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Local COVID roundup 8/11: one death reported as recovery rate drops
PEORIA, Ill. — A Peoria County long-term care facility resident in her 90s succumbed to coronavirus between Monday and Tuesday. Her death brought the area’s COVID death total to 44. Peoria...
Aug 11, 2020
State COVID roundup 8/11: COVID claims Peoria woman
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A Peoria County woman in her 90s was one of 20 coronavirus casualties in the 24-hour reporting period between Monday and Tuesday throughout the state of Illinois. The Illinoi...
Aug 11, 2020
CityLink receives $10M in federal funds
PEORIA, Ill. — U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos and U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin announced Tuesday $10 million in new federal funding for Greater Peoria Mass Transit. CityLink General Man...
Aug 11, 2020
Thousands of Ameren Illinois customers still without power
PEORIA, Ill. — Storms that moved through the Peoria metro area Monday afternoon knocked out power for thousands of Ameren Illinois customers. As of 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, 3,538 customers in Peoria C...
Aug 11, 2020
PPS board votes for virtual start for all students
PEORIA, Ill. — One week before the year begins, the Peoria Public School Board has opted to start the school year with students learning from home. After nearly five hours of discussion, the PPS...
Aug 11, 2020
City of Pekin to distribute additional $350,000 in business grants
PEKIN, Ill. — Businesses in Pekin will be able to apply to receive more assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pekin’s Community Development Block Grant program has $1,010,768 allocated ...
Aug 10, 2020
Morton supt: despite recent COVID cases, full in-person learning to start Tues.
MORTON, Ill. — With classes set to start Tuesday at Morton District 709, there have been more questions than answers after three students and two staff members tested positive last week for COVI...
Aug 10, 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warning until Monday at 3:15 p.m.
PEORIA, Ill. -- The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Marshall County in central Illinois... Woodford County in central Illinois... Northeastern Ful...
Aug 10, 2020
Local COVID roundup 8/10: over 50 hospital beds now in use
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria, Woodford, and Tazewell tri-county between Saturday and Monday experienced 170 new cases of coronavirus, while hospitalizations related to COVID-19 have risen above 50....
Aug 10, 2020
Motorcyclist involved in accident dies after fleeing from officer
PEORIA, Ill. — An East Peoria motorcyclist has died after fleeing from an East Peoria Police Officer attempting to stop him for speeding. The individual, 25-year-old Craig B. Spurlock, Jr, of Ea...
Aug 10, 2020
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