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"Do You Get One Of These For Christmas?"
My wife and I were talking the other day about how when we were young that our parents would get Christmas Cards every year from Family and Friends and then display them all by either stringing them u...
Dec 08, 2020 Annie Spratt / Unsplash
Local COVID roundup 12/8: Four area deaths
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department Tuesday reported four new deaths due to COVID-19 in the tri-county area. Two of the deaths occurred in Peoria County. One was a female in ...
Dec 08, 2020
“12 Days of Carry-out” promotes local businesses and the arts
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau is teaming up with ArtsPartners of Central Illinois for a new campaign called “The 12 Days of Carry-out”. The project is...
Dec 08, 2020
State COVID roundup 12/8: More than 800,000 cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — After 7,910 new confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases were announced by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Tuesday, there have now been more than 800,000 cases i...
Dec 08, 2020
US regulators post positive review of Pfizer vaccine data
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. health regulators posted a positive review of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine as they near a decision on whether to allow use of the shot. The review posted online Tuesday by th...
Dec 08, 2020
Pritzker: Next month is crucial in COVID fight
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- With Hanukah, Christmas and New Year’s coming up, it’s vital that everyone continue to wear a mask and not get together in large groups of people, according to Illinoi...
Dec 08, 2020
According to a new poll, 33% of people own one more of these this year then they did in 2019.
December 18, 2020 Q: According to a new poll, 33% of people own one more of these this year then they did in 2019. A: A pet
Dec 08, 2020
Health chief: Virus vaccine plan ‘constantly in progress’
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois’ public health director says the state’s COVID-19 vaccination plan prioritizing counties by death rates will change as the plan progresses, and hospital s...
Dec 08, 2020
Jackson Browne among stars taking part in Cyndi Lauper’s virtual Home for the Holidays benefit concert
Jackson Browne is among a variety of music stars and other celebrities taking part in the 2020 edition of Cyndi Lauper 's annual Home for the Holidays benefit concert. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, th...
Dec 07, 2020
Update: Victim identified, charges reduced in fatal shooting
UPDATE: Peoria Police confirm a man was shot at the Hollow Creek Apartments in the 4200 block of W. Hollow Creek just before 10 p.m. Saturday. Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said a black SUV wa...
Dec 07, 2020
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