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PEORIA, Ill. — A day after COVID-19 case count and hospitalizations seemed to be trending downward, the Peoria City/County Health Department reported Wednesday significant upticks in both areas....

PEORIA, Ill. — The City of Peoria will receive $1.4 million in CARES Act grant money to help local businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced a t...

PEORIA, Ill. — A popular Peoria arts festival is going virtual this year. Ignite Peoria’s Jenn Gordon told WMBD’s Greg and Dan, COVID-19 has forced them to be extra creative. The ann...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The latest negotiating session on a coronavirus relief bill has wrapped with modest concessions being made by both sides. Top Democrats emerged from a 90-minute meeting with Tr...

EAST PEORIA, Ill. — There will, for now, be no second cannabis dispensary in East Peoria. Council voted unanimously Tuesday night not to approve the petition by Sorce Enterprises for the propose...

PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. — A person who attended a special Peoria Heights Village Board meeting has tested positive for COVID-19. According to Peoria Heights Village Administrator Dustin Sutton, tho...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois as a state had 1,471 new cases of COVID-19 from Monday to Tuesday, to go along with 19 deaths. One piece of good news: the state’s rolling seven-day positivity...

PEORIA, Ill. — After a three-day period from Saturday to Monday that saw an average of 51 new cases of COVID-19 per day, Tuesday brought a lower total to the tri-county. The Peoria City/County H...

PEORIA, Ill. – A teenager has been cited in a fatal crash that occurred Monday afternoon in Bartonville. Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell said a 16-year-old driver, from Groveland, was driving...

PEORIA, Ill. — There was a collective sigh of relief on Monday as Peoria learned that Illinois Region 2, which includes Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford Counties, remained in Phase Four of the Rest...