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Peoria Rivermen, along with four other teams, opt out of SPHL season
HUNTERSVILLE, NC – When the Souther Professional Hockey League (SPHL) season begins in December, the Peoria Rivermen will not be playing. The Rivermen, along with four other SPHL teams, will ins...
Dalton Kemper Oct 06, 2020
Trump halts COVID-19 relief talks until after election
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has instructed aides to stop negotiating on another round of COVID-19 relief until after the election. Trump tweeted that House Speaker Na...
Jeremy Scott Oct 06, 2020
Local COVID roundup 10/6: daily count well below recent average
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department reported 45 area residents between Monday and Tuesday received positive COVID-19 test results. That number was a significant departure fro...
Jeremy Scott Oct 06, 2020
Peoria’s Santa Claus Parade will go on
PEORIA, Ill. — Many area events have been canceled this year due to COVID-19, but Peoria’s 133rd Santa Clause Parade won’t be one of them. Peoria Area Community Events, the parade...
Julia Bradley Oct 06, 2020
State COVID roundup 10/6: high testing numbers continue
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Close to 50,000 people throughout Illinois between Monday and Tuesday were tested for coronavirus. Illinois Department of Public Health said 49,513 specimens were collected a...
Jeremy Scott Oct 06, 2020
Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Barrett set to begin Oct. 12
WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing for Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination, starting Monday, October 12th at 8am Central Time. The hearing is ex...
Julia Bradley Oct 06, 2020
Trump, still infectious, back at White House — without mask
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump staged a dramatic return to the White House after leaving the military hospital where he was receiving an unprecedented level of care for COVID-19. He immediat...
Julia Bradley Oct 06, 2020
Man shot in vehicle at Taft Homes
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police responded to reports of shots fired at Taft Homes just after 1 p.m. Monday. Officers located an adult male victim who’d been shot in the arm. Peoria Public Inf...
Julia Bradley Oct 06, 2020
Family escapes fire overnight on N. Sheridan
PEORIA, Ill. — After just clearing a vehicle fire, Peoria fire crews were called just after 10:30 p.m. Monday to the 1200 block of N. Sheridan for a working fire. A passerby flagged down firefig...
Julia Bradley Oct 06, 2020
President Trump leaves hospital after three days
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - President Donald Trump on Monday walked out of the military hospital where for three days he had been receiving an unprecedented level of care for COVID-19. Wearing a mask, Trump ...
Dalton Kemper Oct 05, 2020

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