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No. 9 Wisconsin cancels Nebraska game; Chryst tests positive
No. 9 Wisconsin has canceled its game at Nebraska on Saturday and paused all team activities for at least seven days after a dozen people within the program including coach Paul Chryst tested positive...
Jeremy Scott Oct 28, 2020
Students help bring Bradley’s positivity rate down
PEORIA, Ill. — Bradley University, like schools nationwide, has had to deal with outbreaks of the coronavirus on campus. Bradley Spokesperson Renee Charles told WMBD’s “The Greg and ...
Julia Bradley Oct 28, 2020
Man stabbed overnight outside Peoria bar
PEORIA, Ill. — One person was transported to a local hospital early Wednesday morning after being stabbed in the neck outside a bar in the 600 block of Main Street in Peoria. Public Information ...
Julia Bradley Oct 28, 2020
Peoria City Council to pursue asking voters if they’d pay extra property tax
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria City Council voted 7-4 on Tuesday night to direct the city’s legal team and City Manager Patrick Urich to return to the council in future meetings with possible refer...
Jeremy Scott Oct 27, 2020
Winter sports guidelines announced; high school basketball a no-go
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — With four regions of the state already in mitigation mode and a fifth, Region 11, set to join that group as of Oct. 30, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Publ...
Jeremy Scott Oct 27, 2020
State COVID roundup: an even 4K
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Exactly 4,000 new cases of COVID-19 were detected throughout Illinois between Monday and Tuesday. 46 deaths were announced by the Illinois Department of Health during that ti...
Jeremy Scott Oct 27, 2020
Local COVID roundup 10/27: hospitalizations remain in 80s
PEORIA, Ill. — Woodford County’s COVID-19 death totals increased Tuesday by two in Peoria City/County Health Department’s tri-county update. That was because a woman in her 80s who l...
Jeremy Scott Oct 27, 2020
Caterpillar, Inc. releases Q3 figures
DEERFIELD, Ill. - Caterpillar, Inc. saw a 23% decline in sales and revenue from the third quarter of 2020 compared to the same time period of 2019, numbers released Tuesday show. The company took in $...
Julia Bradley Oct 27, 2020
Additional quarantines at Morton Dist. 709 Schools
MORTON, Ill. – More students at Morton District 709 are being quarantined after another positive case of COVID-19. District officials say a teacher at Ward Grundy Elementary School tested positi...
Julia Bradley Oct 27, 2020
Peoria Public Schools Board approves COVID testing policy
PEORIA, Ill. — With students returning to Peoria Public Schools in phases, the Board of Education Monday night approved the policy for testing students. Thanks to a $200,000 gift from the Gilmor...
Dalton Kemper Oct 26, 2020

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