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Supreme Court denies GOP request to stop extended period in Pennsylvania for returning ballots
WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania election officials will be allowed to count ballots received up to three days after Election Day after a Monday night Supreme Court ruling. This refuses a Republican re...
Oct 19, 2020
Local COVID roundup 10/19: 6 die, over 200 new positives
PEORIA, Ill. — Long-term care facilities in Peoria and Tazewell Counties over the weekend grieved six deaths related to COVID-19. In Tazewell, a woman in her 80s who lived at Timber Creek Rehab ...
Oct 19, 2020
Peoria Police find woman dead in home
PEORIA, Ill. — A woman was found dead in her home Monday morning in the 2300 block of W. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Peoria Police Detectives received a tip regarding a deceased person inside of ...
Oct 19, 2020
State COVID roundup 10/19: seven-day positivity rate rises again
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday reported 3,113 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 22 additional deaths. The seven-day statewide pos...
Oct 19, 2020
Early Voting breaking records in Tazewell and Peoria Counties
PEORIA, Ill. — Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, early voting has been very popular with local voters so far. Two weeks ahead of the 2020 Presidential Election, Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman s...
Oct 19, 2020
Farmington Central Schools shift to virtual learning due to COVID case
FARMINGTON, Ill. — Farmington Central Jr. High and Elementary schools will begin remote learning this week after a positive COVID-19 case. The district’s website said on Sunday that a staf...
Oct 19, 2020
IL governor says Trump partly to blame for COVID-19 spike
CHICAGO (AP) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker says President Donald Trump and his allies in Illinois are partly to blame for the surge in coronavirus cases in the state. Pritzker spoke Sunday on CNN’s "Stat...
Oct 19, 2020
COVID-19 cases worldwide surpasses 40 million
LONDON (AP) - The world’s number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has surpassed 40 million. The milestone was hit Monday according to Johns Hopkins University, which collates tallies from around t...
Oct 19, 2020
Female shot in back; taken to hospital with serious injury
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police responded to the 4300 block of W. Castleton Rd. just after 5:00 p.m. Saturday evening on reports of a female with a gunshot wound. When they arrived, they found the ...
Oct 18, 2020
Precautions urged for holiday parties as COVID-19 cases rise
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois' public health director is urging residents to celebrate the holidays with limited activities and greater precautions because of the persistence of COVID-19. Dr. Ngoz...
Oct 17, 2020
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