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Virtual Summer Camps
A handful of camps are re-opening…but most are still shut down. I know it can be pretty daunting trying to find activities for kids to do during the summer, but we may have a resolution for you....
Jul 02, 2020
US adds 4.8 million jobs as unemployment falls to 11.1%
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. employers added a substantial 4.8 million jobs in June, and the unemployment rate fell to 11.1%, as the job market improved for a second straight month yet still remained far sh...
Jul 02, 2020
Pekin will hold scaled-back Marigold Festival
PEKIN, Ill. — Pekin’s Marigold Festival will look a bit different this year. The Pekin Chamber of Commerce announced in a news release Wednesday, instead of the traditional Marigold Festiv...
Jul 02, 2020
Family escapes house fire thanks to smoke detector
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria firefighters responded around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday to a house fire at 304 E. Republic St. “When our crews arrived, they found light smoke coming from the home, due to ...
Jul 01, 2020
State COVID roundup 7/1: another triple-digit day
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois remained below 1,000 newly-reported positive COVID-19 cases over a 24-hour period, as the Department of Public Health on Wednesday reported 828. There were 30 new de...
Jul 01, 2020
Local COVID roundup 7/1: Peoria County inches closer to 500
PEORIA, Ill. — The area’s positive COVID-19 case count rose Wednesday to 666, an increase of 18 from Tuesday. Peoria County could hit the 500 mark by the end of the week, as the countyR...
Jul 01, 2020
Peoria’s Steamboat Classic cancelled
PEORIA,Ill. — The Illinois Valley Striders, organizers of Peoria’s Steamboat Classic race, said Tuesday the 47th annual running, already postponed from the Father’s Day weekend date,...
Jul 01, 2020
A fatal hit and run in May leads to an arrest
PEORIA, Ill. – In the early morning hours of May 25th, Police responded to the 2300 block of W. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive of a male victim that appeared to be hit by a vehicle. The victim was...
Jun 30, 2020
Minor League Baseball season canceled
PEORIA, Ill. — Dozer Park will remain dark the rest of the year, as there will be no 2020 Minor League Baseball season. The announcement came down Tuesday afternoon from the league, citing ongoi...
Jun 30, 2020
State COVID roundup 6/30: another day of 30,000+ tests
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — It was another day of over 30,000 COVID-19 tests administered across the state, the Illinois Department of Public Health said Tuesday in its daily update. That trend started ...
Jun 30, 2020
Peoria, IL, USA
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