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IL House GOP critical of proposed legislative district maps
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Republicans in the Illinois House are critical of new legislative districts unveiled last Friday. The GOP said the new boundaries only benefit Illinois’ Democratic part...
Julia Bradley May 24, 2021
State COVID roundup 5/23: Less than 1,000 cases reported
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — On Sunday, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) reported 943 new cases of coronavirus in the state and 24 additional deaths. Data from the Centers for Disease Cont...
Julia Bradley May 24, 2021
Armed drugstore robbers remain on the loose
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police have been scouring the area for two men who robbed the University St. Walgreens. The incident happened Saturday just before 10 P.M. and involved the brandishing of h...
Jeremy Scott May 23, 2021
Tazewell County crash claims a life; victim ID’ed
***UPDATE*** 5/24/21 1:40 P.M. The person who died has been identified. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley said 54-year-old David Becktel died from blunt force trauma. He was the only occupant of ...
Dalton Kemper May 22, 2021
Why you’re paying more: local trucking experts address cause-and-effect of driver shortage
PEORIA, Ill. — The recent pipeline outage that caused gas prices to spike in certain parts of the country brought to the top of many economists’ minds another looming problem related to ga...
Jeremy Scott May 21, 2021
Local COVID roundup 5/21: Hospitalizations continue downward trend
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department (PCCHD) Friday reported three fewer patients are in area hospital beds due to COVID-19 compared to Thursday. One fewer person occupies an ...
Dalton Kemper May 21, 2021
State COVID roundup 5/21: vax numbers once again hit six digits
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Bucking a recent trend of fewer people getting the COVID-19 vaccine than when the shot was first made available, the Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday reported 1...
Jeremy Scott May 21, 2021
State-of-the-art projection system comes to Peoria’s Dome Planetarium
PEORIA, Ill. — A brand-new, world-class planetarium system will be unveiled at the Peoria Riverfront Museum on Saturday, May 22. The system, Evans & Sutherland 6.5K Digistar 7, is considered...
Dalton Kemper May 21, 2021
Dozer Park upping capacity
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria Chiefs will begin to sell tickets for 60% of seats at Dozer Park. The team announced Friday night’s game against Quad Cities would be the first game at that capac...
Jeremy Scott May 21, 2021
2 14-year-old girls among suspects in Peoria carjacking
PEORIA, Ill. — Four suspects, including a pair of juveniles, have been arrested for a Wednesday morning armed carjacking in Peoria’s West Bluff. A woman said the suspects drove away around...
Jeremy Scott May 20, 2021

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