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Saturday afternoon fire on Frye Avenue
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Firefighters and Paramedics responded to reports of a structure fire Saturday afternoon on Frye Avenue. Once they arrived at the scene, firefighters discovered flames emerg...
Ben Pollard Dec 06, 2020

Update: Three arrested for Peoria homicide
UPDATE: Peoria Police confirm a man was shot at the Hollow Creek Apartments in the 4200 block of W. Hollow Creek just before 10 p.m. Saturday. Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said a black SUV wa...
Ben Pollard Dec 06, 2020

First major wintry storm of season hits the Northeast
WARREN, Mass. (AP) - The first big wintry storm of the season began dropping what forecasters say could be more than a foot of wet, heavy snow Saturday on parts of the Northeast, making travel treache...
Ben Pollard Dec 05, 2020

San Joaquin Valley in California issues stay-home order
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Faced with a dire shortage of hospital beds, California's San Joaquin Valley was placed under a sweeping new lockdown Saturday in an urgent attempt to slow the rapid rise of coron...
Ben Pollard Dec 05, 2020

US reaches daily high of nearly 228,000 cases
WASHINGTON - Coronavirus infections continue to spread at record levels in the United States, reaching a new daily high of nearly 228,000 cases on Friday. The 227,885 cases eclipses the previous high ...
Julia Bradley Dec 05, 2020

Former Morton teacher faces sex abuse charges
MORTON, Ill. — A former Morton High School teacher who resigned in September after an investigation of an “inappropriate relationship” with a student, has been charged with two count...
Julia Bradley Dec 05, 2020

COVID-19 relief: What’s on the table as Congress seeks deal
WASHINGTON (AP) – Under pressure from moderates in both parties, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have initiated late-game negotiations in hopes of combining...
Julia Bradley Dec 05, 2020

Gov. Pritzker lays out plan for vaccine distribution
CHICAGO — Gov. J.B. Pritzker Friday at his daily briefing laid out the plan for distributing the COVID-19 vaccine once it is approved for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)....
Dalton Kemper Dec 04, 2020

House votes to decriminalize marijuana at federal level
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Democratic-controlled House on Friday approved a bill to decriminalize and tax marijuana at the federal level, reversing what supporters call a failed policy of criminalizing pot...
Dalton Kemper Dec 04, 2020

Local COVID roundup 12/4: Seven Tazewell County deaths
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department Friday reported seven new Tazewell County deaths due to COVID-19. There were eight deaths in the tri-county overall in the last 24 hours, ...
Dalton Kemper Dec 04, 2020
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