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Riverfront fracas results in 13 people shot
PEORIA, Ill. - 13 people were shot early Sunday morning at Peoria’s Riverfront. Peoria Police responded at 4:41 a.m. to Water and Hamilton on reports of a large fight. Upon arrival, officers dis...
Jul 19, 2020
Drive-in movie time in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria Park District has variety of events and facilities throughout Peoria. Many of those events are reopening after being shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic. One of those ev...
Jul 18, 2020
Vehicle crashed into a house after a shooting in Central Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police responded to a Shot-Spotter alert around 4:20 a.m. Saturday in the 2100 block of N Hampton Court. The shooting incident on Hampton lead officers to a vehicle that cr...
Jul 18, 2020
Shooting in south Peoria leaves one dead
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police responded to the area of the 2500 block of W Seibold around 1:40 a.m. Saturday regarding a Shot-Spotter alert. Officers located two adult male victims in front of th...
Jul 18, 2020
Peoria homicide suspect arrested
PEORIA, Ill. — A suspect has been arrested in connection with Peoria’s sixth homicide of the year. On the night of June 29th, Peoria Police were called to a shooting the 300 block of N. Sa...
Jul 17, 2020
State COVID roundup 7/17: record testing number, again
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Not only did Friday mark a third straight day of over 1,000 COVID-19 cases throughout Illinois, but it also marked a third straight day of an increase over the previous day. ...
Jul 17, 2020
Local COVID roundup 7/17: non-ICU bed usage increases slightly
PEORIA, Ill. — After local leaders announced Thursday the Peoria region would not be relegated to phase three status of Restore Illinois, Friday’s COVID-19 data offered a mixed bag. On the...
Jul 17, 2020
ComEd to pay $200M over bribery, Illinois speaker implicated
CHICAGO (AP) - Electric utility ComEd has agreed to pay $200 million to resolve a federal criminal investigation into a long-running bribery scheme that implicates Illinois House Speaker Michael Madig...
Jul 17, 2020
Justice Ginsburg says cancer has returned, but won’t retire
WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Friday she is receiving chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer, but has no plans to retire from the Supreme Court. The 87-year-old Ginsburg, who spe...
Jul 17, 2020
Notre Dame player tests positive for COVID-19
PEORIA, Ill. — Another local high school football player has tested positive for COVID-19. Peoria Notre Dame Head Football Coach Pat Armstrong sent an email to parents Thursday night informing t...
Jul 17, 2020
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