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Illinois officials announce new coronavirus case
CHICAGO (AP) - Health officials say a person in Illinois has tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the third suspected case in the state after two confirmed patients. The Illinois and Cook County Dep...
Mar 02, 2020
AP sources: Buttigieg to end presidential campaign
(AP) - Pete Buttigieg, who rose from being a small-town Midwestern mayor to a barrier-breaking, top-tier candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, is ending his campaign. Three people with...
Mar 01, 2020 (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Peoria students honored for leadership qualities
PEORIA, Ill. -- Four Peoria high school students are being recognized for their leadership qualities. As part of the 32nd Annual Red, Black and Green Ball for the African American Hall of Fame Museum ...
Mar 01, 2020 Recipients from left: Denaya Mullins, Hope Adhanom-Shipman, Christopher Burrell, Nathaniel Roberts, Jackson Phillips and Richard Mark – Ameren Illinois
(Courtesy of Ameren)
Coronavirus claims a life in the US
KIRKLAND, WA. (AP) -- A man has died in Washington state of COVID-19, state health officials said Saturday, marking the first such reported death in the United States. A spokesperson for Evergreen Hea...
Feb 29, 2020 MWC- AP News Photo Credit
U.S. and Taliban sign peace agreement to end war
DOHA, Qatar (AP) - The United States and the Taliban have signed a peace agreement aimed at ending the 18-year war in Afghanistan, America's longest. The signing could help President Donald Trump fulf...
Feb 29, 2020 U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, left, and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban group's top political leader shack hands after signing a peace agreement between Taliban and U.S. officials in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. The United States is poised to sign a peace agreement with Taliban militants on Saturday aimed at bringing an end to 18 years of bloodshed in Afghanistan and allowing U.S. troops to return home from America's longest war. (AP Photo/Hussein Sayed)
Peoria crash stalls traffic on War Memorial
PEORIA, Ill. -- Traffic was stalled on westbound War Memorial Drive in Peoria Friday night after a car struck a utility pole just south of Scenic Drive. Initial reports said a vehicle was on fire with...
Feb 29, 2020 (25 News)
Virus effects take hold as Trump calls criticisms a 'hoax'
TOKYO (AP) - The effects of the coronavirus outbreak are taking hold worldwide, even as President Donald Trump denounces criticisms of his response to the threat as a "hoax" cooked up by his political...
Feb 29, 2020 A man wears a mask over his mouth as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus COVID-19 in Mexico City, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. Mexico’s assistant health secretary announced Friday that the country now has confirmed cases of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Theater Company who owns Willow Knolls 14 files for bankruptcy
Kentwood, MI--After ninety years of showing blockbuster movies, the company who owns Willow Knolls 14 is calling it quits. Metro Grand Rapids-based Goodrich Quality Theaters has filed for Chapter 11 b...
Feb 28, 2020
Local principal gets state award
DUNLAP, Ill. -- The principal of Dunlap Grade School has received statewide recognition. Mandy Ellis was, on Friday, named Illinois Grade School Principal of the Year. Ellis, who represented the Centr...
Feb 28, 2020 Dunlap Grade School/Facebook
33-year-old woman's bond set at $3 million
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. -- Lesli Jett, 33, is facing three counts of first degree murder for the death of 4-year-old Tate Thurman. Jett appeared in Tazewell County Court Friday via laptop, and the judge...
Feb 28, 2020
