Coronavirus testing site coming to Peor ia’s Heartland Health Services

PEORIA -- COVID-19 testing sites will soon be coming to Heartland Health Services in Peoria, Gov. JB Pritzker announced on Thursday.

SPRINGFIELD - Gov. JB Pritzker has spent countless hours plotting and planning strategy in the state's race against the COVID-19 pandemic.

An additional 125 people in Illinois died from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, and the state has now surpassed 1,000 total deaths from the respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus.

(NOTE: Nick in the Morning is taking the day off Friday -- consider it a "snow day," in light of the forecast.

TOULON - Stark County property-owners will have a little extra breathing room in paying real estate taxes this year.