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State COVID roundup 10/28: 6K
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois’s 24-hour COVID-19 case count from Tuesday to Wednesday surpassed 6,000, setting yet another one-day record. Along with the 6,110 positives were 51 reported de...
Jeremy Scott Oct 28, 2020

No. 9 Wisconsin cancels Nebraska game; Chryst tests positive
No. 9 Wisconsin has canceled its game at Nebraska on Saturday and paused all team activities for at least seven days after a dozen people within the program including coach Paul Chryst tested positive...
Jeremy Scott Oct 28, 2020

Students help bring Bradley’s positivity rate down
PEORIA, Ill. — Bradley University, like schools nationwide, has had to deal with outbreaks of the coronavirus on campus. Bradley Spokesperson Renee Charles told WMBD’s “The Greg and ...
Julia Bradley Oct 28, 2020

The average child does this more than 1500 times before they turn 18. What is it?
October 28, 2020 Q: The average child does this more than 1500 times before they turn 18. What is it? A: Begs for a pet
Nancy Flagg Oct 28, 2020

Man stabbed overnight outside Peoria bar
PEORIA, Ill. — One person was transported to a local hospital early Wednesday morning after being stabbed in the neck outside a bar in the 600 block of Main Street in Peoria. Public Information ...
Julia Bradley Oct 28, 2020

Peoria City Council to pursue asking voters if they’d pay extra property tax
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria City Council voted 7-4 on Tuesday night to direct the city’s legal team and City Manager Patrick Urich to return to the council in future meetings with possible refer...
Jeremy Scott Oct 27, 2020

Winter sports guidelines announced; high school basketball a no-go
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — With four regions of the state already in mitigation mode and a fifth, Region 11, set to join that group as of Oct. 30, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Publ...
Jeremy Scott Oct 27, 2020

State COVID roundup: an even 4K
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Exactly 4,000 new cases of COVID-19 were detected throughout Illinois between Monday and Tuesday. 46 deaths were announced by the Illinois Department of Health during that ti...
Jeremy Scott Oct 27, 2020

Local COVID roundup 10/27: hospitalizations remain in 80s
PEORIA, Ill. — Woodford County’s COVID-19 death totals increased Tuesday by two in Peoria City/County Health Department’s tri-county update. That was because a woman in her 80s who l...
Jeremy Scott Oct 27, 2020
Doing THIS every day slows your heart rate and lowers your stress level. What is THIS?
October 27, 2020 Q: Doing THIS every day slows your heart rate and lowers your stress level. What is THIS? A: Eating breakfast in total silence
Nancy Flagg Oct 27, 2020




