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Village of Morton issues boil order, effective immediately
MORTON, Ill. — The Village of Morton issued a city-wide boil order, effective immediately, on Jan. 2, 2021, according to the Tazewell County Health Department. A temporary loss of power at the W...
Ben Pollard Jan 02, 2021
State COVID roundup 1/1: Statewide positivity up slightly
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday reported 7,201 new confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases and 157 virus-related deaths in its daily report. As of Thursday n...
Julia Bradley Jan 02, 2021
Ice storm brings outages in the tri-county area
Ameren Illinois’ Outage Map early Friday afternoon showed over 3,800 customers in Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford Counties were without power. Icy conditions left many power lines taxed or out of ...
Jeremy Scott Jan 01, 2021
Defying Trump, Republican-led U.S. Senate presses ahead to override his veto
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate are expected to take steps toward overriding his veto of a major defense bill in a rare New Year’...
Ben Pollard Jan 01, 2021
Grease sparks NYE fast food fire
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria fire crews were called at 7:00 New Year’s Eve to the N. University Burger King on reports of a roof fire. Thick, black smoke was found emanating from the roof, and mo...
Jeremy Scott Jan 01, 2021
State COVID roundup 12/31: hospital beds open up
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — 8,009 people throughout Illinois between Wednesday and Thursday tested positive for coronavirus. 133 people died from complications related to it during that time. 4,093 viru...
Jeremy Scott Dec 31, 2020
Ill. Senate GOP leader stepping down
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Senate Republican Leader Bill Brady announced Thursday he will be resigning his post effective at the last minute of 2020. He issued a statement via his Twitter acco...
Jeremy Scott Dec 31, 2020
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall for second straight week
(Reuters) – The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week but remain elevated more than nine months into the health and economic crisis t...
Jeremy Scott Dec 31, 2020
Woman dies in Heights fire
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. — A Wednesday night house fire in Peoria Heights has left one person dead. Crews responded just after 11:30 to 3725 N. Illinois. Peoria Heights Police were first on scene, a...
Jeremy Scott Dec 31, 2020
UPDATE: Victim in North Peoria shooting identified and a suspect has been arrested
UPDATE: PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police Thursday afternoon have arrested a 17-year-old male responsible for the shooting homicide on the city’s northside. The 17-year-old male was transported...
Jeremy Scott Dec 31, 2020

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