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Second stimulus could come by November, cost is the issue
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Will we see another relief package ahead of the November election? Illinois’ 18th District Rep. Darin LaHood told WMBD’s Greg and Dan Show, Congress is working on ...
Julia Bradley Sep 17, 2020
COVID-19 danger continues to drive joblessness in US
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to 860,000, a historically high figure that reflects economic damage from the coronavirus outbreak. Before t...
Julia Bradley Sep 17, 2020
Bradley President provides enforcement update one week into campus-wide quarantine
PEORIA, Ill. — Bradley University President Stephen Standifird Wednesday evening provided an update on the campus quarantine. Standifird highlighted the enforcement efforts of the university, sa...
Dalton Kemper Sep 16, 2020
Peoria Police ask for help identifying people involved in business burglaries
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying people in connection to business burglaries. The burglaries took place May 31 through June 3, when p...
Dalton Kemper Sep 16, 2020
WIU shooting suspect taken into custody
MACOMB, Ill. — A freshman at Western Illinois University has been arrested after a Tuesday night shooting on the Macomb campus. Kavion Poplous, 18, turned himself in at a Chicago Police Departme...
Dalton Kemper Sep 16, 2020
Peoria Firefighters evacuate several homes Wednesday afternoon due to risk of explosion
PEORIA, Ill. — Several homes had to be evacuated by Peoria Firefighters Wednesday afternoon due to risk of explosion. Fire crews were called at approximately 3:25 p.m. to the 1100 block of N. Un...
Dalton Kemper Sep 16, 2020
PPS announces students K-1 may resume in-person instruction
PEORIA, Ill. — Following a Tuesday work session that lasted “all day,” as Dr. Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat said, Peoria Public School District 150 announced Wednesday a plan to allow kind...
Jeremy Scott Sep 16, 2020
Local COVID roundup 9/16: triple-digit case count, one additional death
PEORIA, Ill. — A burst of 109 COVID-19 tests between Tuesday and Wednesday came back positive throughout Peoria, Woodford, and Tazewell Counties, and yet another person has died. The Peoria City...
Jeremy Scott Sep 16, 2020
State COVID roundup 9/16: 50k+ tests given
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois as a state remained under 2,000 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday as labs took in 52,311 tests. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,941 throughout the sta...
Jeremy Scott Sep 16, 2020
Big Ten Football set to return in October
Big Ten is going to give fall football a shot after all. Less than five weeks after pushing fall sports to spring in the name of player safety during the pandemic, the conference changed course Wednes...
Julia Bradley Sep 16, 2020

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