CDC: COVID-19 death rate several times higher than that of the flu
The fear about the novel corona virus is that, as it spreads, more people will died from it than the flu. The CDC reports the typical mortality rate…
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182nd Airlift Wing Hosts Return Home
30 members of the Air National Guard just came back from overseas. A great welcome from the four-legged family members too. The 182nd airlift wing…
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Life Lessons from Life Flight
High school students got up close and personal today with medical helicopters. OSF Life Flight was the scene today as Peoria Christian students…
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Teachers Learn STEM Skills at Bradley
Finding ways to bring young people into critical stem careers was the focus today of the 2nd annual interactive teacher conference at Bradley…
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Local business owner pleads not guilty, facing felony charge after hit and run at Par-A-Dice Casino
UPDATE: Hit and runs suspect Martin Walgenbach offered a Tazewell County judge Monday his plea: not guilty. Walgenbach is due back before Judge…
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Special Headgear Part of Treatment Offering Extended Life for Brain Cancer Patients
The American Cancer Society offered the news Jan. 8, that we recently (2016-2017) saw the largest single-year drop in cancer-related deaths and a 29%…
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East Peoria child with serious injuries now on ventilator
UPDATE 5:00 PM — 25 News has learned that the four-year-old was not the only child living in that home at 109 Jefferson Court. DCFS says those other…
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Immigrant Couples Benefit From Free Advice
On this day of love, couples with intricate immigration questions got answers – for free – in Bloomington. The YWCA of McLean County hosted this…
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Identity Theft Fears Follow Driver’s Facility Break-In
WOODFORD COUNTY (WEEK) — Reason to worry tonight for some customers of an Illinois Secretary of State’s office in Woodford County that was broken…
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Tracking the Pot Money: Where Does it Go?
(WEEK) — Illinois became the 11th state to allow recreational cannabis use for adults 21 and over on January 1, 2020. And sales are strong. The…
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