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Hy-Vee brings back reserved shopping hour
WEST DES MOINES, IA - Beginning Monday, Nov. 23, Hy-Vee reinstated its reserved shopping hour for customers deemed high risk. This is in response to the recent increase in COVID-19 cases through the M...
Julia Bradley Nov 23, 2020

Biden builds out national security picks with Blinken, Kerry
WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Joe Biden is building out his administration with several key picks for national security and foreign policy roles. John Kerry, a former secretary of state, will lead...
Julia Bradley Nov 23, 2020

Victim of Peoria crash identified
PEORIA, Ill. — The victim of a two-vehicle crash Friday morning has been identified as 34-year-old Aries Terrell of Peoria. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said Terrell was pronounced dead a...
Julia Bradley Nov 23, 2020

If you're average, you have not done this in nearly six months. What is it?
November 23, 2020 Q: If you're average, you have not done this in nearly six months. What is it? A: Seen your extended family (And 60% are worried they won't get to see their families for the holidays...
Nancy Flagg Nov 23, 2020 Shutterstock

State COVID roundup 11/22: over 10,000 new cases statewide
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Public Health reported an additional 10,012 new and probable cases of COVID-19, including 76 additional deaths on Sunday. As of Saturday night, 6,072 peo...
Julia Bradley Nov 23, 2020

COVID-19 vaccine could arrive by end of year
WASHINGTON (AP) – The head of the U.S. effort to produce a coronavirus vaccine says the first immunizations could happen on Dec. 12. A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee is set to m...
Jeremy Scott Nov 22, 2020

EP Festival of Lights gets underway
EAST PEORIA, Ill. — East Peoria’s annual Festival of Lights kicked off on Saturday night with the annual Parade of Lights. 30 floats drove by a substantial crowd of onlookers, brightening ...
Jeremy Scott Nov 22, 2020

State COVID roundup 11/21: 120k tested
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Department of Public Health reported 11,891 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, including 127 more deaths, in the 24-hour reporting period between Friday a...
Jeremy Scott Nov 21, 2020

Biden to work to end executions as government sets 3 more
WASHINGTON (AP) – President-elect Joe Biden is against the death penalty and will work to end its use, his spokesman said Saturday, as the Justice Department scheduled three more federal executi...
Jeremy Scott Nov 21, 2020

Morton District 709 weekly COVID-19 update
MORTON, Ill. — COVID-19 numbers went down from the week of Nov. 13 to the week of Nov. 20 at Morton School District 709. This decrease continued the trend the district has seen the entire month ...
Jeremy Scott Nov 21, 2020
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