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3 dead in knife attack in French church; terrorism suspected
PARIS (AP) - An attacker armed with a knife killed three people at a church in the Mediterranean city of Nice, the third attack in two months in France. The assailant was shot by police and hospitaliz...
Oct 29, 2020
Arrest made in Tuesday night stabbing
PEORIA, Ill. — An arrest has been made in the Tuesday night stabbing outside of Ulrich’s Rebellion Room. Upon arrival at approximately 2:30 a.m., officers found an adult male with stab wou...
Oct 28, 2020
IHSA to defy state orders, go forward with basketball season
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — The Illinois High School Association has voted to move forward with basketball season as planned, which would defy orders handed down Tuesday by Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Il...
Oct 28, 2020
Local COVID roundup 10/28: 4 deaths, FCI outbreak update
PEORIA, Ill. — There was significant COVID-19 activity to report between Tuesday and Wednesday throughout the entirety of the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county. In Woodford County, a man in hi...
Oct 28, 2020
State COVID roundup 10/28: 6K
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois’s 24-hour COVID-19 case count from Tuesday to Wednesday surpassed 6,000, setting yet another one-day record. Along with the 6,110 positives were 51 reported de...
Oct 28, 2020
No. 9 Wisconsin cancels Nebraska game; Chryst tests positive
No. 9 Wisconsin has canceled its game at Nebraska on Saturday and paused all team activities for at least seven days after a dozen people within the program including coach Paul Chryst tested positive...
Oct 28, 2020
Students help bring Bradley’s positivity rate down
PEORIA, Ill. — Bradley University, like schools nationwide, has had to deal with outbreaks of the coronavirus on campus. Bradley Spokesperson Renee Charles told WMBD’s “The Greg and ...
Oct 28, 2020
Man stabbed overnight outside Peoria bar
PEORIA, Ill. — One person was transported to a local hospital early Wednesday morning after being stabbed in the neck outside a bar in the 600 block of Main Street in Peoria. Public Information ...
Oct 28, 2020
Peoria City Council to pursue asking voters if they’d pay extra property tax
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria City Council voted 7-4 on Tuesday night to direct the city’s legal team and City Manager Patrick Urich to return to the council in future meetings with possible refer...
Oct 27, 2020
Winter sports guidelines announced; high school basketball a no-go
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — With four regions of the state already in mitigation mode and a fifth, Region 11, set to join that group as of Oct. 30, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Publ...
Oct 27, 2020
Peoria, IL, USA
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