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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The rolling seven-day statewide positivity rate for COVID-19 has ticked slightly downwards as the Illinois Department of Public Health reported on Thursday 1,360 new cases of...

PEORIA, Ill. — A Tazewell County woman in her 80s has passed away from COVID-19. The octogenarian did not reside in a long-term care facility, said the Peoria City/County Health Department. The ...

PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria-area leaders have been meeting this week with representatives of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC spent Wednesday conducting COVID-19 seminars with P...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — With more cars on the roads this holiday weekend, Illinois State Police will be out in force. State Trooper Jayme Bufford said stepped up enforcement on Labor Day weekend wil...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. government will provide its latest picture Thursday of the layoffs that have remained elevated at a weekly pace of around 1 million since the pandemic erupted nearly six mon...

September 3, 2020 Q: Surprisingly, a new survey found that 60% of kids have never experienced THIS. What is THIS? A: Cooked marshmallows over a fire  

WASHINGTON, Ill. — When Kevin Brown passed away in June 2019, it shook the local area. Brown, former Washington basketball coach, lost his battle with Glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, a...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The federal government has told states to prepare for a coronavirus vaccine to be ready to distribute by Nov. 1. The timeline raised concern among public health experts about a...

PEORIA, Ill. — A Peoria man was taken into custody Wednesday morning after being suspected of arson. The county sheriff’s office and Peoria Police Department arrived around 8:45 to 9619 N....

PEORIA, Ill. — The death of a Peoria County man in his 90s reported Wednesday by the Peoria City/County Health Department brought the area’s total COVID-19 fatality count to 51. The agency...