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Eight new cases of COVID-19 in the tri-county area
PEORIA, Ill. – The Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county region has reached 166 cases of COVID-19. Peoria County added five new cases Sunday, bringing the reported total of 108 cases. Tazewell rep...
Mike Sabol May 03, 2020

Peoria man murdered in early Sunday double shooting
PEORIA, Ill. — A South Peoria double shooting early Sunday morning has left one dead and another critically injured. Peoria Police responded at 2:59 to the 1500 block of Westmoreland Ave. on mul...
Jeremy Scott May 03, 2020

In wake of COVID-19, state ramping up domestic violence victim help
CHICAGO — The Illinois Department of Human Services is offering three-month advances and more than $1 million in additional funding to provide enhanced support to people who have experienced dom...
Jeremy Scott May 02, 2020

Harassment, assault absent in Biden complaint
WASHINGTON - Tara Reade, the former Senate staffer who alleges Joe Biden sexually assaulted her 27 years ago, said she filed a limited report with a congressional personnel office that did not explici...
Jeremy Scott May 02, 2020

Peoria County reaches triple digit cases; Peoria mayor sounds off on reopening
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county region has reached 158 cases of COVID-19. Peoria County reached the triple-digit mark after Saturday’s reported 103 total cases. Taze...
Jeremy Scott May 02, 2020

Walmart hires 200,000; pays $180 million in bonuses
Walmart officials announced that the company has fulfilled its commitment to hire 200,000 associates during this time. In a statement, officials announced $180 million in bonuses to hourly associates....
Kristina Leahy May 02, 2020

Courts are adapting with the current pandemic
PEORIA, Ill. — Groups larger than 10 are discouraged to gather at this time, and Peoria County State’s Attorney Jodi Hoos said courts are adapting. “On any give day, there could be u...
Kristina Leahy May 02, 2020

Peoria County with six new COVID cases
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county area has reached 149 cases of COVID-19. Peoria County went up six, from Thursday’s 89 to 95, while Tazewell remained at 41 and Woodfo...
Jeremy Scott May 01, 2020

Stay Fit While You Sit!
Well my friends we found a way to stay fit while sitting! 4 - second bursts of intense exercise throughout the day can counteract all the sitting we do. Yep studies show it will improve your health. T...
Mike Stechman May 01, 2020

Illinois stepping up contact tracing
CHICAGO - Gov. J.B. Pritzker said in order to move back to normalcy, the world has to contact trace on a higher scale than ever before. He noted with over 50,000 known cases in the state, that has mea...
Kristina Leahy May 01, 2020
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