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Update: Woman killed in Bartonville crash
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office was investigating a fatal Monday afternoon accident in Bartonville. The PCSO received a call at 1:17 regarding a one-vehicle crash in the 5000 block o...
Aug 03, 2020 Midwest Communications
COVID case temporarily closes local restaurant
PEORIA, Ill. -- After an employee received a positive COVID-19 test, Double A's Pizza announced Monday it would be closing for an undetermined amount of time, while management figured out its course o...
Aug 03, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 8/3: out of the woods, for now
PEORIA, Ill. -- Hospitalizations for Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties went down over the weekend, as the region looks like it will be spared for the time being from being bumped back to phase t...
Aug 03, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 8/3: IDPH reports Peoria death
PEORIA, Ill. -- The death of a Peoria County woman in her 70s was one of ten COVID-related deaths to have occurred between Sunday and Monday, reported the Illinois Department of Public Health. That br...
Aug 03, 2020 Midwest Communications
IL mask awareness campaign: "It only works if you wear it"
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gov. J-B Pritzker on Monday announced a new mask awareness campaign that encourages Illinois residents to wear a face covering every time they're in public. "This is going to keep...
Aug 03, 2020 (illinois.gov)
State COVID roundup 8/2: statewide positivity rate is 3.9%
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting 1,467 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, and 14 confirmed deaths. Sunday's confirmed cases brings to 181,943 the number ...
Aug 03, 2020 Midwest Communications
Virus relief bill remains up in air as negotiations resume
WASHINGTON (AP) - Negotiations on a huge COVID-19 relief bill are set to resume, but the path forward promises to be challenging. The Trump administration negotiating team and top Capitol Hill Democra...
Aug 03, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria McDonald's closure part of a nationwide reduction
PEORIA, Ill. -- One less Peoria location to pick up a cheese burger meal. The McDonald's located on Main Street near the Bradley University campus is out of business. A sign was posted at the business...
Aug 02, 2020 Fox Business News photo credit
Cardinals-Brewers postponed again
(AP) - The coronavirus has postponed the entire weekend series between the Cardinals and Brewers in Milwaukee. A person familiar with the situation says the decision comes after one more player and th...
Aug 02, 2020 Midwest Communications
IDPH COVID-19 Saturday Update
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Saturday 1,639 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The total number of cases statewide reported at 180,476, including 7,503 deaths in 1...
Aug 02, 2020 Midwest Communications
