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Morton School District 709 COVID update: numbers continue to improve
MORTON, Ill. — Morton School District 709 Friday announced five students were positive with COVID-19, a seven student decrease from the previous week. Student quarantines were up slightly from t...
Ben Pollard Feb 13, 2021

Senate decides to allow witnesses in Trump impeachment, extending trial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. senators voted on Saturday in favor of allowing witnesses in the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, extending the proceedings as lawmakers weigh whet...
Julia Bradley Feb 13, 2021

UPDATE: Victim of fatal crash identified/arrest made
UPDATE 6:53 a.m. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the victim of the crash Friday night in the 100 block of S. Western Avenue in Peoria as 30-year-old Cherish Coleman. One of the vehi...
Julia Bradley Feb 13, 2021

Peoria Salvation Army raises nearly $2 million during Tree of Lights
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria Salvation Army Friday announced a successful Tree of Lights Campaign which raised money to support people struggling to get by in the Peoria area. The 2020 campaign in ...
Dalton Kemper Feb 12, 2021

UPDATE: Music festival extended to three days after Wallen pulls out; new headliners tapped
***UPDATE*** 4/14/21 11 A.M. The three-day lineup has been released. Florida Georgia Line has been added as the Thursday headliner, while Jon Pardi will headline Saturday. Sam Hunt remains on the bill...
Dalton Kemper Feb 12, 2021

Louisville Slugger Sports Complex drops Morgan Wallen from lineup
PEORIA, Ill. — After a video surfaced last week of country music star Morgan Wallen using a racial slur, he has been dropped from the Tailgate N’ Tallboys lineup on June 3, 2021. The video...
Dalton Kemper Feb 12, 2021

Local COVID roundup 2/12: 4 people die
PEORIA, Ill. — Tazewell County was hit hard by COVID during the Thursday-Friday reporting period, as four residents died. Two women in their 90s from Pekin Manor were among the casualties, as we...
Jeremy Scott Feb 12, 2021

State COVID roundup 2/12: tenth of state immunized
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — 10% of Illinois has officially gotten at least one dose of the COVID-19 shot. A record-setting 95,375 people between Thursday and Friday received a vaccine. 2,598 people duri...
Jeremy Scott Feb 12, 2021

A new survey says 35% of people say they've been disappointed at some point in their lives by THIS. What is it?
February 12, 2021 Q: Three out of ten people say THIS has been a major disappointment in their lives. A: Something they got for Valentine's Day
Nancy Flagg Feb 12, 2021

Elderly woman crashes into Peoria CVS store
PEORIA, Ill. — Two people were hospitalized Thursday night after a car collided with another vehicle and part of a Peoria pharmacy. Emergency crews were called around 7:15 p.m. to the CVS in the...
Julia Bradley Feb 12, 2021
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