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Illinois SNAP recipients will receive maximum benefits
CHICAGO -- More than 450,000 Illinois households will receive additional Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits beginning April 8, said the Illinois Department of Human Services. In...
Apr 06, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria area is prepared if there are more COVID-19 deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria saw the first death related to COVID-19 over the weekend, but what happens if more follow? Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said there is a plan in place if the city does hap...
Apr 06, 2020 Peoria County Coroner's Office
Logan's and Old Chicago parent company fires employees
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Are Logan's Roadhouse and Old Chicago closed for good? According to Restaurant Business Online, the parent company of both restaurant chains, has notified furloughed employees that th...
Apr 06, 2020 (Old Chicago Peoria Facebook)
Pritzker: Illinois needs feds to send more ventilators
CHICAGO (AP) - The Illinois governor says the state needs thousands more ventilators from the federal government as it desperately prepares for its a peak in coronavirus cases expected in late April. ...
Apr 06, 2020 Midwest Communications
Pritzker discusses child-care in Illinois during pandemic
CHICAGO -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker discussed child-care Sunday as part of his daily address as many parents still need child-care for their children as they continue to work. Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a...
Apr 05, 2020 Midwest Communications
Update: New details on first local COVID-19 death
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department and Coroner Jamie Harwood have released more details regarding Saturday's COVID-19-related death, the first such death in the Peoria-Tazewell-W...
Apr 05, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria fire Sunday morning at apartment complex
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics responded to a fire Sunday morning at an apartment complex. The crews responded to the fire at 8:36 a.m. at 2612 N. Hanssler Ct. to a report of smoke in t...
Apr 05, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Peoria County man succumbs to coronavirus
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county area has seen its first death from COVID-19. The Peoria City/County Health Department reported early Saturday evening the death of a Peoria Coun...
Apr 04, 2020 Midwest Communications
Illinois now over 10,000 coronavirus cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health reported the state of Illinois as of Saturday has 10,357 positive COVID-19 cases. That count included 243 deaths across 68 counties. The a...
Apr 04, 2020 Midwest Communications
1 new case in Peoria, 2 in Tazewell
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department said there were three new positive COVID-19 case tests between Friday and Saturday, bringing the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford total to 26. Woodford...
Apr 04, 2020 Midwest Communications
