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US hiring slows sharply to 245,000 jobs as virus intensifies
WASHINGTON (AP) - America's employers scaled back their hiring last month as the viral pandemic accelerated across the country, adding 245,000 jobs, the fewest since April and the fifth straight month...
Dec 04, 2020
Police investigating two incidents on NE Monroe
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police were called just after 8 p.m. Thursday to a home in the 1400 block of NE Monroe regarding trouble with a male. A caller told police the male was down inside the home...
Dec 04, 2020
Hendrickson says “there is a horizon” to COVID-19 pandemic
PEORIA, Ill. — As Britain approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use Wednesday and the United States is assumed to soon follow suit, Peoria City/County Health Administrator Monic...
Dec 03, 2020
Local COVID roundup 12/3: one facility experiences two deaths
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department reported 429 new coronavirus cases and five additional deaths between Wednesday and Thursday related to COVID-19. In Woodford County, two ...
Dec 03, 2020
Shedding some light: Public Works engineer explains specs of Murray Baker beams
PEORIA, Ill. — It reopened on Halloween night, and the convenience of being able to use the Murray Baker Bridge is a treat motorists will be enjoying for years to come. Drivers and non-drivers, ...
Dec 03, 2020
State COVID roundup 12/3: hospital bed capacity rises by over 100
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — State COVID-19 hospitalizations fell between Wednesday and Thursday by triple digits. The daily Illinois Department of Public Health report showed 5,653 in beds throughout th...
Dec 03, 2020
US virus deaths top 3,100 in a single day for the first time
(AP) — The U.S. has recorded over 3,100 COVID-19 deaths in a single day, obliterating the record set last spring. The number of Americans hospitalized with the virus has eclipsed 100,000 for the...
Dec 03, 2020
US jobless claims remain high at 712,000 as virus escalates
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to a still-high 712,000, the latest sign that the U.S. economy and job market remain under stress from the i...
Dec 03, 2020
One dead overnight in Peoria County crash
***UPDATE*** Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has released the name of the deceased passenger. He said 36-year-old Shannon Sommer-Affeldt was ejected from the vehicle and died instantly. __________...
Dec 03, 2020
Next for Biden: Naming a health care team as pandemic rages
WASHINGTON (AP) - Up soon for President-elect Joe Biden: naming his top health care officials as the coronavirus pandemic rages. It's hard to imagine more consequential picks. Biden is expected to ann...
Dec 03, 2020
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