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State COVID roundup 3/7: Just over 1,000 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois public health officials reported 1,068 COVID-19 cases in the state on Sunday, including 14 additional deaths. As of midnight Saturday, there were over 1,100 people i...
Julia Bradley Mar 08, 2021
Update: Suspect arrested for shooting outside liquor store
Update: 7:15 a.m. 25-year-old David E. Dillard Jr., of Peoria, has been arrested on attempted murder charges in connection with a shooting Sunday night outside Laramie Liquors in Peoria. Sheriff Brian...
Julia Bradley Mar 08, 2021
Saturday night house fire causes significant damage
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Firefighters and Paramedics Saturday afternoon were called to 1515 S. Westmoreland Ave. due to a house fire. When crews arrived, they noticed gray smoke emerging from the r...
Ben Pollard Mar 07, 2021
State COVID roundup 3/6: new vaccination record set
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Saturday reported 2,565 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, as well as 50 additional deaths. Laboratories have colle...
Ben Pollard Mar 06, 2021
Morton COVID update: case numbers similar to last week
MORTON, Ill. — Morton School District 709 Friday announced its weekly COVID-19 attendance numbers for students and staff. Seven students were positive with COVID-19, the same number as last week...
Ben Pollard Mar 06, 2021
UPDATE: Driver identified in rollover crash near I-74 near Brimfield
UPDATE 2:29 p.m. BRIMFIELD, Ill. — According to ISP, the driver, Matthew J. Stevens, 36, veered off the road and hit the guardrail, causing his car to overturn. Stevens was later charged with a ...
Julia Bradley Mar 06, 2021
Driver injured in crash near Manual High School
PEORIA, Ill. — A car rolled onto its roof after hitting a van near Manual High School in Peoria Friday night. The accident happened about 7:30 p.m. in the 2600 block of West Martin Luther King D...
Julia Bradley Mar 06, 2021
Peoria Chamber Prez joins statewide business leaders of color virtual conference
PEORIA, Ill. — President and CEO of the Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce and the Peoria CEO Council Joshua Gunn joined four other business leaders of color from around the state as part of a Thur...
Jeremy Scott Mar 05, 2021
Local COVID roundup 3/5: Region 2 dips below 100
PEORIA, Ill. — No one in Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties between Thursday and Friday passed away from COVID-19. The new case count was notably low, too, compared with recent counts, with...
Jeremy Scott Mar 05, 2021
Peoria Riverfront Museum reopening Saturday with new exhibitions
PEORIA, Ill. — After being shut down in November due to COVID-19 mitigations, the Peoria Riverfront Museum will reopen Saturday, March 6. When visitors return to the museum, there will be new ex...
Dalton Kemper Mar 05, 2021

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