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NWS: Tuesday storm probably not a tornado
PEORIA, Ill. — The National Weather Service on Wednesday was weeding through trained spotter reports from Tuesday’s storm to determine whether or not there was any official tornadic activi...
Jeremy Scott Nov 11, 2020
US hits record COVID-19 hospitalizations amid virus surge
NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. hit a record number of coronavirus hospitalizations Tuesday and surpassed 1 million new confirmed cases in just the first 10 days of November amid a nationwide surge of infect...
Jeremy Scott Nov 11, 2020
Peoria City Council passes revised 2021 budget
PEORIA, Ill. — As the COVID-19 pandemic spikes across the United States at record levels, the Peoria City Council passed a revised budget for the 2021 fiscal year at Tuesday night’s meetin...
Dalton Kemper Nov 10, 2020
Local COVID roundup 11/10: day 12 above important number
PEORIA, Ill. — 327 people throughout Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties between Monday and Tuesday became active COVID-19 cases. 158 of the new active cases were in Peoria. 129 of them were...
Jeremy Scott Nov 10, 2020
Bradley announces home basketball games will be without fans to start season
***UPDATE*** Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications, said fans could be permitted at some point during the season, should restrictions be lifted. _____________________________________ PEORIA, I...
Jeremy Scott Nov 10, 2020
COVID wreaking havoc on local hospital bed capacity, workers
PEORIA, Ill. — Local hospitalizations for COVID-19 are up, overall, and, to a lesser degree, intensive care unit capacity is down. UnityPoint Health Regional President and CEO Keith Knepp told W...
Jeremy Scott Nov 10, 2020
State COVID roundup 11/10: Illinois hits half million
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — With over 12,623 new COVID-19 cases reported between Monday and Tuesday throughout Illinois, the state has now seen over 500,000 cases since the start of the pandemic. Illino...
Jeremy Scott Nov 10, 2020
PPS students will return to remote learning after Winter Break
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Public Schools student will not immediately return to the classroom after the holiday.s Schools Superintendent Dr. Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat said at Monday night’s Scho...
Julia Bradley Nov 10, 2020
Collins: A threat of severe storms Tuesday
PEORIA, Ill. — Record high temperatures on Monday could lead to severe weather Tuesday afternoon in the Peoria metro area. “Although we’ll see a few scattered showers this (Tuesday) ...
Julia Bradley Nov 10, 2020
Testing timeline: What’s ahead for COVID-19 vaccines
(AP) — Pfizer's surprising news that its COVID-19 vaccine might offer more protection than anticipated is raising questions about exactly how the different shots will make it to market. Pfizer a...
Julia Bradley Nov 10, 2020

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