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WIU shooting suspect taken into custody
MACOMB, Ill. — A freshman at Western Illinois University has been arrested after a Tuesday night shooting on the Macomb campus. Kavion Poplous, 18, turned himself in at a Chicago Police Departme...
Dalton Kemper Sep 16, 2020

Peoria Firefighters evacuate several homes Wednesday afternoon due to risk of explosion
PEORIA, Ill. — Several homes had to be evacuated by Peoria Firefighters Wednesday afternoon due to risk of explosion. Fire crews were called at approximately 3:25 p.m. to the 1100 block of N. Un...
Dalton Kemper Sep 16, 2020

PPS announces students K-1 may resume in-person instruction
PEORIA, Ill. — Following a Tuesday work session that lasted “all day,” as Dr. Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat said, Peoria Public School District 150 announced Wednesday a plan to allow kind...
Jeremy Scott Sep 16, 2020

Local COVID roundup 9/16: triple-digit case count, one additional death
PEORIA, Ill. — A burst of 109 COVID-19 tests between Tuesday and Wednesday came back positive throughout Peoria, Woodford, and Tazewell Counties, and yet another person has died. The Peoria City...
Jeremy Scott Sep 16, 2020

State COVID roundup 9/16: 50k+ tests given
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois as a state remained under 2,000 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday as labs took in 52,311 tests. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,941 throughout the sta...
Jeremy Scott Sep 16, 2020

Make Play-Doh Ornaments
It's National Play-Doh day and who didn't love it as a kid? The thing is - I still love it as an adult. Playing with it with my kids was a great way to be creative with them, and now I can do the same...
Rick Hirschmann Sep 16, 2020 Michael Pollak / CC

Big Ten Football set to return in October
Big Ten is going to give fall football a shot after all. Less than five weeks after pushing fall sports to spring in the name of player safety during the pandemic, the conference changed course Wednes...
Julia Bradley Sep 16, 2020

US outlines sweeping plan to provide free COVID-19 vaccines
WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government outlined a sweeping plan Wednesday to make vaccines for COVID-19 available for free to all Americans, even as polls show a strong undercurrent of skepticism ri...
Julia Bradley Sep 16, 2020

The average time it takes to do THIS is three hours and five minutes. What is THIS?
September 16, 2020 Q: The average time it takes to do THIS is three hours and five minutes. What is THIS? A: To make a major purchase online
Nancy Flagg Sep 16, 2020 Midwest Communications/HubSpot

Overturned semi shuts down part of I-74 eastbound
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. — An overturned semi hauler on Eastbound I-74 shut down traffic heading into Peoria Wednesday morning. Illinois State Police said the accident occurred around 4:30 a.m. just ...
Julia Bradley Sep 16, 2020
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