COVID-19, both females who resided at Heritage Health in Chillicothe. One female was in her 80s, whi...
Dalton Kemper Nov 05, 2020
State COVID roundup 11/5: 10k deaths, nearly 10k cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — 10,000 was the number on Thursday to keep in mind, as Illinois hit one dubious COVID-19 milestone and nearly hit another. The Illinois Department of Public Health said with 9...
Jeremy Scott Nov 05, 2020

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