Guilty: Martin Walgenbach of Martini's on the Water in Peoria found guilty of a hit and run accident caught on camera in Jan 2020 at the Par-A-Dice casino.
Rivermen Win! AND the parade is....Friday. 4pm..then a celebration at the PeoriaCivicCenter. You can get autographs & pics with the Cup. #ChampionsPlayInPeoria
Disaster Declaration Extended: Of our 102 counties, 5 are listed by IDPH as Medium spread for Covid-19, including McLean. We're averaging 6 deaths statewide per week. 0 deaths reported Sunday, 0 today.
EastPeoria Sunday's Double Fatal: Court records show "Defendant...admitted to drinking three vodka drinks prior to driving her motor vehicle." 43 yr old woman/55 yr old man were killed.
EastPeoria Sunday's Double Fatal: Prosecutor writes suspected driver had "..a baggie of a green leafy substance that field tested positive for cannabis, a hitter pipe, and an open bottle of Tito's vodka in the vehicle."
Problem RedBirds: I-74 2 wrecks EastBound on way to Champaign: mm 158 & 166.
ISP says traffic IS slowly getting by. Road NOT closed. But it WILL be slow going.
Illinois Supreme Court: Rejects state appeal of mask ruling from earlier this month. There is no state mandated mask rule in Illinois schools. Governor Pritzker will lift the indoor mask rule Monday.
The appeals court also wrote - "Thus, none of the rules found by the circuit court to be null and void are currently in effect" They also wrote the previous ruling "..in no way restrains school districts from acting
independently... in creating provisions addressing
COVID-19."
There is no current, state Covid-19 mask mandate in place for Illinois schools: early today an appeals court ruled in part - "..it is not
clear these same rules would likely be reinstated." A bipartisan committee refused to re-issue those Health Dept rules Feb 15.
There is no current, state Covid-19 mask mandate in place for Illinois schools: early today an appeals court ruled in part - "..we
dismiss defendant’s appeal because the expiration of the emergency rules renders this appeal
moot."
There is NO school mask mandate in effect in Illinois. A state legislative committee - including Democrats - voted not to re-instate the Covid protocols today. Watch 25News after the Olympics for what's next.