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Local health officials urge vaccinations amid surge in cases
PEORIA, Ill. — Local health officials and professionals at Thursday’s weekly Peoria City/County Health Department briefing urged local residents to get vaccinated amid a COVID-19 case surg...
Apr 08, 2021
Local COVID roundup 4/8: 10 days of hospital increases
PEORIA, Ill. — 275 residents of Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties between Wednesday and Thursday tested positive for COVID-19. 165 of the residents reside in Peoria, 83 live in Tazewell, a...
Apr 08, 2021
State COVID roundup 4/8: New daily vaccine record
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Thursday reported a one-day record 154,201 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on Wednesday. Overall, more than 6.7 million do...
Apr 08, 2021
Peoria Police make arrest in Tuesday shooting
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police have made an arrest regarding a Tuesday afternoon shooting in the 1800 block of N. North. Officers found an adult male at the scene with a gunshot wound to the hand ...
Apr 07, 2021
Local COVID roundup 4/7: More than 350 new cases
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department (PCCHD) Wednesday reported 369 new area cases of COVID-19 throughout Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford counties. Peoria County added the highe...
Apr 07, 2021
Peoria High placed on lockdown Wednesday morning
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria High School was placed on lockdown Wednesday morning due to an incident involving an unloaded gun. The lockdown went into place at 10 a.m. Wednesday but was lifted around n...
Apr 07, 2021
State COVID roundup 4/7: 24-hour vax total over 30k higher than daily avg.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Close to 4,000 people throughout Illinois between Tuesday and Wednesday received positive COVID-19 test results. Illinois Department of Public Health reported 3,790 new cases...
Apr 07, 2021
Fire prompts demo of West Bluff house
PEORIA, Ill. — A Peoria house was awaiting emergency demolition after an early Wednesday morning blaze. The Peoria Fire Department was dispatched around 3:00 to 715 W. MacQueen Ave. Upon their a...
Apr 07, 2021
Ali: Peoria Mayor’s race far from finished
PEORIA, Ill. — Dr. Rita Ali led the Peoria Mayoral race for most of Tuesday night over Councilman Jim Montelongo, but the final data dump of the night put Montelongo on top by 73 votes. However,...
Apr 06, 2021
April 6 Election Results (FINAL)
***LAST UPDATED 4/21/21 11:50 A.M.*** PEORIA COUNTY — 169 of 169 precincts reporting City of Peoria Mayor Rita Ali — 50.13% (8,240 votes) Jim Montelongo — 49.87% (8,197 votes) City o...
Apr 06, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
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