PEORIA - TGI Friday's in Northwest Peoria wasn't accepting takeaway orders Friday. Unless one wanted a 4-pound bag of white-cheddar soup base, perhaps.

Good morning, troops. It's Friday, April 10. Joe Genzel and Kelly Presley consider hunting and fishing a solitary pursuit, relatively speaking.

PEORIA - There were five new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Peoria County residents since Thursday and one additional case in Tazewell County, numbers released by the region's health departments Friday indicate.

PEORIA - The news is bad. It's just a question of how bad will it get, says City Manager Patrick Urich of Peoria's budgetary woes.

CANTON - Fulton County has joined more than 80 others in Illinois that have confirmed cases of COVID-19.