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Does Wearing Gloves to the Store Actually Increase Your Risk?
Now with COVID-19 in our daily conversations and outings, staying safe has come a priority to us. Wearing masks and gloves when you go out. But can wearing certain things increase our risk? Like glove...
Mike Stechman Apr 22, 2020

I-DOT observes Work Zone Awareness Week
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — It’s National Work Zone Awareness Week. The Illinois Department of Transportation is asking drivers to be careful and pay attention as they enter road construction zone...
Julia Bradley Apr 22, 2020

It happens all of the time in the United States, but it’s illegal in Denmark. What is it?
April 22, 2020 Q: It happens all of the time in the United States, but it's illegal in Denmark. What is it. A: Get a tattoo on your face, neck or hand.
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Update: Victim identified in Fulton County drowning
FULTON COUNTY, Ill. — The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office got a call around 2 p.m. Tuesday about a man in the Illinois River near Liverpool. Authorities found the man unresponsive in the wa...
Julia Bradley Apr 22, 2020

PPS principal makes an emotional transition
PEORIA, Ill. – After a career of 25 years with Peoria Public Schools, Brett Elliott announced that he has taken the Superintendent position with the Stark County school district. The announcemen...
Mike Sabol Apr 21, 2020

Budget talks continue with Peoria City Council
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City Council is moving forward with how to amend the city’s budget. Due to COVID-19, the city is facing a deficit of around $54 million. City Manager Patrick Uric...
Kristina Leahy Apr 21, 2020

East Peoria projects shortfall of around $5.4 million
EAST PEORIA, Ill. — The City of East Peoria is projecting, due to lost revenue, a shortfall of $5.4 million for fiscal year 2020. This was announced among changes to the budget to combat the sho...
Dalton Kemper Apr 21, 2020

One new death reported at Tri-County daily update
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department announced that Woodford County reported its first death related to COVID-19. A woman in her 70’s died Monday due to complications of...
Kristina Leahy Apr 21, 2020

Pritzker announces help for student loan borrowers
CHICAGO — Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday announced a program to bring relief to student loan borrowers throughout Illinois. While the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act prov...
Jeremy Scott Apr 21, 2020

Trump vows to ‘suspend immigration’ to US because of virus
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says he will sign an executive order “to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States” because of the coronavirus. It’s a ret...
Kristina Leahy Apr 21, 2020
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