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State COVID roundup 7/17: record testing number, again
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Not only did Friday mark a third straight day of over 1,000 COVID-19 cases throughout Illinois, but it also marked a third straight day of an increase over the previous day. ...
Jul 17, 2020
Local COVID roundup 7/17: non-ICU bed usage increases slightly
PEORIA, Ill. — After local leaders announced Thursday the Peoria region would not be relegated to phase three status of Restore Illinois, Friday’s COVID-19 data offered a mixed bag. On the...
Jul 17, 2020
ComEd to pay $200M over bribery, Illinois speaker implicated
CHICAGO (AP) - Electric utility ComEd has agreed to pay $200 million to resolve a federal criminal investigation into a long-running bribery scheme that implicates Illinois House Speaker Michael Madig...
Jul 17, 2020
Justice Ginsburg says cancer has returned, but won’t retire
WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Friday she is receiving chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer, but has no plans to retire from the Supreme Court. The 87-year-old Ginsburg, who spe...
Jul 17, 2020
Notre Dame player tests positive for COVID-19
PEORIA, Ill. — Another local high school football player has tested positive for COVID-19. Peoria Notre Dame Head Football Coach Pat Armstrong sent an email to parents Thursday night informing t...
Jul 17, 2020
Two shot overnight in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police were called at approximately 4:09 a.m. Friday to the 2300 block of N. Knoxville Avenue on a ShotSpotter alert of nine rounds fired. Public Information Officer Amy Do...
Jul 17, 2020
HEAT ADVISORY NOON-10 P.M. SATURDAY (7/18)
HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM CDT SATURDAY… * WHAT…Heat index values of 105 to 110 expected. * WHERE…Along and north of a Rushville to Bloomington line. * WHEN…Fro...
Jul 17, 2020
Pritzker lawsuit seeks face mask order for IL schools
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois governor took the unusual step Thursday of preemptively filing a lawsuit to ensure school children wear face coverings to prevent the spread of the coronavi...
Jul 17, 2020
A man reported missing found dead in Tazewell County
DELAVAN, Ill. — The Tazewell County Coroner is investigating the death of a man found in rural Delavan. Sheriff’s deputies were called to a field off of Locust Road around 10:20 a.m. Thurs...
Jul 16, 2020
State COVID roundup 7/16: new record for testing
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Another trend of four-digit COVID-19 case counts for Illinois has seemingly begun. For the second straight day, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported over 1,000 n...
Jul 16, 2020
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