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J&J COVID-19 vaccine ‘pause’ reviewed, U.S. officials hope to resume shots
(Reuters) – Advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will meet again on Friday to consider whether to it is safe to resume injections of Johnson & Johnson’s COVI...
Julia Bradley Apr 23, 2021
Local COVID roundup 4/22: 3 new deaths
PEORIA, Ill. — Three residents of the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county passed away between Wednesday and Thursday from COVID-19. Two were from Peoria County: a man in his 60s and a woman in h...
Jeremy Scott Apr 22, 2021
‘No excuse:’ local health leaders talk spike in hospital COVID cases
PEORIA, Ill. — With just 17% of intensive care unit beds available throughout Region Two of Illinois, the Peoria City/County Health Department made the recent jump in hospitalized COVID-19 cases...
Jeremy Scott Apr 22, 2021
Remains found ID’ed as man missing since ’19
PEORIA, Ill. — Bones found in August 2020 along the banks of the Illinois River have been identified as a man missing since November of 2019. The Peoria County Coroner’s Office and the Ill...
Jeremy Scott Apr 22, 2021
Peoria ‘State of the Schools’ address praises District 150 response to COVID
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce on Thursday welcomed Peoria Public Schools District 150 Superintendent Dr. Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat to deliver the annual “State of the Sc...
Jeremy Scott Apr 22, 2021
State COVID roundup 4/22: another batch of 3k+ cases
PEORIA, Ill. — 3,170 Illinoisans between Wednesday and Thursday tested positive for COVID-19. 33 died of the virus during that time. While the rolling seven-day average for vaccines administered...
Jeremy Scott Apr 22, 2021
Peoria’s Tireless Project is back
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria’s Tireless Project launches it’s seasonal collection of tires this weekend. Organizer Jim Kosner told WMBD News that the project, now in its seventh year, is ru...
Julia Bradley Apr 22, 2021
U.S. House passes bill to make Washington, D.C., the 51st state
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday narrowly voted, for the second time in less than a year, to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, sending it to the S...
Julia Bradley Apr 22, 2021
Projected Mayor-Elect Ali discusses filling council seat
PEORIA, Ill. — If current election results hold, current At-Large Council Member Rita Ali would win the 59th mayoral election in Peoria’s history. In the middle of her four-year term that ...
Jeremy Scott Apr 21, 2021
Local COVID roundup 4/21: overall hospital bed usage up, but ICU bed usage down
PEORIA, Ill. — A Woodford County woman in her 60s died between Tuesday and Wednesday from COVID-19. She lived in a long-term care facility, though the Woodford County Health Department did not r...
Jeremy Scott Apr 21, 2021

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