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Basketball-NBA postpones two Bulls games with 10 players in health protocols
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two Chicago Bulls games have been postponed after 10 players and additional staff members were placed in the National Basketball Association's (NBA) health and safety protocols, t...
Will Stevenson Dec 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An NBA logo is seen on the facade of its flagship store at the Wangfujing shopping street in Beijing, China October 8, 2019. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

Second threat made to Canton middle school
CANTON, Ill. - Another area school district is dealing with another threat made to one of its schools. The Canton School District says for the second time in about a week, a threat has been discovered...
Will Stevenson Dec 13, 2021 25 News

Bradley returns to in-person, indoor commencement exercises this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Bradley University will do something this weekend it hasn't done for a couple years now. The University says its winter commencement is this Saturday, and for the first time since 2019 ...
Will Stevenson Dec 13, 2021 Bradley University

Biden will travel to Kentucky to survey tornado damage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Monday he will visit hard-hit Kentucky on Wednesday to survey damage from deadly tornadoes that devastated a broad swath of the state. Biden spoke af...
Will Stevenson Dec 13, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden reacts as he receives a briefing in the Oval Office on the Federal response to the tornadoes and extreme weather that impacted multiple states, in Washington, U.S., December 13, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

UnityPoint Health, Carle Health, consider 'integration'
URBANA, Ill. - You may or may not see the UnityPoint Health name around the Peoria area much longer. Officials with Iowa-based UnityPoint and Urbana-based Carle Health are exploring what the two entit...
Will Stevenson Dec 13, 2021 Carle Health/UnityPoint Health

Officials give update on Edwardsville tornado that heavily damaged Amazon facility
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is continuing to remember the six people who lost their lives in Friday night's tornado in Edwardsville, Illinois, that caused part of an Amazon.com ...
Will Stevenson Dec 13, 2021 State of Illinois/Illinois Information Service

Shinedown coming to Peoria Civic Center as part of tour
PEORIA, Ill. - The year of big-name musical acts coming to the Peoria Civic Center will continue with "Shinedown." Shinedown, as part of their "The Revolution's Live Tour," will be at the Peoria Civic...
Will Stevenson Dec 13, 2021 jscomputerdad / CC

Limestone student arrested after making threat
BARTONVILLE, Ill. -- A student at Limestone Community High School was arrested Thursday after Bartonville Police were made aware of a serious threat. Bartonville Police said on Facebook that despite p...
Julia Bradley Dec 13, 2021 (25 News)

Willie Nelson coming to Peoria Civic Center -- on 4/20
PEORIA, Ill. - Willie Nelson is going back "on the road again." The country music superstar is going on tour, and is coming to the Peoria Civic Center on April 20th. Yes, 4/20. Tickets for the show, t...
Will Stevenson Dec 13, 2021 Photo from Peoria Civic Center

Washington mayor shares perspective on the weekend's deadly tornadoes
PEORIA, Ill. -- It will be months before places like Mayfield, Kentucky and Edwardsville, Illinois recover from the weekend's deadly tornadoes. Six people died Friday night at an Amazon facility in Ed...
Julia Bradley Dec 13, 2021 1470/100.3 WMBD- Julia Bradley


