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33% of us have purchased one of these since the pandemic began. What is it?
May 21, 2020 Q: 33% of us have purchased one of these since the pandemic began. What is it? A: A new subscription service
Nancy Flagg May 21, 2020 Shutterstock

Over 2 million Americans apply for unemployment benefits
WASHINGTON (AP) – More than 2.4 million people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week in the latest wave of layoffs from the viral outbreak that triggered widespread business shutdowns...
Julia Bradley May 21, 2020

IL lawmakers, 6-feet apart, catch up on delayed work
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois General Assembly has convened in Springfield for the first time in 10 weeks, desks spaced apart and most members wearing masks to prevent the spread of COVI...
Julia Bradley May 21, 2020

Boy dies in Peoria East Bluff Shooting
PEORIA, Ill. – A child has died of a gunshot wound after a Wednesday afternoon incident in the East Bluff. Peoria Police responded to a residence in the 2300 block of N. Maryland after 4 p.m., o...
Mike Sabol May 20, 2020

Young boy dies after being shot in chest in Peoria’s East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. — A child has died of a gunshot wound after a Wednesday afternoon incident in the East Bluff. Peoria Police responded to a residence in the 2300 block of N. Maryland after 4 p.m. We...
Mike Sabol May 20, 2020

Local COVID roundup 5/20: four out of every five cases recovered
PEORIA, Ill. — While the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county region’s positive coronavirus case count rose Wednesday to 250, the recovery rate since testing began hit the 80% mark. 12% of ...
Jeremy Scott May 20, 2020

State COVID roundup 5/20: ‘Restore’ revisions
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Some edits to the Restore Illinois plan will allow for a quicker reopening of certain industries beginning in phase three of the plan, expected to take effect May 29 across t...
Kristina Leahy May 20, 2020

Peoria Public Works busy building flood wall on the riverfront
PEORIA,Ill. — The Illinois River is still rising. Peoria Public Works Department and Flood Fighters spent most of the day Tuesday constructing a six foot, 1,250 foot long ring of sandbags along ...
Julia Bradley May 20, 2020

Police arrest 2 suspects related to a shooting Monday night
PEORIA, Ill. — Two men were taken into custody Tuesday in relation a shooting on Monday that left one man in serious condition with a gunshot wound to the chest. Members of the Target Offender U...
Kristina Leahy May 20, 2020

Ready For More? See June Netflix Releases
Scrolling thru Netflix to find something since you've about watched it all? Click here to find all the new releases coming in June.
Rick Hirschmann May 20, 2020 Netflix
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