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May 2020 shooting suspect nabbed
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man wanted in a May 2020 South Peoria shooting has been taken into Peoria Police custody. The incident occurred May 30 in the 2400 block of W. Starr St., near South Metro Market. A m...
Jan 27, 2021 Peoria Police Department
PCSO find missing man dead on Chillicothe property
***UPDATE*** 1/28 4:19 P.M. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has announced Hamm died of exposure to the cold. He said Hamm appeared to have fallen while outside and, for reasons not yet clear, was ...
Jan 27, 2021 Peoria County Sheriff's Office
Back to school, back to sports: IHSA outlines basketball, football season guidelines
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- With most of Illinois back at Phase Four of Restore Illinois, the Illinois High School Association was given the green light by the Illinois Department of Public Health to start hol...
Jan 27, 2021 Photo Courtesy -- IHSA.org
Local COVID roundup 1/27: 2 Tazewell County deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department Wednesday reported two new area deaths related to COVID-19 in the tri-county area, both residents of Tazewell County. A female in her 80s died ...
Jan 27, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 1/27: 81 deaths announced statewide
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Wednesday announced 81 additional COVID-19 related deaths in the state, including 3,751 new confirmed and probable cases. Over the ...
Jan 27, 2021 Midwest Communications
Arrest made in Peoria homicide investigation
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have arrested 58-year-old Michael Dyer in connection with the death of Jeffrey Blevins, whose body was found inside an RV on January 22 in the 8300 block of N. Knoxville ...
Jan 27, 2021
Rep. Spain appointed Assistant Republican Leader
PEORIA, Ill. -- After serving as Republican Conference Chairman for the past year and a half, State Rep. Ryan Spain, of Peoria, has been promoted to Assistant Republican Leader. As a member of the lea...
Jan 27, 2021 Rep. Ryan Spain (R-Peoria) calling the Republican Conference into a caucus meeting on the Illinois House Floor during the waning days of the Lame-Duck Session at the Bank of Springfield Center in Springfield on January 9, 2021.
BU hopes to loosen restrictions in second semester
PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley University students returned to their classrooms on Wednesday as the second semester began. Bradley Spokesperson Renee Charles said the university is asking students and staff ...
Jan 27, 2021 MWC-Bradley Campus 2020
Illinois tax season begins February 12
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- February 12th is the first day Illinoisans can file their state and federal taxes. The Illinois Department of Revenue is urging residents to file their taxes electronically to get...
Jan 27, 2021 Midwest Communications
Biden to suspend federal drilling, strengthen environmental justice in new climate orders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration will announce on Wednesday a new batch of executive actions aimed at combating climate change that will pause new oil and gas leases on federal land and...
Jan 27, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden arrives to speak about modernizing infrastructure and his plans for tackling climate change during a campaign event in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., July 14, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis
