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Area health needs assessment being updated
PEORIA, Ill. - The COVID-19 pandemic isn't the only health concern for the health departments in the Tri-County and the area's other medical entities. Monica Hendrickson, administrator of the Peoria C...
Sep 05, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Percentage of pregnant women vaccinated against COVID-19 'alarmingly low'
PEORIA, Ill. - (OSF HealthCare) - As the delta variant becomes more common, now making up 99% of cases in the U.S., OSF HealthCare frontline doctors are seeing more and more cases of pregnant women ad...
Sep 05, 2021 Supplied photo: OSF HealthCare
Memorial workout at Morton fitness center
MORTON, Ill - (25 News ) - A fitness center in Morton hosted a memorial workout for the 13 service members killed in a suicide bombing at Kabul Airport in Afghanistan. BRelentless Training and Sports ...
Sep 05, 2021 25 News
Willard Scott, rollicking weatherman of TV's 'Today' show 35 years, dies at 87
(Reuters) - Willard Scott, the ebullient former "Today" show weatherman, venerator of centenarians, pitchman extraordinaire and the original hamburger-hawking Ronald McDonald, died on Saturday, his su...
Sep 05, 2021 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Pope hopes many countries take Afghan refugees and young are educated
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Sunday that he was praying that many countries take Afghan refugees and, in an apparent reference to the Taliban's past restrictions on schooling for wome...
Sep 05, 2021 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Biden to visit all three sites of Sept. 11 attacks - White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will visit all three sites of the Sept. 11, 2001, hijacking attacks next week to honor the nearly 3,000 people killed and mark the 20th anniversary of t...
Sep 04, 2021 REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Homeowner transported to hospital after house fire
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria house fire results in one person being transported to a hospital. The fire was reported at 8:47 p.m. Friday at 610 East Corrington. Firefighters found the back of the one-and-a...
Sep 04, 2021 Midwest Communications
Tennis - Osaka plans to take break from the sport
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two-time champion Naomi Osaka's U.S. Open title defense ended in tears on Friday, as she suffered a stunning defeat in the third round to Canadian Leylah Fernandez 5-7 7-6(2) 6-4,...
Sep 04, 2021 Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports
Gov. Pritzker extends mandatory vaccine deadline
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gov. JB Pritzker and Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike Friday announced a two-week extension of vaccination requirements for individuals in high...
Sep 03, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Biden orders declassification reviews of documents related to Sept. 11 attacks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday ordered reviews of the potential declassification of documents from the FBI's investigation into the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United Stat...
Sep 03, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the August Jobs Report at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
