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Pfizer vaccine for children may be ready by Thanksgiving -White House adviser
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Pfizer Inc's new vaccine for children aged five to 11 could be ready as early as November pending approval from federal regulatory health agencies, White House COVID-19 response ...
Oct 07, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A medical worker administers a dose of the "Comirnaty" Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to a patient in a vaccination center in Nantes, France, October 6, 2021. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
Biden to tout vaccine mandates for large companies in Chicago trip
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is set to visit Chicago on Thursday to meet with United Airlines' chief executive and local Democratic leaders as he touts his decision to impose COVID-19 vaccine ...
Oct 07, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One for travel to Michigan from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S. October 5, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Peoria home suffers significant damage in fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters responded just before 1 a.m. Thursday to the 2800 block of SW Jefferson on reports of a residential fire. Upon arrival, crews found heavy fire showing at the back o...
Oct 07, 2021 Midwest Communications
Crews respond to gas leak on NE Adams in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- A hotel in downtown Peoria was evacuated Wednesday night due to a natural gas leak nearby. Peoria firefighters were called around 8:15 p.m. to the Packard Plaza building at 211 NE Adam...
Oct 07, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Rapper Common helps fund music studio at Illinois prison
JOLIET, Ill. - An Illinois prison is launching a new music production program for inmates. Officials with the Department of Corrections and Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet say music is therap...
Oct 06, 2021 Illinois Information Service
UPDATE: U.S. Senate delays debt limit vote as Democrats mull McConnell offer
UPDATED 2:55 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate postponed a vote to head off a federal debt default on Wednesday as Democrats considered a Republican proposal that could potentially defuse th...
Oct 06, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden departs the White House in Washington, U.S., October 5, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
OSF: New headquarters will open in January
PEORIA, Ill. - The head of one division of OSF HealthCare says it may look like there's still a lot of work to be done, but it's still expected that their new headquarters at Adams and Fulton will be ...
Oct 06, 2021 OSF HealthCare
UPDATE: Ameren reports power outage in Peoria fixed
UPDATE 3:53 P.M. Power has been restored. Ameren officials still have not said what caused the outage. UPDATE 1:35 P.M. The number of customers without power is down to 615. PEORIA, Ill. - About 2,400...
Oct 06, 2021 Ameren Illinois (outage info as of 11:30 a.m. 10/6/21)
UPDATE: Shooting suspect in custody after fight at Texas school injures four
UPDATED 2:16 P.M. (Reuters) -Authorities arrested an 18-year-old male in connection with a Texas high school shooting that left four people injured after a fight broke out in a classroom on Wednesday ...
Oct 06, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Plans for a Donovan Park pavilion on hold
PEORIA, Ill. -- At a news conference on Tuesday, the Pavilion In the Park group withdrew a term sheet under consideration by the Peoria Park District Board to build a pavilion at Donovan Park. So, pub...
Oct 06, 2021 (25 News)
