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State COVID roundup 7/10: despite recent gains, most regions still meeting phase four guidelines
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — For the second straight day, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported over 1,000 COVID-19 cases. Statewide, 1,317 cases were reported from Thursday to Friday, the mo...
Jul 10, 2020
Local COVID roundup 7/10: one-fifth of cases in home isolation
PEORIA, Ill. — 28 cases of COVID-19 reported Friday brought the tri-county’s overall total since the start of the pandemic to 835. Peoria County reported the biggest gain, with 19, for a t...
Jul 10, 2020
Teepee Kids Design AND Build!
Who doesn’t love Target? Even my 3 year old asks if we can go to Target! HHAHA! When I found this I thought “GENIUS!” Target now carries a teepee kids can decorate AND build! It̵...
Jul 10, 2020
Boy charged in Goodfield fire won’t stand trial
EUREKA, Ill. — A 9-year-old boy charged with first-degree murder in a 2019 mobile home fire in Goodfield has been found unfit to stand trial. A Woodford County Court judge made the ruling Thursd...
Jul 10, 2020
Peoria homicide suspect identified
PEORIA, Ill. — A suspect has been identified in connection with Peoria’s sixth homicide of the year. On the night of June 29th, Peoria Police were called to a shooting the 300 block of N. ...
Jul 09, 2020
Local COVID roundup 7/9: big case increase
PEORIA, Ill. — In keeping with the trend the state of Illinois is seeing with a resurgence in COVID-19 cases, the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county from Wednesday to Thursday saw a jump of 35,...
Jul 09, 2020
State COVID roundup 7/9: 1,000 mark surpassed for first time in a month
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — For the first time since June 4-5, Illinois has broken the 1,000 COVID-19 case mark over a 24-hour period. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported a count of 1,018 ...
Jul 09, 2020
Majority of Morton parents want kids back in the classroom
MORTON, Ill. — Nearly 95% of parents surveyed by Morton School District 709 said they’ll send their children back to school next month despite concerns over COVID-19. The results of the re...
Jul 09, 2020
Supreme Court rules Manhattan DA can obtain Trump taxes
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a prosecutor's demand for President Donald Trump's tax returns as part of a criminal investigation that includes hush-money payments to women who...
Jul 09, 2020
1.3 million apply for unemployment benefits
WASHINGTON (AP) – More than 1.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, a historically high pace that shows that many employers are still laying people off in the face of ...
Jul 09, 2020
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