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Biden selects Judge Merrick Garland for attorney general: official
(Reuters) – President-elect Joe Biden intends to nominate federal appeals court Judge Merrick Garland, who was once President Barack Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court, to serve as the ...
Julia Bradley Jan 06, 2021
Reditus Labs’ equipment will catch COVID variants
PEKIN, Ill. — Pekin-based Reditus Labs’ testing equipment will catch the new COVID-19 variants, according to the company’s CEO. In a news release on Wednesday, Dr. Anthony Rossi said...
Julia Bradley Jan 06, 2021
Family Video Closing all locations
GLENVIEW, Ill. — It’s an end of an era. One of the nation’s last video rental companies is closing its doors. Family Video President Keith Hoogland made the announcement Monday, sayi...
Julia Bradley Jan 06, 2021
Pere Marquette and Courtyard by Mariott under new management
ATLANTA – Hospitality management company Davidson Hotels & Resorts has been tapped by National Real Estate Advisors to manage the Peoria Marriott Pere Marquette and Courtyard by Marriott Peo...
Julia Bradley Jan 06, 2021
Semi accident closes ramp on I-474
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. — The Peoria County Sheriff confirms an accident shut down the eastbound ramp to Interstate 474 at the Farmington Road Exit early Wednesday morning. A semi caught fire. Motor...
Julia Bradley Jan 06, 2021
Peoria crews battle late night fire
PEORIA, Ill. — It’s unclear what caused a fire overnight in South Peoria. Crews were called to the 2600 block of W. Garden around 11:45 p.m. When they arrived, firefighters found heavy fir...
Julia Bradley Jan 06, 2021
Democrat Warnock wins in Georgia; second runoff and U.S. Senate control undecided
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Democratic challenger Raphael Warnock won a hotly contested U.S. Senate race in Georgia over Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler, TV networks and Edison Research projected, b...
Jeremy Scott Jan 06, 2021
East Peoria City Council celebrates FOLEPI; approves purchase of more lights
EAST PEORIA, Ill. — Less than 10 days before Christmas, East Peoria’s Festival of Lights won ABC’s “The Great Christmas Light Fight” and the grand prize of $50,000 in the...
Dalton Kemper Jan 05, 2021
Local COVID roundup 1/5: ICU bed availability a concern
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria County in the reporting period between Monday and Tuesday experienced three deaths related to COVID-19. All three were related to long-term care facilities. Two females in ...
Jeremy Scott Jan 05, 2021
State COVID roundup 1/5: close to 6,900 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — During the Monday-Tuesday reporting period, 6,839 people throughout Illinois tested positive for COVID-19. 126 deaths were reported during that time to the Illinois Departmen...
Jeremy Scott Jan 05, 2021

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