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CDC changes course, says to get tested if previously in contact with infected person
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. health officials on Friday dropped a controversial piece of coronavirus guidance and said anyone who has been in close contact with an infected person should get tested. The Cente...
Dalton Kemper Sep 18, 2020
Local COVID roundup 9/18: elderly woman dies
PEORIA, Ill. — A Tazewell County woman in her 80s has succumbed to COVID-19. The Peoria City/County Health Department reported Friday she lived at Villas at Hollybrook in Pekin. The department d...
Jeremy Scott Sep 18, 2020
State COVID roundup 9/18: testing hits 60k
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — After two straight days of over 50,000 tests performed throughout the state, the Illinois Department of Public Health said Friday there had been over 60,000 specimens taken b...
Jeremy Scott Sep 18, 2020
War hero to kick off Vietnam Wall ceremony
EAST PEORIA, Ill. — Not only will the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall be on display next week in the Levee District of East Peoria, but the opening ceremony will feature a decorated guest. Lt. C...
Jeremy Scott Sep 18, 2020
PHS Football Coach speaks on #LetUsPlay
PEORIA, Ill. — Many Illinois families have been asking for high school sports to be played this fall, but Gov. J.B. Pritzker doesn’t have any plans to allow that to happen. “I’...
Dalton Kemper Sep 17, 2020
US judge blocks Postal Service changes that slowed mail
SEATTLE (AP) - A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked controversial Postal Service changes that have slowed mail nationwide, calling them "a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the Postal Serv...
Jeremy Scott Sep 17, 2020
Peoria elections board responds to Sec’y of State letter
PEORIA, Ill. — If you received a letter from the Illinois Secretary of State’s Office saying you have yet to file for a vote-by-mail application, you may be able to disregard it. Many loca...
Jeremy Scott Sep 17, 2020

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Local COVID roundup 9/17: tragic streak ends
PEORIA, Ill. — For the first time in over a week, the Peoria City/County Health Department has reported no new COVID-19-related deaths. The department Thursday said 61 residents of Peoria, Woodf...
Jeremy Scott Sep 17, 2020
State COVID roundup 9/17: another day over 50k
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — For the second day in a row, over 50,000 Illinoisans got tested for COVID-19. Labs statewide reported 57,800 specimens were taken between Wednesday and Thursday. 2,056 tests ...
Jeremy Scott Sep 17, 2020

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