PEORIA -- More than 11,000 Tri-County Area residents have been infected since the COVID-19 pandemic started in mid-March, local health officials said Tuesday.

PEORIA - The Peoria Rivermen were forced to opt out of the 2020-21 Southern Professional Hockey League season because of COVID-19 restrictions from the state on staging games at Carver Arena.

SPRINGFIELD - With no signs of slowing, key metrics measuring the spread of COVID-19 - including hospitalizations - continue to push numbers not seen since April and May.

Notre Dame senior Noah Reynolds will transfer out of state to play high school basketball this winter, according to Scott Burgess of prephoops.com Reynolds, the reigning Journal Star Large-School Player of the Year, is expected to play for Merrillville (Ind.) according to Burgess, transferring to the school along with his younger brother Nelson.

PEORIA - In response to higher than expected response times, Peoria's fire chief told the City Council that he planned to reopen the firehouse on the city's southern tip.