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IDPH COVID-19 Saturday Update
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Saturday 1,639 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The total number of cases statewide reported at 180,476, including 7,503 deaths...
Aug 02, 2020
Update: Victims of Woodford County fatal crash identified
WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. — Three people are dead after an overnight crash involving an ambulance near Benson. Illinois State Police said the accident happened just before 2 a.m. Saturday in the are...
Aug 01, 2020
Juvenile taken into custody for shooting overnight
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert just before 1 a.m. Saturday in the 700 block of MacQueen. Peoria Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said the suspect fled on foot...
Aug 01, 2020
State COVID-19 new cases approaching 2K
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday reported another spike of cases of COVID-19 over a 24-hour period. The IDPH reported 1,941 new cases reported from Thursday...
Jul 31, 2020
Local COVID roundup 7/31: hospitalizations grow again
PEORIA, Ill. — COVID-19 numbers are not trending the way area leaders would like them to trend, as the Peoria City/County Health Department on Friday reported 90 new tri-county cases. Two metric...
Jul 31, 2020
It's A Home Run!
Jul 31, 2020
Jail reports new COVID cases
PEORIA, Ill. — After a round of COVID-19 retesting of Peoria County Jail inmates who originally tested negative, Sheriff Brian Asbell on Friday reported three new cases. That brought the number ...
Jul 31, 2020
White House signals support temporarily extending $600 jobless benefit
The White House appears keen to endorse a temporary extension of a $600 per week supplemental unemployment benefit as the popular boost to both the economy and family budgets is about to expire. The i...
Jul 31, 2020
Fauci to tell House panel ‘unclear’ how long pandemic lasts
WASHINGTON (AP) - There's no end in sight to the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci and other top government health experts will tell Congress on Friday. "While it remains unclear how long the pa...
Jul 31, 2020
Financial report: CAT profit-per-share below $1
DEERFIELD, Ill. - Caterpillar, Inc. saw a 31% decline in sales and revenue from the second quarter of 2020 compared to the same time period of 2019, numbers released Friday show. The company took in $...
Jul 31, 2020
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