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State COVID roundup 5/13: More than 62% of adults have one dose
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Thursday reported more than 62% of adult Illinoisans have at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Overall, more than 10.1 m...
Dalton Kemper May 13, 2021
Woodruff students experience healthcare careers first-hand
PEORIA, Ill. — Students at Woodruff Career and Technical Center were able to have first-hand experience in the healthcare field Wednesday at OSF’s Jump Trading Simulation and Education Cen...
Dalton Kemper May 13, 2021
Local COVID roundup 5/13: 4 deaths reported among otherwise positive numbers
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria City/County Health Department said a total of four residents of Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties between Wednesday and Thursday passed away from COVID-19 complicatio...
Jeremy Scott May 13, 2021
U.S. CDC says vaccinated people can avoid masks in most places
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday advised that fully vaccinated people do not need to wear masks outdoors and can avoid wearing them in...
Jeremy Scott May 13, 2021
Peoria Park District events and activities return this summer
PEORIA, Ill. — The COVID-19 pandemic in summer 2020 forced the cancellation of Peoria Park District (PPD) camps and activities, but those activities will be returning in summer 2021. The announc...
Dalton Kemper May 13, 2021
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

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