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PEORIA, Ill. -- Local health officials talk about coronavirus and how Peoria is prepared. Dr. Matthew Jackson with OSF Saint Francis Medical Center said cornonavirus is actually common. "But these hav...

CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago on Wednesday joined the growing ranks of cities across the United States to cancel its St. Patrick's Day Parade amid concerns about the coronavirus. In a brief announcement on i...

INDIANAPOLIS -- NCAA President Mark Emmert has issued a statement saying tournament basketball games will be played without fans in attendance because of coronavirus worries. The complete statement re...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Joe Biden decisively won Michigan's Democratic presidential primary, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sanders' insurgent candidacy four years ago. The forme...

PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley Braves Men's Basketball team won their second-straight Missouri Valley Conference Championship in St. Louis on Sunday, defeating Valparaiso, 80-66. The championship win has pun...

PEORIA, Ill. -- Local movie theaters now have the option to sell alcohol at the concession stands. The Peoria City Council Tuesday night approved a change to the ordinance that will allow movie theate...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Governor J.B. Pritzker will give updates on the state of Illinois with coronavirus at 2:30 every afternoon. Since Monday's update, eight more cases of coronavirus have been confir...

PEORIA, Ill. -- Voters in six different Peoria County precincts will have to cast their Primary Election Day ballots in alternate locations. Normal polling places Independence Village of Peoria, St. S...

PEORIA, Ill. -- One of the biggest basketball events for the River City is right around the coroner. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the IHSA March Madness Tournament in Peoria. General Manage...

PEORIA, Ill. -- The ongoing coronavirus scare has caused the Greater Peoria Honor Flight to postpone its April and May voyages. April 28 and May 28 trips to Washington, D.C. had been scheduled. But, a...