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State COVID roundup 1/28: over 100k tested
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — 103 people died from COVID-19 and 4,191 tests between Wednesday and Thursday came back positive, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. Labs throughout the st...
Jeremy Scott Jan 28, 2021
U.S. economy contracts in 2020; worst performance since 1946
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. economy contracted at its sharpest pace since World War Two in 2020 as COVID-19 ravaged services businesses like restaurants and airlines, throwing millions of Am...
Julia Bradley Jan 28, 2021
High school sports are back: Local AD, coach and player ecstatic
PEORIA, Ill. — It’s been nearly 11 months since high school basketball games have taken place in the state of Illinois. As early as two weeks ago, there was even doubt to whether or not th...
Dalton Kemper Jan 27, 2021
Peoria Firefighters battle electrical blaze at Landmark Apartments
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Firefighters were called to Landmark Apartments Wednesday just before 2:00 p.m. on reports of smoke inside the building. Upon arrival, nothing was showing on the outside of...
Dalton Kemper Jan 27, 2021
May 2020 shooting suspect nabbed
PEORIA, Ill. — A man wanted in a May 2020 South Peoria shooting has been taken into Peoria Police custody. The incident occurred May 30 in the 2400 block of W. Starr St., near South Metro Market...
Jeremy Scott Jan 27, 2021
PCSO find missing man dead on Chillicothe property
***UPDATE*** 1/28 4:19 P.M. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has announced Hamm died of exposure to the cold. He said Hamm appeared to have fallen while outside and, for reasons not yet clear, was ...
Jeremy Scott Jan 27, 2021
Back to school, back to sports: IHSA outlines basketball, football season guidelines
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — With most of Illinois back at Phase Four of Restore Illinois, the Illinois High School Association was given the green light by the Illinois Department of Public Health to star...
Jeremy Scott Jan 27, 2021
Local COVID roundup 1/27: 2 Tazewell County deaths
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department Wednesday reported two new area deaths related to COVID-19 in the tri-county area, both residents of Tazewell County. A female in her 80s ...
Dalton Kemper Jan 27, 2021
State COVID roundup 1/27: 81 deaths announced statewide
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Wednesday announced 81 additional COVID-19 related deaths in the state, including 3,751 new confirmed and probable cases. Over...
Dalton Kemper Jan 27, 2021
Arrest made in Peoria homicide investigation
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police have arrested 58-year-old Michael Dyer in connection with the death of Jeffrey Blevins, whose body was found inside an RV on January 22 in the 8300 block of N. Knoxv...
Julia Bradley Jan 27, 2021

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