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Family Dollar, Dollar Tree not requiring masks
(UNDATED) — Family Dollar and Dollar Tree will no longer make you wear a mask. While a growing number of national retailers are requiring shoppers and employees to wear face coverings, Family Do...
Julia Bradley Jul 21, 2020
Soccer: Hollywood stars team up ex-players to bring NWSL to Los Angeles
(Reuters) - Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman and more than a dozen former U.S. women's national team players have formed an ownership group to set up a professional women's soccer team in Los ...
Syndicated Content Jul 21, 2020

He’s back: Trump to re-up virus briefings amid lagging polls
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is set to once again take center stage in the federal government’s coronavirus response. That’s after a White House debate over how best to d...
Julia Bradley Jul 21, 2020

The record for THIS is 11 feet. What is it?
July 21, 2020 Q: The record for THIS is 11 feet. What is it? A: Waterskiing on stilts. (Stilts were 11 feet)
Nancy Flagg Jul 21, 2020 Shutterstock

Britain scientists are working on a possible Coronavirus vaccine
LONDON — Scientists at Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot...
Mike Sabol Jul 20, 2020

State COVID roundup 7/20: back over 1,000
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — After a day that broke a streak of consecutive days with over 1,000 cases of COVID-19, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported Monday’s count was 1,173. There...
Jeremy Scott Jul 20, 2020

Local COVID roundup 7/20: woman in her hundreds dies
PEORIA, Ill. — A Peoria County centenarian lost her life over the weekend to COVID-19. The woman in her 100s was not a long-term care facility resident. Alongside the sad news of the area’...
Jeremy Scott Jul 20, 2020

Pritzker, local leaders push student work placement program
PEORIA, Ill. — Gov. J.B. Pritzker paid a visit Monday to Manual High School, where he helped local leaders kick off the Peoria Public Schools Summer Youth Employment Program. The system is desig...
Jeremy Scott Jul 20, 2020

Chief Marion: The community must help stop the violence
PEORIA, Ill. — 13 people were shot early Sunday morning at Peoria’s Riverfront. Peoria Police responded at 4:41 a.m. to the area of Water and Hamilton on reports of a large fight, finding ...
Julia Bradley Jul 20, 2020

"The latest trend on Tattooing"
So you've had a Tattoo for awhile now but you've changed your mind. Now what? I think I will have it removed. Yep that's the latest. There's been a spike in Tattooing and also the removal of them sinc...
Mike Stechman Jul 20, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
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