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Broadway series returning to the Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. -- Broadway is coming back. The Ameren Broadway Series will return to the Peoria Civic Center Theater on Friday, November 5. Civic Center General Manager Rik Edgar told WMBD's "The Greg a...
Julia Bradley May 13, 2021 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)

Top U.S. fuel pipeline recovering from devastating ransomware attack
(Reuters) - After a six-day outage, the top U.S. fuel pipeline on Thursday moved some of the first millions of gallons of motor fuels to East Coast states after throwing off a crippling cyberattack. T...
Julia Bradley May 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Holding tanks are seen at Colonial Pipeline's Linden Junction Tank Farm in Woodbridge, New Jersey, U.S. in an undated photograph. Colonial Pipeline/Handout via REUTERS./File Photo

Peoria home and garage damaged by fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called around 6:50 p.m. Wednesday to a home near the corner of Shelley and Butler Streets on reports of a structure fire. Fire Battalion Chief Michael Hughes s...
Julia Bradley May 13, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy

Local COVID roundup 5/12: another sub-100 case day
PEORIA, Ill. -- For the second day in a row, the 24-hour Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford COVID-19 case count remained below triple digits. 74 people tested positive. 34 live in Peoria, 30 are in Tazewell, an...
Rick Hirschmann May 12, 2021 Midwest Communications

Peoria Council looks to fill open seat
PEORIA, Ill. -- Since former At-Large Peoria Council Person Rita Ali was elected Peoria Mayor, her seat has become vacant. The City of Peoria has officially posted for the seat. The posting says anyon...
Rick Hirschmann May 12, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD

U.S. CDC panel backs COVID-19 vaccine now cleared for adolescents
(Reuters) -U.S. states are set to begin using the vaccine from Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE to inoculate younger adolescents against COVID-19 after advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and P...
Rick Hirschmann May 12, 2021 REUTERS/Tami Chappell/File Photo

U.S. fuel shortages worsen on Day Six of pipeline outage
(Reuters) -Fuel shortages worsened in the southeastern United States on Wednesday, as the shutdown of the largest U.S. fuel pipeline network entered its sixth day and Washington officials pledged to h...
Rick Hirschmann May 12, 2021 Martin Brossman via REUTERS

State COVID roundup 5/12: another sub-2k case count
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A total of 1,795 Illinoisans between Tuesday and Wednesday tested positive for COVID-19. 26 died. 1,899 COVID patients as of Tuesday night were in hospital beds throughout the sta...
Rick Hirschmann May 12, 2021 Midwest Communications

Minnesota judge rules aggravated factors in George Floyd murder
(Reuters) -A Minnesota judge has ruled that aggravating factors were involved in the death of George Floyd, opening the possibility of a longer sentence for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Cha...
Julia Bradley May 12, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Children hold signs while people react after the verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, found guilty of the death of George Floyd, at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., April 20, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones

Cheney excommunicated from Republican leadership for Trump criticism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Republicans on Wednesday voted to remove Liz Cheney from their leadership, punishing her for criticizing former President Donald Trump's claims tha...
Julia Bradley May 12, 2021 U.S. Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) speaks to the media as she arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 12, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein


