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Peoria City Manager presents balanced 2021 budget to City Council
PEORIA, Ill. — After months of discussion to revise the 2020 annual budget for Peoria, City Manager Patrick Urich presented a balanced 2021 budget Tuesday night to the City Council. Expenses in ...
Dalton Kemper Oct 20, 2020
2 PCSO deputies terminated
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell relieved two deputies Tuesday of their duties. 33-year-old Joshua Carr was fired for an alleged Sept. 27 incident at Tavern on Prospect, in whic...
Jeremy Scott Oct 20, 2020
Local COVID roundup: 10 new deaths
PEORIA, Ill. — 10 more people in Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties have passed away from complications related to COVID-19. In Peoria County, Heritage Health in Chillicothe experienced ano...
Jeremy Scott Oct 20, 2020
IHSA upholds ruling against Limestone senior
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — The Illinois High School Association has ruled a Limestone High School cross country runner must serve the entirety of his two-meet suspension. IHSA ruled last Wednesday seni...
Jeremy Scott Oct 20, 2020
State COVID roundup 10/20: more than 3,700 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Tuesday reported 3,714 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state, including 41 additional deaths. The preliminary seven-day...
Dalton Kemper Oct 20, 2020
Pop-up COVID testing site moved to Shore Acres
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. — A pop-up COVID-19 testing site, scheduled to be held in Chillicothe at the end of the month, is being moved. The Peoria City/County Health Department said on Tuesday that the...
Julia Bradley Oct 20, 2020
CAT unveils video of giant “PAC-MAN” game
PEORIA, Ill. — A few years back, Caterpillar launched a series of videos featuring a gigantic Jenga game, an outrageous setup of Dominoes, construction of the world’s tallest sand castle, ...
Julia Bradley Oct 20, 2020
Pritzker brings back daily press briefings
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. J-B Pritzker is resuming his daily updates on COVID-19 as all regions of the state are seeing cases increase. “Thursday we set a record high of cases identified in...
Julia Bradley Oct 20, 2020
Supreme Court denies GOP request to stop extended period in Pennsylvania for returning ballots
WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania election officials will be allowed to count ballots received up to three days after Election Day after a Monday night Supreme Court ruling. This refuses a Republican re...
Dalton Kemper Oct 19, 2020
Local COVID roundup 10/19: 6 die, over 200 new positives
PEORIA, Ill. — Long-term care facilities in Peoria and Tazewell Counties over the weekend grieved six deaths related to COVID-19. In Tazewell, a woman in her 80s who lived at Timber Creek Rehab ...
Jeremy Scott Oct 19, 2020

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