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Civic Center COVID testing site closing
PEORIA, Ill. -- The COVID-19 testing site at the Peoria Civic Center will be closing permanently on Wednesday, June 23, after more than a year of serving the community. The testing site was first set ...
Jun 23, 2021 1470 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
PPD's new chief stresses the importance of community involvement
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria will have a new chief in town in just over a month. Following a nationwide search, the City recently announced Eric Echevarria as Peoria's new police chief. He's currently servi...
Jun 23, 2021 City of Peoria
Police searching for missing Peoria woman
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police are asking for the public's help in finding a woman who's been missing for over a month. PPD said someone filed a missing person's report on Tuesday for Angela Seifried, ...
Jun 23, 2021 (Peoria Police Dept.)
Chamber full: Peoria Council swears in new member
PEORIA, Ill. -- After the Peoria City Council decided two Saturdays ago it would name Dr. Kiran Velpula to fill the at-large seat vacated when Dr. Rita Ali became mayor, the seat Tuesday night officia...
Jun 22, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Reditus Labs in Pekin detects more cases of Delta variant
PEKIN, Ill. -- Reditus Labs in Pekin has identified two additional cases of the B.1.167.2 variant of COVID-19, also known as the Delta variant. The variant was first identified in India, carries 13 mu...
Jun 22, 2021 Credit: Reditus Labs
Senate Democrats' election reform bill blocked on party-line vote
By Richard Cowan and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the narrowly divided U.S. Senate on Tuesday blocked an election reform bill that Democrats said is critical to democracy, arguing...
Jun 22, 2021 REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Delta COVID-19 variant greatest threat to U.S. pandemic response - Fauci
(Reuters) -The Delta variant of the novel coronavirus that was first found in India is the greatest threat to the United States' effort to eradicate COVID-19 in its borders, said U.S. infectious disea...
Jun 22, 2021 Greg Nash/Pool via REUTERS
White House to concede U.S. likely to miss July 4 COVID-19 vaccine target - NBC News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is preparing to acknowledge it will not meet President Joe Biden's goal of delivering at least one COVID-19 vaccination dose to 70% of U.S. adults by July 4, U.S...
Jun 22, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A woman receives a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination, at Jordan Downs in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
Peoria's Labor Day Parade cancelled
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Labor Council of West Central Illinois has announced that the 2021 Labor Day parade has been cancelled. "After much thought regarding the safety of our residents, we made the tough...
Jun 22, 2021 Midwest Communications
Officer among 3 killed in Denver-area shooting
ARVADA, Colo. -- A gunman among the dead in a shooting that also claimed the life of a police officer and another person in a Denver suburb. Police said an officer, a 19-year veteran of the department...
Jun 22, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
