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State COVID roundup 1/16: statewide test positivity rate still declining
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health Saturday reported 5,343 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, as well as 130 addition deaths. In the most recent 24-hour peri...
Ben Pollard Jan 16, 2021

Morton School District 709 COVID update: student cases decreasing
MORTON, Ill. — Morton School District 709 announced eight students have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and 114 are in quarantine, as of Friday, Jan. 15. Three staff members had coronavirus, and 1...
Ben Pollard Jan 16, 2021

Peoria crews keeping roads safe after latest snowfall
PEORIA, Ill. — Snow fighters hit the streets in Peoria Saturday around 5:30 a.m. — working all 17 routes to ensure the main roads are in safe and prime condition for area motorists. Accord...
Julia Bradley Jan 16, 2021

Pritzker activates Illinois National Guard to protect the capitol
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The F-B-I has warned that protests may be planned leading up to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden in all 50 state capitols. Gov. J-B Pritzker has said the state i...
Julia Bradley Jan 16, 2021

Retired doctors and more syringes: Biden lays out plan to get America vaccinated
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Friday said he would order increased production of syringes and other supplies to ramp up vaccinations against COVID-19 and improve...
Julia Bradley Jan 16, 2021

"If I Had A Million Dollars . . ."
Something we all want to imagine and what we would do with it. What would I do with it? Buy something you've always wanted or how long could you go without ever working again? Yeah it comes to mind. A...
Mike Stechman Jan 15, 2021 Sharon McCutcheon / Unsplash

State COVID roundup 1/15: Over 120 deaths
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Friday reported 6,642 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in the state, including 123 additional deaths. IDPH also an...
Dalton Kemper Jan 15, 2021

Local COVID roundup 1/15: tier 2 in effect
PEORIA, Ill. — On the day Region Two graduated to tier two COVID-19 mitigation status, the Peoria City/County Health Department also reported the sad news of eight additional tri-county deaths r...
Jeremy Scott Jan 15, 2021

Illinois sees first case of COVID-19 variant first seen in UK
CHICAGO — The Chicago Department of Health (CDPH) and Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Friday announced the first case in Illinois of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7 first identified in ...
Dalton Kemper Jan 15, 2021

One dead in South Peoria following Fri. fire
***UPDATE*** Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the deceased person as 46-year-old Laurie A. Helms. He pronounced the cause of death smoke inhalation. It wasn’t immediately clear as to why she...
Jeremy Scott Jan 15, 2021
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