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Local COVID roundup 2/11: mixed news
PEORIA, Ill. — A mixture of encouraging news and sad news highlighted Thursday’s Peoria City/County Health Department COVID-19 report. First, the sad news: three Woodford County residents ...
Jeremy Scott Feb 11, 2021
State COVID roundup 2/11: another vax milestone
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The state of Illinois has surpassed 1.5 million coronavirus vaccines given. Numbers released Thursday by the Illinois Department of Public Health showed 69,029 doses administ...
Jeremy Scott Feb 11, 2021
Remote learning announced for Thurs. at Peoria schools
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Public Schools students have been instructed to stay home for a Thursday virtual learning day. The National Weather Service was forecasting temperatures to dip into the low...
Jeremy Scott Feb 10, 2021
COVID claims another Peoria restaurant
PEORIA, Ill. — A popular Italian eatery has announced it will not reopen its doors. In a Facebook post, Biaggi’s Ristorante Italiano thanked the community for its support. We've made the d...
Jeremy Scott Feb 10, 2021
Local COVID roundup 2/10: Regional hospital statistics improving
PEORIA, Ill. — Region 2 of Illinois, which encompasses Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford counties, had some much improved hospital statistics within the last 24 hours. ICU bed capacity jumped by 2% ...
Dalton Kemper Feb 10, 2021
State COVID roundup 2/10: above average vax count
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The amount of COVID-19 vaccines administered between Tuesday and Wednesday to Illinoisans reached a number significantly higher than the daily average. 62,923 doses were give...
Jeremy Scott Feb 10, 2021
Illinois expanding Phase 1B eligibility on Feb. 25
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois is making plans to expand Phase 1B eligibility on Feb. 25, in light of a steady increase the availability of COVID-19 vaccines statewide. In a statement on Wednesday...
Julia Bradley Feb 10, 2021
Rep. Bustos: More funding coming for more vaccinations
PEORIA, Ill. — Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) was in Peoria today to tour the Heddington Oaks COVID-19 vaccination facility. Bustos said she was impressed with the facility, saying it ran li...
Dalton Kemper Feb 10, 2021
Georgia launches criminal probe into Trump efforts to overturn 2020 election result: letter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Prosecutors in Fulton County, Georgia, are investigating Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the Southern state’s 2020 presidential election results, according...
Julia Bradley Feb 10, 2021
Peoria Police make another arrest related to Jan. 29 homicide
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police have made another arrest in connection with the Jan. 29 shooting that killed 31-year-old Jevon Gilliam at a gas station at the intersection of SW Adams and S. Easton...
Dalton Kemper Feb 09, 2021

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