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Boy That Looks Delicious . . . But,
Alcohol sales in the U.S. are skyrocketing . . . sales were up 55% overall for the week that ended on March 21st. And there's a new online calculator that you can use to figure out just how much delic...
Mike Stechman Apr 01, 2020

With increased domestic violence, Center for Prevention of Abuse ready to help
PEORIA, Ill. — The longer Gov. J-B Pritzker’s stay-at-home order goes on, local law enforcement is seeing more domestic violence cases. Carol Merna, with the Center for Prevention of Abuse...
Julia Bradley Apr 01, 2020

Overnight shooting leaves man injured
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police were called just after 3 a.m. Wednesday to the 300 block of Virginia Avenue. Police dispatch said a man was shot in the leg during an attempted home invasion. The vi...
Julia Bradley Apr 01, 2020

About 40% of us say we really don't need THIS. What is THIS?
April 1, 2020 Q: About 40% of us say we really don't need THIS. What is THIS? A: April Fool's Day pranks
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One man dead after stand-off with police
PEORIA, Ill. – A suspect wanted in connection to a weekend altercation has ended in an apparent suicide. It began at 7 a.m. Sunday, after a report of a man shooting a gun at a house at 2100 N. U...
Mike Sabol Mar 31, 2020

Superintendent: ‘probably correct’ to assume students won’t return to school by summer
PEORIA, Ill. — With Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s extension of the stay-at-home order, schools across the state will be shifting to remote learning. The extension through Apr. 30 means the very ear...
Jeremy Scott Mar 31, 2020

Local Olympians sound off on postponement
PEORIA, Ill. — Over 10,000 athletes from around the world will have to wait another year for their “one moment in time,” as termed by the late Whitney Houston, because the 2020 Summe...
Jeremy Scott Mar 31, 2020

City/County Health Department reports no new cases
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis reiterated the terms of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home order at Tuesday’s Peoria City/County Health Department briefing, which included a rep...
Dalton Kemper Mar 31, 2020

Gov. J.B. Pritzker extends stay-at-home through April
CHICAGO — Gov. J.B. Pritzker has extended the stay-at-home order through the end of April. At the state’s daily COVID-19 press briefing Tuesday, Pritzker said that the stay-at-home order w...
Dalton Kemper Mar 31, 2020

US death toll from the virus eclipses China’s official count
NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus climbed past 3,500 Tuesday, eclipsing China's official count, as the deepening crisis in New York hit close to home for the governor when he di...
Jeremy Scott Mar 31, 2020
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