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Local COVID roundup 5/14: 6 deaths
PEORIA, Ill. — A combined six residents of Peoria and Tazewell Counties between Thursday and Friday died of COVID-19 complications. Tazewell experienced the deaths of a woman in her 60s and a ma...
May 14, 2021
State COVID roundup 5/14: Positivity rate continues to fall
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Friday reported a seven-day statewide COVID-19 test positivity of 3.1%. That rate has continued its downward descent after bei...
May 14, 2021
Peoria home damaged by fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria firefighters and paramedics responded to reports of a house fire just before 12:30 a.m. Friday in the 300 block of S. Webster Street. Fire Battalion Chief Clint Kuhlman sai...
May 14, 2021
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
May 13, 2021
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