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Pence and his wife test negative for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Mike Pence and second lady Karen Pence tested negative for COVID-19 Friday morning, hours after President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were diagnosed with...
Oct 02, 2020
Moore to seek third term
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria City Council member Denise Moore has announced she’s running to retain her First District seat. Moore made the announcement she plans to serve another four years duri...
Oct 02, 2020
ISP confirms Thurs. night 474 fatal crash; teen killed
***UPDATE*** The ISP has released more information regarding the accident. The agency said the accident occurred when 18-year-old Trenton R. Mitchell of Mackinaw, who was traveling eastbound, left the...
Oct 02, 2020
President Trump at hospital; new cases emerge among allies
***UPDATE*** 8:00 A.M. 10/3/20 WASHINGTON (AP) - A feverish and fatigued President Donald Trump was spending the weekend at a military hospital for treatment of COVID-19, as new cases emerged among so...
Oct 02, 2020
Top Trump aide Hope Hicks tests positive for coronavirus
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hope Hicks, one of President Donald Trump's closest aides, has tested positive for the coronavirus. Hicks, who serves as counselor to the president and traveled with him to a rally W...
Oct 01, 2020
Local COVID roundup 10/1: woman in her 40s succumbs
PEORIA, Ill. — A Peoria County woman in her 40s became the latest area casualty of coronavirus, after passing away during the Wednesday-Thursday reporting period. The woman did not live in a lon...
Oct 01, 2020
State COVID roundup 10/1: 65k tested
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A plethora of tests administered highlight Thursday’s COVID-19 report from the Illinois Department of Public Health. IDPH said 65,615 specimens were taken between Wedne...
Oct 01, 2020
NFL postpones Titans-Steelers game to later in the season
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The NFL has announced the Steelers-Titans game, originally scheduled for this Sunday, will be played later in the season another Titans player and staff member tested positive...
Oct 01, 2020
U.S. layoffs remain elevated as 837,000 seek jobless aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits declined last week to a still-high 837,000, evidence that the economy is struggling to sustain a tentative recovery that b...
Oct 01, 2020
The first time this happened in professional sports was in the late 1970's. What is it?
October 1, 2020 Q: The first time this happened in professional sports was in the late 1970's. What is it? A: The NBA started using the three-point line
Oct 01, 2020
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