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UPDATE: Missing woman found dead
UPDATE 3:30 P.M. EAST PEORIA, Ill. — At approximately 10:15 a.m. Thursday, Peoria Police Detectives found the body of Mona Ellison behind a residential structure in a densely wooded area in the ...
Julia Bradley Jan 21, 2021
Firefighters evacuated while fighting Peoria fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Firefighters were called to a home that caught fire late Wednesday night in the North Valley Neighborhood. Fire Battalion Chief Steve Rada said the call came in at 11:15 p....
Julia Bradley Jan 21, 2021
‘Pride:’ Peoria-area Indian leaders sound off on Harris swearing-in
PEORIA, Ill. — Along with Wednesday’s inauguration of Joe Biden as President of the United States came an historic numbers game, of sorts. Biden became the 46th person and the second of Ca...
Jeremy Scott Jan 20, 2021
Person shot in hand Wednesday evening
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police were called just before 6:30 p.m. Wednesday on reports of a person with a gunshot wound. According to Public Information Officer Amy Dotson, the incident occurred in...
Dalton Kemper Jan 20, 2021
Local COVID roundup 1/20: hospital bed capacity grows again
PEORIA, Ill. — A combined nine residents of Peoria and Tazewell Counties died between Tuesday and Wednesday from COVID-19 complications. Tazewell reported the deaths of a man in his 60s, one in ...
Jeremy Scott Jan 20, 2021
Bustos speaks on Biden, Harris
WASHINGTON - Illinois 17th District Rep. Cheri Bustos has released a statement regarding the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris: Today, I had the honor of joining my ...
Jeremy Scott Jan 20, 2021
State COVID roundup 1/20: almost 22k vaccines given each day over past week
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois as a state during the most recent reporting period saw 4,822 new cases of COVID-19 and 107 deaths. 3,284 hospital beds as of Tuesday night were being occupied by COV...
Jeremy Scott Jan 20, 2021
LaHood congratulates new POTUS, VP
WASHINGTON - Illinois 18th District Rep. Darin LaHood has issued a statement regarding the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris: I congratulate President Joe Biden and ...
Jeremy Scott Jan 20, 2021
Joe Biden becomes the 46th U.S. President
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrat Joe Biden was sworn in as president of the United States on Wednesday, assuming the helm of a country reeling from deep political divides, a battered economy and ...
Julia Bradley Jan 20, 2021
Trump, praising his own record, leaves White House ahead of Biden’s inauguration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican President Donald Trump hailed his administration’s record as he left the White House for the last time on Wednesday, hours before President-elect Joe Bide...
Julia Bradley Jan 20, 2021

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