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Peoria opens coronavirus command post
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria health officials are taking a proactive approach in dealing with the spread of the coronavirus. The Peoria Health City/County Department has opened an emergency operations ...
Kevin Bessler Mar 04, 2020

Former Bradley pitcher Janssen remembered as remarkable player, person
by Kristina Leahy and Jeremy Scott PEORIA, Ill. — Mitch Janssen was announced as one of the three who passed away in a plane crash Tuesday on I-55 near Lincoln. Janssen was a Princeville native,...
Jeremy Scott Mar 04, 2020

Bradley grad among plane crash victims
LINCOLN, Ill. — A former Bradley University student-athlete is among three people killed in Tuesday’s plane crash on I-55 near Lincoln. 22-year-old Mitch Janssen, a 2019 graduate and four-...
Jeremy Scott Mar 04, 2020

COVID-19 death toll rises
BANGKOK (AP) – Washington state has reported a 10th death from the new coronavirus and California announced its first. Health officials in Northern California say the elderly man who had other h...
Jeremy Scott Mar 04, 2020

DIOSH Day kicks off at the Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. — An event dedicated safety and health with employers and employees is in its 29th year at the Peoria Civic Center. The Downstate Illinois Occupational Safety and Health (DIOSH) Day...
Kristina Leahy Mar 04, 2020

Have You Flown The Chicken Coop?
So my Holly and I are getting married this year and I'm always looking for ways to be different and I came across this story. I don't think she's gonna go for this one tho! How would you like to have ...
Mike Stechman Mar 04, 2020

Men are more likely to do THIS than women in the workplace.
March 4, 2020 Q: Men are more likely to do THIS than women in the workplace. A: Lie on their resume
Nancy Flagg Mar 04, 2020 Adobe Stock

Peoria scrap yard fire shuts down traffic near Bartonville
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics responded to a large scrap yard fire Tuesday at Allied Industries located at 2600 W. Clark around 4:30 p.m. Large plume of black and grey smoke rose ...
Mike Sabol Mar 03, 2020

East Peoria City Council encourages public input for budget
EAST PEORIA, Ill. — East Peoria is working on approving the fiscal city budget for 2020-2021. Mayor John Kahl said it is important for the council to hear what the public has to say. “It...
Kristina Leahy Mar 03, 2020

Tazewell touts more federal funding
PEKIN, Ill. — Grant money continued rolling in Tuesday for the Tazewell County Clerk’s Office. The office announced an additional Federal CyberNavigator grant of almost $1,400 to cover sta...
Jeremy Scott Mar 03, 2020
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