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***UPDATE*** 2/28/21 6:37 P.M. The victim of a Peoria shooting Saturday night in the 300 block of E. Ravine has been identified. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said 31-year-old Bobby King, of Peo...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced 1,780 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, including 34 additional deaths. As of Friday night, 1,353 indivi...

MORTON, Ill. — Morton School District 709 Friday announced their weekly COVID-19 numbers slightly increased from last week. Across the district, seven students were diagnosed with coronavirus, a...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden scored his first legislative win as the House of Representatives passed his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package early Saturday, though Democrats f...

***UPDATE*** 3/1/21 4:22 P.M. A suspect has been taken into custody. Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell said his office, along with the Peoria Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Task Force, arres...

PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria Park District unveiled a new sculpture Friday in Donovan Park, the first of six planned for the year. The unveiled sculpture, titled “Here and Now,” was cre...

UPDATE 8:15 P.M. — All three suspects in the robbery and car chase, Terrion Johnson; Jabreez Thompkins; and Christopher Smith, were arrested for Business Burglary. Peoria Police Public Informati...

PEORIA, Ill. — A delay in reporting led the Peoria City/County Health Department’s Friday COVID-19 report to reflect 17 area deaths. Tazewell County accounted for one of the deaths, a man ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved of an operation to capture or kill dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi who was murdered in 2018, according to a declassifi...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Over 102,000 Illinoisans between Thursday and Friday received the COVID-19 shot, marking the second consecutive day — and second day ever — the 100,000 mark was b...