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In her latest conversation with WCBU, Peoria Mayor Rita Ali discusses how to develop more affordable housing, how to reduce violent crime, providing basic city services under a cloud of escalating pension obligations, and more.
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Chlamydia and gonorrhea rates fell in Peoria County last year - but the region is still ranked among the top counties on a statewide list of sexually transmitted infection rates.
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COVID-19 numbers in the Peoria region are currently at some of the lowest levels seen since the pandemic began.
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Peoria's struggles with violence often start at home. But rather than looking at the issue as strictly a law enforcement problem, Peoria's violence should also be tackled as a public health crisis. That was the main takeaway at Thursday's meeting.
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The Peoria City/County Health Department on Monday reported 257 active cases, including eight hospitalized residents.
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Active COVID-19 cases in Peoria County are down to the fewest in three months, with hospitalizations at their lowest since early December.
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Active COVID-19 cases in Peoria County have fallen to the lowest total since just before Thanksgiving, down from a variant-driven surge that peaked a little over a month ago.
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Peoria County announced four COVID-related fatalities on Tuesday, a day after reporting three deaths over the weekend. Tazewell County also reported three deaths between Friday and Monday.
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Following the region’s second-deadliest month of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tri-County public health officials on Friday reported 13 additional fatalities attributed to the disease since Monday.
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Tri-County health officials reported eight new COVID-related fatalities since Friday, pushing January's death total to 132 and exceeding every month over the past two years except December 2020