A meat-processing plant in Warren County will resume operations after halting operations because of employees testing positive for COVID-19. On April 24th, Smithfield Foods in Monmouth, Illinois announced the plant’s closure after confirming three COVID-19 positive…
A modified version of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker’s Stay-At-Home order will go into effect starting Friday. According to the Chicago Sun Times, starting May 1, any individual who is over the age of 2 will…
Ever since the U.S. coronavirus outbreak began back in March, people have been antsy to get back out into nature; albeit, safely and socially-distanced. As a result, governors across the nation have been slowly re-opening…
The Illinois Department of Human Services declared that the United States Department of Agriculture is funding Illinois’ Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer or P-EBT, a program designed to assist families with children during the pandemic. P-EBT…
Bradley University has announced that it has applied for grant funding from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, which is part of the CARES Act. If accepted, the money will go directly to students who…
Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis led off the daily COVID-19 press conference with a reminder to continue social distancing measures in the city to keep the virus at bay saying, “Please don’t blow this.” Monica Hendrickson,…
The search for Joe Biden’s Vice President continues. In an interview with CBS Pittsburgh this past Monday, the presumptive Democratic Presidential candidate said that he would take former First Lady Michelle Obama as…
In Peoria, citizens who have COVID-like symptoms or have been in contact with a carrier of the novel coronavirus will soon be able to get tested for the disease. On Thursday, April 16, Illinois Governor…
Join intrepid BUTV News reporter Andrew Crank as he takes us through a typical day interning with Grace Presbyterian Church.
Central Illinois now has its very first coronavirus testing lab in Pekin to help test civilians for COVID-19. CEO of Reditus Laboratories Dr. Aaron Rossi started the lab for anatomical and clinical pathology services…