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Chicago cancels Lollapalooza, other festivals due to virus
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago officials have canceled summer festivals through Labor Day, including Lollapalooza, over coronavirus concerns. The city's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events annou...
Jun 09, 2020 (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
State COVID roundup 6/09: Seven day positivity rate drops to 4%
CHICAGO, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health announced the state's seven day positivity rate has decreased to 4%. 20,309 specimens were collected in the last 24 hours, 797 came back posit...
Jun 09, 2020 Midwest Communications
Driver that crashed into Peoria Police car dies
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police and Advanced Medical Transport were dispatched to the area of Spring and Jefferson for a crash involving a Peoria Police SUV. Witness information gathered at the scene in...
Jun 09, 2020
Local COVID roundup 6/09: Peoria County reports three new deaths and four cases
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department reported that Peoria County saw three additional deaths related to COVID-19. One was a female in her 90's, and two were males in their 80's and...
Jun 09, 2020 Midwest Communitcations
George Floyd, whose death energized a movement, to be buried
HOUSTON (AP) - Hundreds of mourners packed a Houston church Tuesday for the funeral of George Floyd, he black man whose death has inspired a worldwide reckoning over racial injustice. His body will be...
Jun 09, 2020 Pallbearers bring the coffin into The Fountain of Praise church in Houston for the funeral for George Floyd on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis Police officers on May 25. (Godofredo A. Vásquez/Houston Chronicle via AP, Pool)
Local restaurants reopen with indoor service despite state guidelines
PEORIA, Ill. -- Despite state orders from Springfield, some local restaurants have reopened with indoor service. On Monday, Peoria's Pizza Ranch, located at 4114 N. Brandywine Drive, announced on its ...
Jun 09, 2020 (Photo courtesy of Pizza Ranch Peoria)
Peaceful protest organized from the Bradley campus
PEORIA, Ill. - A peaceful protest is scheduled to place from the Bradley University campus Tuesday evening. The protest is to show support of the black community and a call to action that stands again...
Jun 08, 2020 MWC
Officer charged in Floyd's death held on $1 million bond
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minneapolis police officer charged with second-degree murder in George Floyd's death will remain in custody on $1 million bond. Derek Chauvin said almost nothing during an 11-minu...
Jun 08, 2020 (Hennepin County Sheriff via AP, File)
State COVID roundup 6/08: Decrease in reported cases for Illinois
CHICAGO, Ill. -- The number of reported cases of COVID-19 Monday dropped by over 200. The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 658 new cases of COVID-19, with 23 deaths reported in the last ...
Jun 08, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 6/08: Peoria County sees 8 new cases
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria County Monday reported eight new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 323. Two deaths were also reported in Peoria County, adding up to 13. Tazewell County remains at 80 cas...
Jun 08, 2020 Midwest Communications
