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Local COVID roundup 11/6: over 300 new cases in 24 hours
PEORIA, Ill. — Four people died and 325 people tested positive between Thursday and Friday for COVID-19 throughout the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county. The deaths in Peoria County were of tw...
Jeremy Scott Nov 06, 2020

Former Bush, Romney aide says Trump legal pursuit likely futile
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s Thursday night speech from the White House Briefing Room left many talking heads and the voting public at large wondering if the President would take ...
Jeremy Scott Nov 06, 2020

Police investigating apparent Central Peoria murder
***UPDATE*** Harwood has identified the person shot as 23-year-old Treek Booker-Lawson. She sustained multiple gunshot wounds to her body, Harwood said. The coroner was not releasing any details about...
Jeremy Scott Nov 06, 2020

More people are doing THIS today than they were in 2010. What is THIS?
November 6, 2020 Q: More people are doing THIS today than they were in 2010. What is THIS? A: Dieting
Nancy Flagg Nov 06, 2020 Louis Hansel @shotsoflouis / Unsplash

Defense Sec’y planning exit
WASHINGTON — United States Secretary of Defense Mark Esper was planning Thursday to resign, according to sources. Part of the reason he is planning to leave his post, the sources said, is becaus...
Jeremy Scott Nov 05, 2020

Festival of Lights plans revealed
EAST PEORIA, Ill. — The 2020 East Peoria Festival of Lights has been scheduled, albeit with provisions for COVID-19. The event is set for Nov. 21 at 5:45 P.M. The two-mile route will start at th...
Jeremy Scott Nov 05, 2020

Local COVID roundup 11/5: 7 deaths retroactively added
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department Thursday reported two new deaths from COVID-19, both females who resided at Heritage Health in Chillicothe. One female was in her 80s, whi...
Dalton Kemper Nov 05, 2020

State COVID roundup 11/5: 10k deaths, nearly 10k cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — 10,000 was the number on Thursday to keep in mind, as Illinois hit one dubious COVID-19 milestone and nearly hit another. The Illinois Department of Public Health said with 9...
Jeremy Scott Nov 05, 2020

Challenger King won’t concede to Bustos
EAST MOLINE, Ill. — The Associated Press on Thursday declared incumbent Democrat Cheri Bustos has been re-elected to Illinois’ 17th Congressional district, but her Republican opponent, Est...
Julia Bradley Nov 05, 2020

OSF’s Hammerton backs out of Bradley job
PEORIA, Ill. - OSF HealthCare President Tom Hammerton has announced he will not be joining Bradley University as Vice President for Advancement. The university on Thursday morning issued a statement, ...
Jeremy Scott Nov 05, 2020
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