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Power outages still prevalent across Illinois following Friday’s storm
PEORIA, Ill. — Hundreds of homes were still without power Sunday morning following Friday’s ice storm. In the Tri-County, more than 2,000 customers were powerless on Sunday. Over 6,000 cus...
Ben Pollard Jan 03, 2021

Village of Morton lifts boil order
MORTON, Ill. — The Village of Morton lifted its city-wide boil order Sunday morning, according to the Village of Morton Facebook page. Customers no longer need to boil their water prior to consu...
Ben Pollard Jan 03, 2021

Man shot at Greenbriar Apartments Saturday night
PEORIA, Ill. — A shooting Saturday night at the Greenbriar Apartments is being investigated by Peoria Police. The shooting took place shortly after 7:00 p.m. One man was shot in the torso and ta...
Ben Pollard Jan 03, 2021

State COVID roundup 1/02: hospital bed utilization down
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 4,762 new and probable COVID-19 cases on Saturday, along with 29 additional deaths. State labs collected 61,987 specimens to...
Ben Pollard Jan 02, 2021

Morton District 709 COVID-19 update: cases and quarantines down as second semester set to begin
MORTON, Ill. — 14 students within Morton School District 709 were diagnosed with COVID-19, and 26 were in quarantine, as of Jan. 1. One staff member had coronavirus and four were in isolation, a...
Ben Pollard Jan 02, 2021

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
Peoria, IL, USA
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