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Local COVID roundup 10/6: daily count well below recent average
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department reported 45 area residents between Monday and Tuesday received positive COVID-19 test results. That number was a significant departure fro...
Oct 06, 2020
Peoria’s Santa Claus Parade will go on
PEORIA, Ill. — Many area events have been canceled this year due to COVID-19, but Peoria’s 133rd Santa Clause Parade won’t be one of them. Peoria Area Community Events, the parade...
Oct 06, 2020
State COVID roundup 10/6: high testing numbers continue
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Close to 50,000 people throughout Illinois between Monday and Tuesday were tested for coronavirus. Illinois Department of Public Health said 49,513 specimens were collected a...
Oct 06, 2020
Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Barrett set to begin Oct. 12
WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing for Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination, starting Monday, October 12th at 8am Central Time. The hearing is ex...
Oct 06, 2020
Trump, still infectious, back at White House — without mask
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump staged a dramatic return to the White House after leaving the military hospital where he was receiving an unprecedented level of care for COVID-19. He immediat...
Oct 06, 2020
Man shot in vehicle at Taft Homes
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police responded to reports of shots fired at Taft Homes just after 1 p.m. Monday. Officers located an adult male victim who’d been shot in the arm. Peoria Public Inf...
Oct 06, 2020
Family escapes fire overnight on N. Sheridan
PEORIA, Ill. — After just clearing a vehicle fire, Peoria fire crews were called just after 10:30 p.m. Monday to the 1200 block of N. Sheridan for a working fire. A passerby flagged down firefig...
Oct 06, 2020
President Trump leaves hospital after three days
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - President Donald Trump on Monday walked out of the military hospital where for three days he had been receiving an unprecedented level of care for COVID-19. Wearing a mask, Trump ...
Oct 05, 2020
Local COVID roundup 10/5: 2 weekend deaths
PEORIA, Ill. — A pair of Tazewell County residents passed away over the weekend from complications related to coronavirus. The Peoria City/County Health Department on Monday reported a female in...
Oct 05, 2020
State COVID roundup 10/5: over 1,800 positive
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,853 people in the state between Sunday and Monday received positive COVID-19 test results. 14 deaths were reported during ...
Oct 05, 2020
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