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TREMONT, Ill. — After COVID-19 forced the cancellation of the 2020 Tremont Turkey Festival, the event is back this weekend as Illinois fully reopens. Crowds of people have already started floodi...

CARBIS BAY, England (Reuters) – A Group of Seven plan to donate 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries lacks ambition, is far too slow and shows Western leaders are not yet up to t...

UPDATE (9:54 a.m.) PEORIA, ILL. –Peoria Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said 34-year-old Kimberly Anderson, who was reported missing Thursday, has been found and is okay. ——...

PEORIA, Ill. — It was Sun., March 15, 2020 Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a mandatory shutdown of all dine-in options until further notice. On that day, WMBD News talked to three area people invol...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Thursday reported 62,268 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered Wednesday in the state. That is an uptick from the cu...

PEORIA, Ill. — Friday’s full reopening of Illinois brings to an end roughly 15 months of restrictions outside the home. This means the ability to gather with friends, family, and acquainta...

PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department Thursday reported just four ICU beds were in use in the tri-county area for COVID-19 patients, down from Wednesday’s total of seven....

PEORIA, Ill. — Phase 5, a full reopening of Illinois, will be a welcome sight to many Illinoisans, but especially businesses that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Phase 5, which goes...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — It’s a day 15 months in the making. Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health have officially announced Friday will be the start of Phase Five of ...

PEORIA, Ill. — More information was released Thursday regarding the murder of Dr. William Marshall inside his home on Jan. 6. 54-year-old Robert Ely was arrested in St. Louis Wednesday for the f...