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Armed drugstore robbers remain on the loose
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police have been scouring the area for two men who robbed the University St. Walgreens. The incident happened Saturday just before 10 P.M. and involved the brandishing of h...
May 23, 2021
Virgin Galactic moves one step closer to commercial space flights
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Flying at Mach 3 and reaching more than 55 miles above the Earth Saturday, British billionaire Sir Richard Branson's private spaceship company Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc co...
May 22, 2021
Tazewell County crash claims a life; victim ID’ed
***UPDATE*** 5/24/21 1:40 P.M. The person who died has been identified. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley said 54-year-old David Becktel died from blunt force trauma. He was the only occupant of ...
May 22, 2021
China says Martian rover takes first drive on surface of Red Planet
BEIJING (Reuters) - A remote-controlled Chinese motorised rover drove down the ramp of a landing capsule on Saturday and onto the surface of the Red Planet, making China the first nation to orbit, lan...
May 22, 2021
Why you’re paying more: local trucking experts address cause-and-effect of driver shortage
PEORIA, Ill. — The recent pipeline outage that caused gas prices to spike in certain parts of the country brought to the top of many economists’ minds another looming problem related to ga...
May 21, 2021
Local COVID roundup 5/21: Hospitalizations continue downward trend
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department (PCCHD) Friday reported three fewer patients are in area hospital beds due to COVID-19 compared to Thursday. One fewer person occupies an ...
May 21, 2021
State COVID roundup 5/21: vax numbers once again hit six digits
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Bucking a recent trend of fewer people getting the COVID-19 vaccine than when the shot was first made available, the Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday reported 1...
May 21, 2021
State-of-the-art projection system comes to Peoria’s Dome Planetarium
PEORIA, Ill. — A brand-new, world-class planetarium system will be unveiled at the Peoria Riverfront Museum on Saturday, May 22. The system, Evans & Sutherland 6.5K Digistar 7, is considered...
May 21, 2021
Dozer Park upping capacity
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria Chiefs will begin to sell tickets for 60% of seats at Dozer Park. The team announced Friday night’s game against Quad Cities would be the first game at that capac...
May 21, 2021
Half Of Us Will Judge You About This
May 21st, 2021 Q: Half of us will judge you about this...what is it? A: How you cook your steak
May 21, 2021 Jeremy Keith / CC
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