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State COVID roundup 8/11: COVID claims Peoria woman
		SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A Peoria County woman in her 90s was one of 20 coronavirus casualties in the 24-hour reporting period between Monday and Tuesday throughout the state of Illinois. The Illinoi...
			
				Jeremy Scott				Aug 11, 2020							
		CityLink receives $10M in federal funds
		PEORIA, Ill. — U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos and U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin announced Tuesday $10 million in new federal funding for Greater Peoria Mass Transit. CityLink General Man...
			
				Julia Bradley				Aug 11, 2020							
		Thousands of Ameren Illinois customers still without power
		PEORIA, Ill. — Storms that moved through the Peoria metro area Monday afternoon knocked out power for thousands of Ameren Illinois customers. As of 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, 3,538 customers in Peoria C...
			
				Julia Bradley				Aug 11, 2020							
		PPS board votes for virtual start for all students
		PEORIA, Ill. — One week before the year begins, the Peoria Public School Board has opted to start the school year with students learning from home. After nearly five hours of discussion, the PPS...
			
				Julia Bradley				Aug 11, 2020							
		City of Pekin to distribute additional $350,000 in business grants
		PEKIN, Ill. — Businesses in Pekin will be able to apply to receive more assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pekin’s Community Development Block Grant program has $1,010,768 allocated ...
			
				Dalton Kemper				Aug 10, 2020							
		Morton supt: despite recent COVID cases, full in-person learning to start Tues.
		MORTON, Ill. — With classes set to start Tuesday at Morton District 709, there have been more questions than answers after three students and two staff members tested positive last week for COVI...
			
				Jeremy Scott				Aug 10, 2020							
		Severe Thunderstorm Warning until Monday at 3:15 p.m.
		PEORIA, Ill. -- The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Marshall County in central Illinois... Woodford County in central Illinois... Northeastern Ful...
			
				Dalton Kemper				Aug 10, 2020							
		Local COVID roundup 8/10: over 50 hospital beds now in use
		PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria, Woodford, and Tazewell tri-county between Saturday and Monday experienced 170 new cases of coronavirus, while hospitalizations related to COVID-19 have risen above 50....
			
				Jeremy Scott				Aug 10, 2020							
		Motorcyclist involved in accident dies after fleeing from officer
		PEORIA, Ill. — An East Peoria motorcyclist has died after fleeing from an East Peoria Police Officer attempting to stop him for speeding. The individual, 25-year-old Craig B. Spurlock, Jr, of Ea...
			
				Dalton Kemper				Aug 10, 2020							
		State COVID roundup 8/10: fewer cases, fewer tests
		SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The statewide positivity rate for COVID-19 stagnated at 4.1%, but Monday brought a second straight day of cases under 2,000, according to the Illinois Department of Public He...
			
				Jeremy Scott				Aug 10, 2020							
		
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