Category Archives: Local News

PEORIA, Ill. -- Two people from Peoria County have been tested for COVID-19. Both tests were negative. Monica Hendrickson with the Peoria County Health Department, said that two other tests are still ...

PEORIA Ill. -- In taking another precaution against COVID-19, Bradley has canceled the NCAA Selection Show watch party on Sunday afternoon on the Bradley campus. The university stated that any event o...

(AP) -- The NCAA has canceled its men's and women's basketball tournaments because of the spread of coronavirus. The move puts an abrupt end to the season less than a month before champions were to be...

NEW YORK (AP) - The National Hockey League is suspending its season, hoping to resume at play at later date. There are 189 games and three and a half weeks remaining in the NHL's regular season. "In l...

NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball is delaying the start of its season by at least two weeks because of the coronavirus outbreak and suspended the rest of its spring training game schedule. Opening...

PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley University has announced classes will switch from a classroom presence to a strictly online-based presence while the coronavirus pandemic subsides. President Gary Roberts's sta...

PEORIA, Ill. -- A polling location in Tazewell County has been moved over concerns of COVID-19. Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman said the location is in Washington. "It is Washington Precinct 12. W...

PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley University has a new President. Dr. Stephen Standifird has been tapped to serve as the school's 12th headmaster. He most recently has served as the dean of the Lacy School of B...

PEORIA, Ill. -- A day after Chicago and other major metropolitan areas announced they were cancelling their St. Patrick's Day festivities, Peoria has announced it's postponing its own. The annual St. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says he is suspending all travel between the U.S. and Europe for 30 days beginning Friday as he seeks to combat a viral pandemic. Trump made the announcement W...