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Logan’s and Old Chicago parent company fires employees
CHICAGO, Ill. — Are Logan’s Roadhouse and Old Chicago closed for good? According to Restaurant Business Online, the parent company of both restaurant chains, has notified furloughed employ...
Julia Bradley Apr 06, 2020
Pritzker: Illinois needs feds to send more ventilators
CHICAGO (AP) – The Illinois governor says the state needs thousands more ventilators from the federal government as it desperately prepares for its a peak in coronavirus cases expected in late A...
Julia Bradley Apr 06, 2020
Pritzker discusses child-care in Illinois during pandemic
CHICAGO — Gov. J.B. Pritzker discussed child-care Sunday as part of his daily address as many parents still need child-care for their children as they continue to work. Gov. J.B. Pritzker announ...
Dalton Kemper Apr 05, 2020
Update: New details on first local COVID-19 death
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department and Coroner Jamie Harwood have released more details regarding Saturday’s COVID-19-related death, the first such death in the Peoria...
Jeremy Scott Apr 05, 2020
Peoria fire Sunday morning at apartment complex
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics responded to a fire Sunday morning at an apartment complex. The crews responded to the fire at 8:36 a.m. at 2612 N. Hanssler Ct. to a report of smoke...
Dalton Kemper Apr 05, 2020
Peoria County man succumbs to coronavirus
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county area has seen its first death from COVID-19. The Peoria City/County Health Department reported early Saturday evening the death of a Peoria...
Jeremy Scott Apr 04, 2020
Illinois now over 10,000 coronavirus cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health reported the state of Illinois as of Saturday has 10,357 positive COVID-19 cases. That count included 243 deaths across 68 counties. ...
Kristina Leahy Apr 04, 2020
1 new case in Peoria, 2 in Tazewell
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department said there were three new positive COVID-19 case tests between Friday and Saturday, bringing the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford total to 26. Woo...
Jeremy Scott Apr 04, 2020
Illinois barred all state parks, wildlife areas, and more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois has barred all activities at state parks, fish and wildlife areas, recreational areas and historic sites in another move to stem the spread of the coronavirus. ...
Kristina Leahy Apr 04, 2020
Overturned semi closes ramp
EAST PEORIA, Ill. – A semi overturned on the East Peoria side of the closed-down Murray Baker Bridge, blocking a least 2 eastbound lanes of I-74. Emergency crews responded to the scene Friday ar...
Mike Sabol Apr 03, 2020

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