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State COVID roundup 7/13: under four digits again
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Positive COVID tests throughout Illinois remained under 1,000 for the second day in a row, as the Illinois Department of Public Health reported 883 from Sunday to Monday. IDP...
Jul 13, 2020
Local COVID roundup 7/13: hospitalization rate a concern
PEORIA, Ill. — A combined 75 Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford County residents tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend. The majority of new cases was in Peoria County, which saw an increase ...
Jul 13, 2020
US budget deficit hits all-time high of $864 billion in June
WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government incurred the biggest monthly budget deficit in history in June as spending on programs to combat the coronavirus recession exploded while millions of job losse...
Jul 13, 2020
Washington NFL team dropping ‘Redskins’ name after 87 years
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Washington NFL team is shedding the "Redskins" name effective immediately. The change comes less than two weeks after owner Dan Snyder launched an organizational review amid pres...
Jul 13, 2020
Personal Pizza!
Looking for something easy but fun to do for dinner? This could even be lunch! Have the kids help you make Pizza Bagels! No, not the kind you buy at the store. REAL bagels. Here’s what you’...
Jul 13, 2020
Peoria apartments damaged by fire
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria firefighters were called about 9:45 p.m. Sunday to a structure fire at the Grove Apartments in the 1600 block of W. Candletree. Fire Battalion Chief Steve Rada said smoke a...
Jul 13, 2020
Man drowns in boating accident in Fulton County
FULTON COUNTY, Ill. — A man drowned Sunday morning while fishing at Banner Marsh State Fish and Wildlife Area. Fulton County Coroner Steve Hines identified the victim as 66-year-old Robert Thomp...
Jul 13, 2020
State COVID roundup 7/12: positivity rate up
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — With the mini-surge in COVID-19 cases Illinois has experienced from Jul. 5-11, the state’s rolling seven-day positivity rate has gone up to an even 3%. One week ago, th...
Jul 12, 2020
Ameren crews stretched out as restoration efforts proceed
PEORIA, Ill. — While many in Peoria Metro have had power restored since Saturday night’s storm, a good many were still without it as of Sunday afternoon. “As of this morning, we had ...
Jul 12, 2020
Florida reports largest, single-day increase in COVID cases
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Florida shattered the national record Sunday for the largest single-day increase in positive coronavirus cases in any state since the beginning of the pandemic, adding more...
Jul 12, 2020
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