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Home stretch: IL to enter Bridge Phase
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health have announced the state of Illinois on Friday will officially enter the Bridge Phase of Restore Illinois. Cap...
Jeremy Scott May 13, 2021

Broadway series returning to the Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. — Broadway is coming back. The Ameren Broadway Series will return to the Peoria Civic Center Theater on Friday, November 5. Civic Center General Manager Rik Edgar told WMBD’s ...
Julia Bradley May 13, 2021

Peoria home and garage damaged by fire
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria firefighters were called around 6:50 p.m. Wednesday to a home near the corner of Shelley and Butler Streets on reports of a structure fire. Fire Battalion Chief Michael Hug...
Julia Bradley May 13, 2021

Colonial Pipeline begins restart as Southeast U.S. scrambles for fuel
(Reuters) -Colonial Pipeline said on Wednesday it has begun to restart the nation’s largest pipeline network, six days after a ransomware attack prompted it to shut the line, triggering fuel sho...
Jeremy Scott May 12, 2021

Local COVID roundup 5/12: another sub-100 case day
PEORIA, Ill. — For the second day in a row, the 24-hour Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford COVID-19 case count remained below triple digits. 74 people tested positive. 34 live in Peoria, 30 are in Tazewel...
Jeremy Scott May 12, 2021

Peoria Council looks to fill open seat
PEORIA, Ill. — Since former At-Large Peoria Council Person Rita Ali was elected Peoria Mayor, her seat has become vacant. The City of Peoria has officially posted for the seat. The posting says ...
Jeremy Scott May 12, 2021

U.S. CDC panel backs COVID-19 vaccine now cleared for adolescents
(Reuters) -U.S. states are set to begin using the vaccine from Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE to inoculate younger adolescents against COVID-19 after advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and P...
Jeremy Scott May 12, 2021

State COVID roundup 5/12: another sub-2k case count
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A total of 1,795 Illinoisans between Tuesday and Wednesday tested positive for COVID-19. 26 died. 1,899 COVID patients as of Tuesday night were in hospital beds throughout th...
Jeremy Scott May 12, 2021

Minnesota judge rules aggravated factors in George Floyd murder
(Reuters) -A Minnesota judge has ruled that aggravating factors were involved in the death of George Floyd, opening the possibility of a longer sentence for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Cha...
Julia Bradley May 12, 2021

Cheney excommunicated from Republican leadership for Trump criticism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Republicans on Wednesday voted to remove Liz Cheney from their leadership, punishing her for criticizing former President Donald Trump’...
Julia Bradley May 12, 2021
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