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When should you send your holiday cards & packages? New guidance is out
Peoria, Ill. - We're getting some guidance about how and when to send those holiday packages this year. Staffing and supply chain issues continue to squeeze delivery times. If you're using the Postal ...
Cooper Banks Oct 13, 2021

More expensive food, rents boost U.S. inflation; further increases anticipated
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices increased solidly in September as Americans paid more for food, rent and a range of other goods, putting pressure on the Biden administration to urgently re...
Will Stevenson Oct 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Tins of Campbell's Tomato Soup are seen on a supermarket shelf in Seattle, Washington, U.S. February 10, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren

Second bat tests positive for rabies in Woodford County
EUREKA, Ill. - A second dead bat in Woodford County this year has tested positive for rabies. That's according to the Woodford County Health Department. Officials there say the dead bat was collected ...
Will Stevenson Oct 13, 2021 Phuket@photographer.net / CC

Peoria council approves code changes for short-term rentals
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's elected leaders continue wrangling over short term rentals. About 90% of them are operating without a license. City Council took a step toward changing that Tuesday night, wit...
Julia Bradley Oct 13, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD

Early morning fire under investigation
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called to the 800 block of S. Greenlawn just after 4 a.m. Wednesday for a structure fire. Crews initially reported smoke coming from a second story window. The...
Julia Bradley Oct 13, 2021 (25 News)

U.S. FDA staff says Moderna did not meet all criteria for COVID-19 boosters
(Reuters) -Scientists at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday that Moderna Inc had not met all of the agency's criteria to support use of booster doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, possib...
Julia Bradley Oct 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Syringes filled with a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine sit on a table during an employee vaccination at the Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Florida, U.S., September 24, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

U.S. House votes to hike debt ceiling, avert default
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives gave final approval on Tuesday to a Senate-passed bill temporarily raising the government's borrowing limit to $28.9 tril...
Cooper Banks Oct 12, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The sun rises behind U.S. Capitol ahead of a weekend "Justice for J6" rally in Washington, U.S., September 13, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Authorities still looking for help identifying May arson suspect
PEORIA, Ill. - Authorities want the public's help in identifying someone who set fire to the Women's Care Center back in May. Peoria Area Crimestoppers Tuesday posted several surveillance photos to Fa...
Will Stevenson Oct 12, 2021 Peoria Area Crimestoppers via Facebook

Apple likely to slash iPhone 13 production due to chip crunch - Bloomberg News
(Reuters) -Apple Inc is likely to cut down production of the iPhone 13 by as many as 10 million units due to the global chip shortage, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with t...
Will Stevenson Oct 12, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An Apple employee wearing a face mask walks past an image of an iPhone 13 Pro at an Apple Store on the day the new Apple iPhone 13 series goes on sale, in Beijing, China, September 24, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File Photo

Bond set for Canton woman charged with infant daughter's murder
LEWISTOWN, Ill. - Prosecutors in Fulton County are starting to lay out the murder case against a Canton woman charged with First-Degree Murder in the death of her five-month-old daughter. Joslynn Grah...
Will Stevenson Oct 12, 2021


