Author Archives: Kristina Leahy

WASHINGTON D.C. -- President Donald Trump is helping students by not requiring standardized tests to be give. Trump will also waive interest on student loans on hold for the next 60 days Saturday at a...

TOKYO (AP) - The Tokyo Olympics have reached a critical phase. The torch relay begins in a few days in northern Japan. Organizers are asking fans to attend but be restrained along the roadside for fea...

EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Along with Gov. J.B. Pritzker's shelter at home order, East Peoria will close down city facilities until April 7. EP fire and police will still provide essential services to the c...

PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department announced Friday there was no change from Thursday in positive COVID-19 cases. Five were positive, 38 cases have come back negative, and 24 wer...

CHICAGO -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker has issued a "shelter in place" lockdown for the state of Illinois beginning at 5:00 p.m. Saturday, March 21 and lasting through Tuesday, April 7. "As this pandemic has p...

PEORIA, Ill. -- Positive COVID-19 cases in the Peoria, Woodford, and Tazewell region went up Thursday to five. A second person has tested positive in Woodford County, the site of the first area positi...

PEKIN, Ill. -- Lesli Jett, 33, pleads not guilty for the death of a 4-year-old East Peoria boy. Jett appeared in Tazewell County Court Thursday through video chat, and is facing three counts of first ...

PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria region could see it's first few rounds of thunderstorms roll in this week. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins said that the first thunderstorm is expecte...

PEORIA, Ill. -- No COVID-19 tests came back positive between Tuesday and Wednesday, said Monica Hendrickson with the Peoria City/County Health Department. "Total number of confirmed is still four, for...

MURPHYSBORO, Ill. -- During Pritzker's daily update on the state of COVID-19 in Illinois, 128 new cases of the virus were confirmed, now including Madison and Kendall Counties. Illinois total positive...