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State COVID roundup 12/9: positivity rate remains below double digits
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The death toll between Tuesday and Wednesday form COVID-19 throughout Illinois was a relatively high 179. That number came form the Illinois Department of Public Health, whic...
Jeremy Scott Dec 09, 2020
Chiefs get promoted
PEORIA, Ill. — While Wednesday was judgment day for 42 Minor League Baseball teams who did not receive invitations to continue their affiliations with their Major League Baseball teams, the Peor...
Jeremy Scott Dec 09, 2020
PCSO nabs West Peoria robbery suspect
WEST PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a man they suspect robbed the Farmington Rd. Freedom Oil shortly after 8:00 Wednesday morning after striking the clerk on...
Jeremy Scott Dec 09, 2020
Local COVID roundup 12/9: region ICU bed capacity far below needed mark
PEORIA, Ill. — Three area residents died of COVID-19 complications between Tuesday and Wednesday as the Peoria City/County Health Department also reported 289 new cases. A Peoria County woman in...
Jeremy Scott Dec 09, 2020
PETA 40th anniversary celebration to feature Paul McCartney, Belinda Carlisle, Chrissie Hynde & more stars
Paul McCartney , Belinda Carlisle and The Pretenders ' Chrissie Hynde are among the celebrities that will take part in a special livestream celebration marking animal rights organization PETA 's 40th ...
Syndicated Content Dec 09, 2020
BBB warns of puppy scams
PEORIA, Ill. — Puppy scams are nothing new, but due to COVID-19, the scams are seeing new life. Jessica Tharp, with the Better Business Bureau of Central Illinois, said that’s especially t...
Julia Bradley Dec 09, 2020

And the winner is....
Congrats to Patricia Harris of Peoria, the winner of a pizza per week for ONE WHOLE YEAR from 460 Pizza!
CJ Dec 09, 2020
Delta officially terminates service to PIA
PEORIA, Ill. — Delta Airlines service from Peoria has become a casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic. Peoria’s Metropolitan Airport Authority has been notified that as of last week, Delta has ...
Julia Bradley Dec 09, 2020
UK investigates possible allergic reactions to COVID-19 shot
LONDON (AP) - U.K. regulators say people who have a "significant history'' of allergic reactions shouldn't receive the new Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine while they investigate two adverse reactions that occ...
Julia Bradley Dec 09, 2020
UK starts virus campaign with a shot watched round the world
LONDON (AP) - A nurse rolled up 90-year-old Margaret Keenan's sleeve and administered a shot watched round the world -- the first jab in the U.K.'s COVID-19 vaccination program kicking off an unpreced...
Jeremy Scott Dec 08, 2020

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