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PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department Thursday discussed the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine rollout for the tri-county during its weekly news briefing. Peoria City/Coun...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois’s rolling seven-day COVID-19 vaccine rate is at an all-time high yet again. That number on Wednesday was just above 95,000. It increased Thursday to 98,166, th...

PEORIA, Ill. — While no COVID deaths occurred between Wednesday and Thursday in the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county, 89 people tested positive. 44 of the cases were in Peoria County, 35 were...

PEORIA, Ill. — The coronavirus pandemic has provided a perfect breeding ground the past 12 months for so many scams. Jessica Tharp, with the Better Business Bureau of Peoria, told WMBD’s &...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden signed his $1.9 trillion stimulus bill into law on Thursday, commemorating the one-year anniversary of a U.S. lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic wi...

PEORIA, Ill. — The idea of moving Peoria’s downtown post office to expand the Warehouse District isn’t a new one. But, City officials are asking state lawmakers to help find the mone...

WASHINGTON — As the nation prepares to “spring forward” this weekend, a group of bipartisan U.S. senators are seeking to make Daylight Saving Time permanent. Under the “Sunshin...

PEORIA, Ill. — High school events were deterred in Spring 2020 when COVID-19 hit the United States, forcing administrators to cancel events like prom, senior night and graduation. This year, tho...

PEORIA, Ill. — There was a scary hour Wednesday afternoon for a pair of Archer Daniels Midland employees, as they got trapped in a grain elevator. Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics responded around ...

PEORIA, Ill. — A Peoria County man in his 80s passed away between Tuesday and Wednesday from coronavirus complications. The Woodford County Health Department during the reporting period added tw...