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PEORIA, Ill. — Dozer Park will remain dark the rest of the year, as there will be no 2020 Minor League Baseball season. The announcement came down Tuesday afternoon from the league, citing ongoi...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — It was another day of over 30,000 COVID-19 tests administered across the state, the Illinois Department of Public Health said Tuesday in its daily update. That trend started ...

PEORIA, Ill. — For the first time in a 24-hour period since March, Peoria County from Monday to Tuesday had no positive COVID-19 tests to report. Peoria City/County Health Department Communicati...

***UPDATE*** Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley has identified the victim as 41-year-old Joshua R. Snyder. Hanley said an autopsy Tuesday showed the official cause of death was multiple stab wound...

June 30, 2020 Q: This is more likely to happen to you if you're stressed out. What is it? A: Get bitten by mosquitoes  

MORTON, Ill. — Morton students will be in the classroom full-time in the fall. Morton Schools Superintendent Jeff Hill said Monday in a press release that the District 709’s School Board h...

MORTON, Ill. — Fire broke out just after 5:30 p.m. Monday at One Source Equipment Rentals on Detroit Avenue in Morton. A passerby called in the fire while driving on I-155. Thick black smoke was...

Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the victim as 43-year-old Andre Leathers Sr., of Peoria. A full autopsy was scheduled for late Tuesday. _____________________________________________...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — For the second consecutive day, Illinois from Sunday to Monday saw a 24-hour period COVID-19 death toll in the teens. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 14 dea...

***UPDATE*** Police Chief Mike McCoy said one person is in custody. The WPD originally got a call Monday around 12:30 P.M. regarding a welfare check of a male resident in the apartment complex. Furthe...