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Police break up protest crowds
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Protests over the murderous death of George Floyd continued Saturday night across America, with early curfews even being set in many major cities. While law enforcement agencies pr...
May 31, 2020
Nine new cases of COVID-19 in the Tri-County Area
PEORIA, Ill. – The Peoria County Health Department reported nine new cases of COVID-19 Saturday, bringing the total of 318 COVID-19 cases in the Tri-County area. There are now 225 positive cases...
May 30, 2020
Peorians take a stand with one another in a peace walk
PEORIA, Ill. – Organizers have planned multiple protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. As the anger over Floyd’s killing spread to cities nationwide, this now includes Peo...
May 30, 2020
We're calling do-over!
May 29, 2020
Finding a new way to kick off Pride Month
PEORIA, Ill. — June is National Pride Month and while Peoria Proud can not have parade, they thought of another plan. Trevor Neff, Vice President of Business for Peoria Proud, said this year the...
May 29, 2020
Local COVID roundup 5/29: only two ICU beds in use
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county area has broken the 300 mark of COVID-19 positive cases, with 309. Meanwhile, ICU bed usage in the tri-county as of Friday was down to two,...
May 29, 2020
State COVID roundup 5/29: Contact tracing is part of the new normal
CHICAGO — Dr. Ngozi Ezike said Friday while restrictions are being lifted and Illinois moves into phase three of Restore Illinois, residents still must take personal responsibility such as socia...
May 29, 2020
Trump addresses the U.S’s relationship with China
WASHINGTON D.C. — President Donald Trump announced Friday that America is terminating the relationship with the World Health Organization. “And redirecting those funds to other worldwide a...
May 29, 2020
Joblessness up all across Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. — In a stark showing of the impact of COVID-19, the Peoria Metro area was more than four times as jobless in April 2020 as it was in April 2019. Unemployment statistics releaed Frid...
May 29, 2020
Police officer involved in George Floyd’s death arrested
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minnesota authorities say the police officer who knelt on George Floyd has been arrested. Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington said Friday that state investigators arres...
May 29, 2020
Peoria, IL, USA
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