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Positivity for Pekin: Teachers discuss remote learning and the senior class
		PEKIN, Ill. — We closing in on the end of the school year and students are missing out on all the annual events. Shayla Ewing, an English teacher at Pekin Community High School, said transitioni...
			
				Kristina Leahy				May 01, 2020							
		UnityPoint: call 911 for heart attacks and strokes
		DES MOINES, Iowa — UnityPoint Health stands ready to provide emergency care. UnityPoint Health asks patients that are experiencing symptoms of cardiac arrest or stroke, to call 911 or come to th...
			
				Jeremy Scott				May 01, 2020							
		East Peoria mayor announces phase one of reopening the city
		EAST PEORIA, Ill. — The Mayor of East Peoria, John Kahl, announced Friday that the city is moving forward with a plan to reopen. “We are committed to reopening our community in a measured,...
			
				Kristina Leahy				May 01, 2020							
		Red, White, and Boom postponed
		PEORIA, Ill. — Organizers of Red, White, and Boom have decided not to hold the event on the Fourth of July, as scheduled. With uncertainty looming over how long restrictions on large gatherings ...
			
				Jeremy Scott				May 01, 2020							
		Biden denies former staffer’s sexual assault allegation
		WASHINGTON (AP) – Joe Biden is denying a former staffer’s allegation of sexual assault, saying the accusation is not true. “This never happened,” Biden said Friday. It’s ...
			
				Julia Bradley				May 01, 2020							
		DIY Kiddie Car Wash
		This is going to take some assembly, however the end is super fun!! You can make a Kiddie Car Wash using pool noodles, sponges, and PVC pipe. It’s getting warmer, pools are closing, so backyard ...
			
				Steph Blue				May 01, 2020							
		Arson appears to be cause of Peoria fire
		PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria firefighters were called just before 10 p.m. Thursday to a building in the 3200 block of NE Adams on reports of a fire. Crews found smoke coming from the windows and doors ...
			
				Julia Bradley				May 01, 2020							
		Illinois casinos stay closed until further notice
		SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Gaming Board has decreed the state’s casinos will remain closed “until further notice” in the state’s continued efforts to prevent t...
			
				Julia Bradley				May 01, 2020							
		Flood Warning issued for the Illinois River
		PEORIA, Ill. – The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a Flood Warning along the Illinois River at Peoria from Friday evening until further notice. The flood warned area is for Peoria...
			
				Mike Sabol				Apr 30, 2020							
		Area records 7th COVID death
		PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria County has seen its third death from COVID-19. The deceased, a man in his ’70s, raised the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county death toll to seven. Three deaths a pie...
			
				Jeremy Scott				Apr 30, 2020							
		 
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