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US, Canada working on mutual ban on nonessential travel
TORONTO (AP) – A Canadian official says Canada and the United States are working out the details of a mutual ban on nonessential travel between the two countries amid the new coronavirus pandemi...
Julia Bradley Mar 18, 2020
PPD suspends lobby services
PEORIA, Ill. — In an attempt to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus, and in observation of social distancing, the Peoria Police Department has suspended its lobby services effective immediatel...
Julia Bradley Mar 18, 2020
World virus infections hit 200,000; Borders jammed in Europe
BERLIN (AP) – Desperate travelers in cars and trucks are choking European borders. They have created traffic jams miles long as they sought to get back home before borders slammed shut. Truckers...
Julia Bradley Mar 18, 2020
Tazewell County primary election results
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. — Here are the primary election results for Tazewell County as of 12:15 a.m. Wednesday with 108 out of 109 precincts reporting: For United States President Dem: Bernie Sand...
Kristina Leahy Mar 18, 2020
Peoria County primary election results
PEORIA, Ill. — With 169 of 169 precincts in Peoria County reporting, here are the primary election results from Tuesday night. For President of the United States Dem: Bernie Sanders (D) — ...
Dalton Kemper Mar 17, 2020
Local grocer applies shopping hours for senior citizens
WEST PEORIA, Ill. — In minimizing the spread of COVID-19, commonly known as coronavirus, Haddad West Peoria Market has offered a special “seniors only” shopping hours. The objective ...
Mike Sabol Mar 17, 2020
COVID-19 on voters’ minds
PEORIA, Ill. — Illinois Central College was the voting location for seven precincts Tuesday night, including two polling locations, and COVID-19 was very clearly on peoples’ minds. Indepen...
Dalton Kemper Mar 17, 2020
Biden wins Florida, Illinois as coronavirus disrupts voting
WASHINGTON (AP) - Joe Biden won the Florida and Illinois primaries on Tuesday, building on a remarkable surge as he barrels toward the Democratic presidential nomination at a time when the nation is g...
Jeremy Scott Mar 17, 2020
Four COVID-19 tests positive in tri-county region
PEORIA, Ill. — Monica Hendrickson of the Peoria City/County Health Department said the tri-county area’s COVID-19 positive tests were up to four, as of Tuesday afternoon. Hendrickson said ...
Kristina Leahy Mar 17, 2020
One death related to COVID-19 in Illinois
CHICAGO, Ill. — Governor J.B Pritzker announced during his daily update that there has been one death in Illinois related to COVID-19. “We lost an Illinoisan today to COVID-19,” Prit...
Kristina Leahy Mar 17, 2020

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