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Peoria Police find woman dead in home
PEORIA, Ill. — A woman was found dead in her home Monday morning in the 2300 block of W. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Peoria Police Detectives received a tip regarding a deceased person inside of ...
Oct 19, 2020
State COVID roundup 10/19: seven-day positivity rate rises again
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday reported 3,113 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 22 additional deaths. The seven-day statewide pos...
Oct 19, 2020
Early Voting breaking records in Tazewell and Peoria Counties
PEORIA, Ill. — Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, early voting has been very popular with local voters so far. Two weeks ahead of the 2020 Presidential Election, Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman s...
Oct 19, 2020
Farmington Central Schools shift to virtual learning due to COVID case
FARMINGTON, Ill. — Farmington Central Jr. High and Elementary schools will begin remote learning this week after a positive COVID-19 case. The district’s website said on Sunday that a staf...
Oct 19, 2020
IL governor says Trump partly to blame for COVID-19 spike
CHICAGO (AP) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker says President Donald Trump and his allies in Illinois are partly to blame for the surge in coronavirus cases in the state. Pritzker spoke Sunday on CNN’s "Stat...
Oct 19, 2020
COVID-19 cases worldwide surpasses 40 million
LONDON (AP) - The world’s number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has surpassed 40 million. The milestone was hit Monday according to Johns Hopkins University, which collates tallies from around t...
Oct 19, 2020
Female shot in back; taken to hospital with serious injury
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police responded to the 4300 block of W. Castleton Rd. just after 5:00 p.m. Saturday evening on reports of a female with a gunshot wound. When they arrived, they found the ...
Oct 18, 2020
Precautions urged for holiday parties as COVID-19 cases rise
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois' public health director is urging residents to celebrate the holidays with limited activities and greater precautions because of the persistence of COVID-19. Dr. Ngoz...
Oct 17, 2020
Collins: Roller coaster temperatures but not as much snow this winter
PEORIA, Ill. — The leaves are falling, and soon snow will be too. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins told WMBD News what we can expect this winter. “Recent roller coast...
Oct 17, 2020
No spring break at Bradley: Prez and students give their thoughts
PEORIA, Ill. — Bradley University made a controversial change last week when administration moved the start of the Spring 2021 semester back one week, as well as eliminating the traditional spri...
Oct 16, 2020
Peoria, IL, USA
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