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NE Monroe home damaged by fire
		PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria firefighters were called around 7 a.m. Monday to the 2300 block of NE Monroe for a house fire. Fire Battalion Chief Steve Rada said first crews on the scene reported smoke ...
			
				Julia Bradley				Mar 15, 2021							
		CEFCU purchases several branches of Simmons Bank
		PEORIA, Ill. — CEFCU is expanding its operations with the purchase of four Illinois branches of Simmons Bank near St. Louis. The purchase includes locations in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Columbia, Ed...
			
				Julia Bradley				Mar 15, 2021							
		Peoria home destroyed by early morning fire
		PEORIA,Ill. — Firefighters were called to the 2200 block of W. Howett early Monday morning on reports of a house fire. Fire Battalion Chief Ralph Phillips said crews found heavy fire and smoke c...
			
				Julia Bradley				Mar 15, 2021							
		State COVID roundup 3/14: Over 4 million doses administered
		CHICAGO - Illinois health officials reported 1,484 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, including 19 additional deaths statewide as Illinois has administered more than 4 million vac...
			
				Julia Bradley				Mar 15, 2021							
		Bradley Women’s Basketball team headed to NCAA tournament
		PEORIA, Ill. — With a 78-70 win over Drake in the championship game of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, the Bradley Braves Women’s Basketball team is headed to the NCAA tournamen...
			
				Julia Bradley				Mar 15, 2021							
		Fire leaves one dead in Peoria; victim ID’ed
		***UPDATE*** 3/15/21 3:22 P.M. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the deceased as 59-year-old Kenneth Carson. Harwood ruled Carson died of smoke inhalation and burns that covered 100% ...
			
				Julia Bradley				Mar 15, 2021							
		Saturday afternoon house fire causes smoke damage
		PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics Saturday afternoon responded to a report of an outside fire near 2325 W. Butler. “It was a dead-end street that kind of came to an odd intersec...
			
				Ben Pollard				Mar 13, 2021							
		State COVID roundup 3/13: new vax record set
		SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Saturday reported 1,675 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, including 23 additional deaths. In the past 24 hours, la...
			
				Ben Pollard				Mar 13, 2021							
		Another COVID-19 vax expected to file for emergency use authorization
		CHICAGO (Reuters) – AstraZeneca Plc. is preparing to file for U.S. emergency use authorization (EUA) for its COVID-19 vaccine later this month or early April after accumulating enough data to ju...
			
				Ben Pollard				Mar 13, 2021							
		Morton COVID update: numbers slightly up
		MORTON, Ill. — Morton School District 709 saw a slight uptick in COVID-19 numbers this past week, according to Superintendent Jeffrey W. Hill. As of Friday, March 12, 11 students had COVID-19, a...
			
				Ben Pollard				Mar 13, 2021							
		
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