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Pfizer, U.S. health officials to discuss COVID boosters on Monday -company
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – COVID-19 vaccine maker Pfizer Inc will meet with federal health officials as soon as Monday to discuss the need for a booster dose of the coronavirus vaccine as it prepare...
Julia Bradley Jul 12, 2021
Illinois law loosens team uniform rules
CHICAGO — A new state law gives student athletes a little more flexibility with their team uniform. The law lets school and college athletes modify their uniform in accordance with their persona...
Julia Bradley Jul 12, 2021
Next round of “All In For The Win” drawings Monday
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The next drawing for the state’s COVID-19 vaccine lottery will be held Monday. Three prizes of $100,000 will be awarded from a statewide pool of adults. Drawings will t...
Julia Bradley Jul 12, 2021
Pekin Police respond to ‘domestic dispute’ involving a handgun
PEKIN, Ill. — Pekin Police responded to a “domestic dispute” involving a handgun Saturday afternoon just before 4:00 in the 1600 block of Martha St. According to police, officers wer...
Dalton Kemper Jul 11, 2021
UPDATE: Final jail escapee captured
UPDATE 12:30 p.m. — The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office said Zachary Hart is now in custody, meaning all four prisoners who escaped Wednesday night are now in custody. No further details we...
Dalton Kemper Jul 11, 2021
Changes at Pekin’s famous ”Spudnuts”
PEORIA, Ill. — Spudnut Donuts in Pekin is now under new management. Jacqueline Butler, who now owns the business with her parents and husband Boomer Grigsby, a former NFL player from Canton, sai...
Julia Bradley Jul 09, 2021
Pfizer, BioNTech to seek authorization for COVID booster shot as Delta variant spreads
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Pfizer and partner BioNTech plan to ask U.S. and European regulators within weeks to authorize a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine, based on evidence of greater risk of infectio...
Julia Bradley Jul 09, 2021
Collins: Central Illinois could see severe storms Friday night
PEORIA, Ill. — There’s a threat of severe weather moving into the Peoria metro area Friday night. According to 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins, a cluster of potentially severe th...
Julia Bradley Jul 09, 2021
UPDATE: Driver in fatal crash near Lincoln ID’d
UPDATE 5:30 p.m. 7-9-21 — The driver in the accident that claimed the lives of four Washington residents, including three juveniles, has been identified. Seth W. Phillips, 47, was driving the Ch...
Julia Bradley Jul 08, 2021
If you’ve been vaccinated, you could win $1 million
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The first drawing for Illinois’ COVID-19 vaccine lottery will be held Thursday, July 8. The initial prize in the “All In For The Win” promotion is $1 millio...
Julia Bradley Jul 08, 2021

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