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McLean County COVID-19 Update 5-4-20: 3 New Cases
May 04, 2020
Church Disobeys Pritzker's Extended Stay-at-Home Order
The Associated Press reports a small northern Illinois church defied crowd restrictions in the state's latest stay-at-home order, holding a Sunday service with dozens of people. Gov. J.B. Pritzker's e...
May 04, 2020
REPORT from Illinoispolicy.org: Pritzker Wrongly Claims an Illinois Budget Surplus if Not for-Coronavirus
The budget was not balanced, and Illinois has not balanced a budget for nearly two decades. Pretending Illinois had no issues before COVID-19 won't help it recover. At his daily press conference last ...
May 04, 2020
McLean Co. COVID-19 Update 5-3-20: No New Cases for Two Days
May 03, 2020
VIDEO: East Peoria Starts Reopening Businesses In Defiance Of Stay-At-Home Order
More local jurisdictions around Illinois are rebelling against Governor JB Pritzker's orders forcing non-essential businesses to close to slow the spread of coronavirus. East Peoria is allowing what i...
May 03, 2020
Victims of Fatal Lexington Fire Identified
A woman and her two children died in a fire in rural Lexington early Saturday morning. Hillery R. Peters,27, and Emerlyn G. Bennett,3, and Sawyer Bennett, 16 month, of Lexington perished in the blaze ...
May 03, 2020
McLean Co. COVID-19 Update 5-2-20: No New Cases
May 02, 2020
Fire Kills Mom and Two Children in Rural Lexington; Investigation into the Cause Underway
A mother and two children died in a fatal fire in the early morning hours of Saturday in rural Lexington. Firefighters from Lexington, Chenoa, Gridley, Towanda, Hudson and Normal responded to the call...
May 02, 2020
NPD: Criminal Sexual Assault Arrest
On April 30, 2020 at approximately 7:00 p.m., the Normal Police arrested Adam L. Simmons on multiple Criminal Sexual Assault and Abuse charges in Bloomington. The charges stem from a sexual assault th...
May 01, 2020
Illinois Order Revised to Allow Small, Safe Worship Services
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. JB Pritzker will allow small, safe worship services in a modified extension of his stay at home order amid the coronavirus pandemic. The change, which took effect Friday,...
May 01, 2020
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