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Local COVID roundup 4/29: 5 deaths, 4 in 1 county
PEORIA, Ill. — Thursday’s COVID-19 report from the Peoria City/County Health Department was particularly devastating for Tazewell County, which reported four deaths over the last 24 hours ...
Apr 29, 2021
PPS will return next fall with a 6-hour schedule
PEORIA, Ill. — A shortened schedule will continue next fall for Peoria Public Schools. Students will attend class an additional 30 minutes per day at the start of the 2021-22 school year, with p...
Apr 29, 2021
West Peoria cancels 4th of July parade
WEST PEORIA, Ill. — Due to safety concerns, West Peoria has decided to cancel this year's 4th of July Parade. In a news release, city officials said Thursday that after speaking with the Peoria ...
Apr 29, 2021
U.S. economy accelerates in first quarter; jobless claims edge lower
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. economic growth accelerated in the first quarter, fueled by massive government aid to households and businesses, charting the course for what is expected will be the ...
Apr 29, 2021
Caterpillar sees increases in Q1 2021
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Caterpillar announced first-quarter sales and revenue of $11.9 billion on Thursday, up from $10.6 billion in the first quarter of 2020, a 12% increase. CAT officials said highe...
Apr 29, 2021
PPS takes comments on Jefferson School name change
PEORIA, Ill. — Emotions predictably ran high Wednesday night during the Peoria School District 150 Board of Education town hall meeting regarding the renaming of Thomas Jefferson Primary School....
Apr 28, 2021
Candle sparks East Bluff blaze
PEORIA, Ill. — All occupants of a home in the 600 block of E. Corrington escaped a Wednesday morning fire unscathed. Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics were called around 10:15 to the blaze at the tw...
Apr 28, 2021
State COVID roundup 4/28: IL hits new milestone
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois has reached the 9 million mark for coronavirus vaccines administered. The 106,173 doses given to residents between Tuesday and Wednesday were slightly above the 100,...
Apr 28, 2021
Local COVID roundup 4/28: Tazewell man in 30s among deaths
PEORIA, Ill. — Tazewell County between Tuesday and Wednesday added two deaths to its COVID-19 total, while Peoria County added one. The Tazewell deaths consisted of two men: one in his 30s, the ...
Apr 28, 2021
Peoria City Council to consider implementing land bank
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City Council Tuesday night received and filed a first reading of a proposed land bank in the city. A land bank is an entity created by a governmental body to help manag...
Apr 27, 2021
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