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WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 709,000, the fourth straight drop and a sign that the job market is slowly healing. The figures coincide with a s...

(AP) — Texas has become the first state with more than 1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases. And California is nearing that mark as a surge of infections engulfs the country. Across the U.S., over...

CHICAGO (AP) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker says efforts to identify cuts that can be made to Illinois’ budget will continue despite the postponement of the General Assembly’s veto session. Pr...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health has issued new guidance urging residents of the state to stay home and only leave for “essential activities.” The guideli...

PEORIA, Ill. — Users on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter most likely noticed messages on posts last week during the election. On Twitter, many of President Donald Trump’s tw...

PEORIA, Ill. — The area’s hospital bed capacity decreased drastically between Tuesday and Wednesday, from 119 beds occupied by COVID-19 patients to 149. 33 of those 149 patients were in in...

PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police have arrested a man in connection with a 2018 murder. The incident in question took place Nov. 19 in the area of Sand and Third. Officers upon arrival found 36-year-...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois between Tuesday and Wednesday set another 24-hour COVID-19 record. 12,657 people received positive test results. 145 deaths were reported during that time. Illinois ...

PEORIA, Ill. — The National Weather Service on Wednesday was weeding through trained spotter reports from Tuesday’s storm to determine whether or not there was any official tornadic activi...

NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. hit a record number of coronavirus hospitalizations Tuesday and surpassed 1 million new confirmed cases in just the first 10 days of November amid a nationwide surge of infect...