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Local COVID roundup 1/29: more hospital beds open up
PEORIA, Ill. — Three area residents died between Thursday and Friday from COVID-19, while 116 tested positive. Peoria City/County Health Department said a woman in her 80s from Peoria County die...
Jeremy Scott Jan 29, 2021

Attorney says Robinhood was within rights to restrict GameStop trading
PEORIA, Ill. — Robinhood has been at the forefront this week of a skyrocketing GameStop stock as users of Reddit drove the price up to over $300 a share. On Thursday, Robinhood was one of many o...
Dalton Kemper Jan 29, 2021

State COVID roundup 1/29: another record-setting vax day
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — For a third 24-hour period in a row, Illinois between Thursday and Friday broke its own record for COVID-19 doses given. 58,357 people during that time received a shot. Illin...
Jeremy Scott Jan 29, 2021

Pekin-based lab detects first COVID variants in Illinois
PEKIN, Ill. — The first two known Illinois cases of the United Kingdom variant of COVID-19 were detected at Reditus Labs in Pekin. The positive tests came from DuPage County. 12 cases of the var...
Jeremy Scott Jan 29, 2021

If you have millennials living in the house, you have, on average, five of these.
January 29, 2021 Q: If you have Millennials living in the house, you have, on average, five of these. A: Five dirty dishes in the sink
Nancy Flagg Jan 29, 2021 Mike McCune / CC

Man injured overnight in Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. — A man was shot Thursday night while walking in the area of McClure and University in Peoria. “Just before 9:30, a male victim with a gunshot wound to the torso was dropped o...
Julia Bradley Jan 29, 2021

Faulty wiring to blame for Peoria fire
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria firefighters responded just after 8 a.m. Thursday to the area of Graceland and Sunnyview Drive. Fire Battalion Chief Nate Rice said crews received a call about smoke coming...
Julia Bradley Jan 29, 2021

Caterpillar announces Q4, full-year 2020 numbers
DEERFIELD, Ill. - Caterpillar, Inc. saw a 15% decline in sales and revenue from the fourth quarter of 2020 compared to the same time period of 2019, numbers released Friday show. The company took in $...
Jeremy Scott Jan 29, 2021

Looking ahead: next tier of COVID vaccines TBD
PEORIA, Ill. — While Tier 1B COVID-19 vaccinations include frontline essential workers and individuals 65 years and older, 1C vaccinations are a much broader category that includes a wide range ...
Ben Pollard Jan 28, 2021

"To See or Not To See . . . My Shadow?"
Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 "Groundhog Day" This curious holiday comes from our agricultural past and marks the halfway point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. Here are some facts and...
Mike Stechman Jan 28, 2021 Eddie~S / CC
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