Category Archives:
Biden to work to end executions as government sets 3 more
WASHINGTON (AP) – President-elect Joe Biden is against the death penalty and will work to end its use, his spokesman said Saturday, as the Justice Department scheduled three more federal executi...
Nov 21, 2020
Morton District 709 weekly COVID-19 update
MORTON, Ill. — COVID-19 numbers went down from the week of Nov. 13 to the week of Nov. 20 at Morton School District 709. This decrease continued the trend the district has seen the entire month ...
Nov 21, 2020
Friday East Bluff gunfire sends woman to hospital
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police were continuing an investigation Saturday morning into a late Friday night shooting in the East Bluff. Police were called around 10:40 to the 900 block of E. Republi...
Nov 21, 2020
City Treasurer Patrick Nichting will not seek re-election
PEORIA, Ill. — City of Peoria City Treasurer Patrick Nichting announced Friday that he will not seek another term as Treasurer. Nichting has served in the position since 2009. Prior to his posit...
Nov 20, 2020
Local COVID roundup 11/20: double digit death count
PEORIA, Ill. — 11 area residents died between Thursday and Friday from COVID-19 complications. Woodford County experienced the deaths of two Apostolic Christian residents. One was a male in his ...
Nov 20, 2020
King formally concedes election
EAST MOLINE, Ill. — Esther Joy King, Republican challenger for the 17th District Congresssional seat, has officially conceded the race to Rep. Cheri Bustos. "The 2020 election has been like no o...
Nov 20, 2020
Severe Friday morning accident claims life
PEORIA, Ill. — One person has died following injuries sustained from a Friday morning accident that occurred at 10:37 a.m. Peoria Police and Fire responded to Reservoir and Rochelle regarding a ...
Nov 20, 2020
Illinois State Police and IDOT staying ready for different holiday travel
PEORIA, Ill. — Holiday travel throughout the United States may look different this year due to COVID-19, but the Illinois State Police and Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) will be fo...
Nov 20, 2020
State COVID roundup 11/20: positivity rate dips
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Even as over 13,000 Illinoisans tested positive between Thursday and Friday for COVID-19, the state’s rolling seven-day positivity rate has gone down by half a percenta...
Nov 20, 2020
Georgia Secretary of State certifies election for Joe Biden
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's top elections official on Friday certified election results showing Joe Biden won the presidential election after a hand tally stemming from a mandatory audit affirmed the Dem...
Nov 20, 2020
Peoria, IL, USA
66 °F Sunny
