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Deer Creek man identified as Rt. 150 crash victim
MORTON, Ill. — The Tazewell County coroner has identified the victim of a fatal crash on Rt. 150 between Deer Creek and Morton. Coroner Charles Hanley said 19-year-old Quinten Cremeens, of Deer ...
Julia Bradley Feb 03, 2021

Bond set for man accused of murder of Mona Ellison
PEORIA, Ill. — Christopher Sanders, the 42-year-old accused of killing Mona Ellison, has been charged with first-degree murder. Sanders allegedly beat and strangled Ellison to death, and his bon...
Dalton Kemper Feb 02, 2021

Local COVID roundup 2/2: no deaths, low case count
PEORIA, Ill. — In one of the lowest activity reporting periods in months, the Peoria City/County Health Department on Tuesday reported 50 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths. Peoria County had ...
Jeremy Scott Feb 02, 2021

U.S. Senate confirms Buttigieg to head Transportation Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pete Buttigieg, a former mayor who challenged Joe Biden for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday on a 86-13 vote to hea...
Julia Bradley Feb 02, 2021

State COVID roundup 2/2: Illinois reaches 1M vax mark
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A total of 32,559 COVID-19 vaccine doses were given between Monday and Tuesday to Illinoisans. With that, the state officially surpassed the mark of one million doses adminis...
Jeremy Scott Feb 02, 2021

FBI agents killed in early-morning raid in Florida
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two FBI agents were killed and another three were wounded during an early morning raid on Tuesday at a Sunrise, Florida home as they were executing a court-ordered search warrant...
Julia Bradley Feb 02, 2021

Punxsutawney Phil says 6 more weeks of winter
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his burrow Tuesday morning to forecast there will be six more weeks of winter. Groundhog Day at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, w...
Julia Bradley Feb 02, 2021

Trump aimed mob ‘like a loaded cannon’ at Capitol, Democrats argue in impeachment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nine Democrats from the U.S. House of Representatives who will prosecute former President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial will argue that he pointed a mob “lik...
Julia Bradley Feb 02, 2021

Update: Suspect responsible for stabbing officer identified
UPDATE — The Tazewell County Coroner’s Office announced the suspect responsible for stabbing the East Peoria police officer was 19-year old Joshua A. Crites. Crites was shot and killed ear...
Julia Bradley Feb 02, 2021

Resident hospitalized for smoke inhalation after accidental fire
PEORIA, Ill. — The resident of a home at 5622 N. Fountaindale Dr. was hospitalized due to smoke inhalation after a Monday evening fire. Peoria Firefighters responded just before 5:30 p.m. on rep...
Dalton Kemper Feb 01, 2021
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