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Bustos tours local distillery key to local pandemic response
PEORIA, Ill. — When Black Band Distillery opened in Peoria’s Warehouse District in 2020, owner Chris Ober didn’t expect a pandemic to hit. When COVID-19 did hit, Ober started produci...
Apr 23, 2021
State COVID roundup 4/23: doses received far surpass daily average
PEORIA, Ill. — A total of 3,369 Illinoisans between Thursday and Friday tested positive for the coronavirus. 22 people died. 136,525 people during the reporting period received a dose of the vac...
Apr 23, 2021
OSF adds Meridian to list of accepted providers
PEORIA, Ill. — OSF HealthCare as of May 1 will start accepting Meridian Medicaid. This will include access to lab tests, x-rays, equipment, and access to the Children’s Hospital of Illinoi...
Apr 23, 2021
Law enforcement promote Saturday’s Drug Take Back Day
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Local law enforcement and the Illinois State Police will take part in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 24. Police departments...
Apr 23, 2021
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Apr 22, 2021
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