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Peoria is the oldest European settlement in Illinois, as explorers first ventured up the Illinois River from the Mississippi. The lands that eventually would become Peoria were first settled by Europeans in 1680, when French explorers René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle and Henri de Tonti constructed Fort Crevecoeur. [7]
WHOI (channel 19) is a television station in Peoria, Illinois, United States, broadcasting the digital multicast network TBD. Owned and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group, the station maintains a transmitter on Springfield Road (along I-474) in East Peoria, a section of Groveland Township, Tazewell County.
April 14, 2020 was the date of the first COVID-related death in Peoria County. [47] In April 2021, the Peoria metro area had the 9th highest daily average for new COVID cases in the nation. [48] In December 2021, Peoria area hospitals were at or near capacity with a surge of the Delta variant. [49]
Peoria's two fire rescue crews were cut from the city budget in 2019 when the city was facing financial difficulties. Four years later, with city reserves in healthier shape, the council voted to ...
WMBD-TV (channel 31) is a television station in Peoria, Illinois, United States, affiliated with CBS.It is owned by Nexstar Media Group, which provides certain services to Bloomington-licensed Fox affiliate WYZZ-TV (channel 43) under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Cunningham Broadcasting.
WTVP (channel 47) is a PBS member television station in Peoria, Illinois, United States, owned by the Illinois Valley Public Telecommunications Corporation.The station's studios are located on State Street in downtown Peoria, and its transmitter is located along Interstate 474 in East Peoria.
WEEK-TV (channel 25) is a television station licensed to Peoria, Illinois, United States, affiliated with NBC, ABC, MyNetworkTV, and The CW Plus. The station is owned by Gray Media and maintains studios and transmitter facilities on Springfield Road (along I-474) in East Peoria. WEEK-TV began broadcasting on February 1, 1953, originally on ...
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