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State COVID roundup 5/17: another decrease in positive cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - For a third day in a row, state COVID-19 numbers on Sunday went down. 1,734 was the reported number, down from Friday's 2,432 and Saturday's 2,088. There were 51 newly-reported dea...
Jeremy Scott May 17, 2020
Local COVID roundup 5/17: ICU bed capacity increases slightly
PEORIA, Ill. — Having passed May’s midway mark, the Peoria City/County Health Department continues to monitor the region’s COVID-19 statistics to see whether the area will be able to...
Jeremy Scott May 17, 2020
Governor says move to phase three looking possible
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 2,088 new cases of coronavirus from Friday to Saturday. There were 74 new deaths, one of which occurred at the Illinois Mant...
Jeremy Scott May 16, 2020
Recovery rate remains same as local leaders await Pritzker input
PEORIA, Ill. — Five new cases of COVID-19 were reported Saturday in the tri-county area, bringing the total to 233. Three of the new cases were reported in Peoria County, giving the county 156. ...
Jeremy Scott May 16, 2020
Foot chase, shootout lead to one death
PEORIA, Ill. — One shooting suspect is dead and another is at-large after a Friday night shootout with Peoria Police. Officers responded just before 10:00 to multiple calls of multiple shots fir...
Jeremy Scott May 16, 2020
Local COVID cases rise
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county went up Friday to 228 total cases of COVID-19. Peoria reported 153 confirmed cases, Tazewell reported 60, and Woodford remained at 15. The ...
Jeremy Scott May 15, 2020
Illinois passes 90,000 cases of COVID-19 as Peoria gets set for new testing site
CHICAGO — Illinois has reached a total of 90,369 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 2,432 new cases reported. There were 130 new deaths reported in the last 24 hours, bringing the state’s t...
Kristina Leahy May 15, 2020
Arson blamed for Southside fire
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria firefighters were called just after 4 a.m. Friday to the 500 block of S. Warren on reports of a structure fire. Fire Division Chief of Operations Shawn Sollberger said the ...
Julia Bradley May 15, 2020
Retail sales fall 16.4% March-April
BALTIMORE (AP) – U.S. retail sales tumbled 16.4% from March to April as business shutdowns caused by the coronavirus kept shoppers away, threatened stores across the country and weighed down a s...
Julia Bradley May 15, 2020
Peoria County approves amended 2020 budget
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. — The Peoria County Board Thursday night adopted an amended budget with cuts that aren’t as severe as expected. The cuts are due to a significant loss in revenue due to...
Julia Bradley May 15, 2020

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