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New Florida flight added at PIA
PEORIA, Ill. -- Allegiant Airlines is adding a new flight out of Peoria. Early Tuesday morning, the airline announced that starting in December, it will offer non-stop service from Peoria Internationa...
Julia Bradley Aug 10, 2021 (flypia.com)
PPS approves rapid COVID testing at primary schools
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Public Schools students will return to the classroom next week, and the district is taking steps to monitor the spread of COVID-19 in the primary schools. The PPS School Board o...
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U.N. climate change report sounds 'code red for humanity'
(Reuters) -Global warming is dangerously close to spiralling out of control, a U.N. climate panel said in a landmark report Monday, warning the world is already certain to face further climate disrupt...
Dalton Kemper Aug 09, 2021 REUTERS/Fred Greaves/File Photo
U.S. Senate Democrats push ahead two-track infrastructure votes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate was poised to pass a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill that is one of President Joe Biden's top priorities in the early hours of Tuesday morning, with De...
Julia Bradley Aug 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The exterior of the US Capitol is seen as Senators work to advance the bipartisan infrastructure bill in Washington, U.S., August 8, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
Delta variant pushes U.S. cases, hospitalizations to 6-month high
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in the United States are at a six-month high, fueled by the rapid spread of the Delta variant across swathes of the country grappling with l...
Julia Bradley Aug 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People wear masks as they pass through a pedestrian subway as cases of the infectious coronavirus Delta variant continue to rise in New York City, New York, U.S., July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Rx drop-off event Saturday collects more than 1,000 pounds of unused medication
PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois State Representative Ryan Spain and Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell hosted a free-drive through prescription drug drop-off event Saturday that collected over 1,000 pounds o...
Dalton Kemper Aug 09, 2021 State Representative Ryan Spain (left), Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell (Center) and PCSO Captain Chris Watkins (Right) collected over 1,000 pounds of unused medication at an event at the Schnuck's Parking Lot off North Knoxville Avenue in Peoria on Saturday morning, August 7, 2021. Courtesy: Ryan Spain's Office
UPDATE: Motorcycle rider was traveling wrong way before fatal crash
UPDATE - PEORIA, Ill. - The victim of a weekend car-motorcycle crash in Peoria Heights has been identified. Ian Nemeth Jr., 22, of Loda was pronounced dead at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center moments ...
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U.S. teachers' union shifts stance to back vaccine mandate as COVID surges
(Reuters) - COVID-19 vaccinations should be required for U.S. teachers to protect students who are too young to be inoculated, the head of the nation's second-largest teachers' union said on Sunday, s...
Julia Bradley Aug 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A bus drops students off as classes resume after teachers received the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination, at Westwood Elementary School in Dayton, Ohio, U.S., March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Megan Jelinger/File Photo
Chicago officer shot and killed over the weekend
CHICAGO (FOX News) -- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot offered her condolences on Sunday to the loved ones of Police Officer Ella French, who was killed in Chicago on Saturday night. "Tragedy has struck a...
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$1 trillion U.S. infrastructure bill inches ahead with Senate votes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Sunday took two more steps toward passing a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill by blessing the details of the largest U.S. investment in roads and brid...
Julia Bradley Aug 09, 2021 The U.S. Capitol building is pictured in Washington, U.S., August 8, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz