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U.S. CDC advisers recommend COVID-19 vaccine boosters for 65 and older, high risk
UPDATED 5:48PM (Reuters) -A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel on Thursday recommended a booster shot of the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for Americans aged 6...
Sep 23, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Cal State Dominguez Hills student Yomaria De Santiago, 35, receives a Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination in Carson, Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 26, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Missing ISU student's body identified
LaSALLE, Ill. - Officials in LaSalle County say a body found in the Illinois River earlier this month is that of a missing Illinois State University student. Our news partner 25 News report the LaSall...
Sep 23, 2021 25 News
ICC ball diamonds re-named for Jim Thome
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The baseball and softball diamonds at Illinois Central College are now officially the Thome Fields. Our news partner 25 News reports Baseball Hall-of-Famer Jim Thome was back at IC...
Sep 23, 2021 25 News
PPS to receive state money to help at-risk youth get into job training programs
CHICAGO, Ill. - Peoria Public Schools will receive some money thanks to what Governor JB Pritzker calls an investment in workforce training for job seekers and at-risk youth. The Governor Thursday ann...
Sep 23, 2021 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
President: State of Bradley University is good
PEORIA, Ill. - All things considered, the president of Bradley University says things are in relatively good shape. Stephen Standifird gave his State of the University address Wednesday, and our news ...
Sep 23, 2021 Stephen Standifird (25 News)
U.S. special envoy resigns over Haiti expulsions from Texas camp
CIUDAD ACUNA, Mexico (Reuters) -The U.S. special envoy to Haiti dramatically resigned on Thursday in a letter that excoriated the Biden administration for deporting hundreds of migrants to the crisis-...
Sep 23, 2021 A couple bath a child at a makeshift border camp along the International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas, U.S. September 22, 2021. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
Standoff with Police ends following brother stabbing brother
UPDATED 10:03 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say what turned out to be a nearly ten-hour standoff following a stabbing incident ended with the man accused of the stabbing having to be subdued. It s...
Sep 23, 2021 25 News
PPD Chief asks Peorians to speak up about recent violence
PEORIA, Ill. -- In response to Peoria's recent shootings, homicides and violence at Peoria High School, Police Chief Eric Echevarria is asking for some important information from the community. Echeva...
Sep 23, 2021 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley)
Search for Gabby Petito's fiance in Florida wilderness enters sixth day
(Reuters) - The exhaustive search for slain travel blogger Gabby Petito's fiance in a vast Florida wilderness entered a sixth day on Thursday as the mystery deepened around a case that has engrossed A...
Sep 23, 2021 Gabrielle Petito, 22, who was reported missing on September 11, 2021 after traveling with her boyfriend around the country in a van and never returned home, poses for a photo with Brian Laundrie in this undated handout photo. North Port/Florida Police/Handout via REUTERS
FDA clears Pfizer COVID-19 booster for older and at-risk Americans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized a booster dose of the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for those 65 and older, all people at high risk of se...
Sep 23, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A health worker draws a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from a vial during a vaccination event hosted by Miami - Dade County and Miami Heat, at FTX Arena in Miami, Florida, U.S., August 5, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello
