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No new COVID cases at the Peoria County Jail
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. — The Peoria County Jail’s current population is 265. To date, 191 inmates have tested negative for COVID-19, according to Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell. “At...
Jul 27, 2020
Senate GOP plan seeks to reduce unemployment benefits
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Republicans say they’ll propose cutting weekly emergency unemployment benefits by $400 until state governments can bring a more detailed program online, according...
Jul 27, 2020
Virus vaccine put to final test with thousands of volunteers
UNDATED (AP) — The world's biggest COVID-19 vaccine study got underway Monday with the first of 30,000 planned volunteers helping to test shots created by the U.S. government — one of seve...
Jul 27, 2020
Heartland Health Services closing Pekin testing site
PEKIN, Ill. — Heartland Health Services announced on Sunday that their Tazwood COVID-19 testing site in Pekin, 3248 Van De Ver Avenue, Suite B, will be closing soon. The change will take effect ...
Jul 27, 2020
State COVID roundup 7/26: lowest death toll in four months
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — While Sunday brought another day of over 1,000 reported COVID-19 cases to Illinois, it also delivered a milestone. Illinois Department of Public Health said one death was rep...
Jul 26, 2020
Body found in river, victim ID’ed
***UPDATED*** Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley has identified the deceased woman as Hayven M. Porter of Peoria. Hanley confirmed Porfter was the person for whom on Friday the Peoria Fire Departm...
Jul 26, 2020
Fire crews answer two bridge jumping calls in less than day’s time
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria Fire Department responded to two Bob Michel Bridge jumping-related incidents within 24 hours of each other. The first call came in at 4:46 Friday afternoon regarding a ...
Jul 25, 2020
State COVID roundup 7/24: new testing record
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday announced another large batch of COVID-19 cases over a 24-hour reporting period. The 1,532 new cases, while not as large as...
Jul 24, 2020
Local COVID roundup 7/24: Peoria County at warning level
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health has placed Peoria County into a warning level because of recent COVID-19 statistics. The IDPH gives a county a warning when two or mo...
Jul 24, 2020
5 new COVID cases at the Peoria County Jail
***UPDATED*** Sheriff Brian Asbell said a corrections officer was symptomatic, bringing the total number of staff in quarantine to 19. ___________________________________ PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. — F...
Jul 24, 2020
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