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Peoria Women's Club receives $1M donation
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Women's Club has received a donation of $1 million from entrepreneur and developer Kim Blickenstaff to help restore the historic building. In 2019, Blickenstaff donated $500...
May 12, 2021 (KDB Group)
Analysis-Cyberattack exposes lack of required defenses on U.S. pipelines
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The shutdown of the biggest U.S. fuel pipeline by a ransomware attack highlights a systemic vulnerability: Pipeline operators have no requirement to implement cyber defenses. Th...
May 12, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Holding tanks are seen in an aerial photograph at Colonial Pipeline's Dorsey Junction Station in Woodbine, Maryland, U.S. May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Drone Base
Peoria Land Bank a go
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria will soon have a land bank. City Council voted on Tuesday night by a 9-1 count to adopt the ordinance that will establish it, thanks in part to a $300,000 grant from the Illinoi...
May 11, 2021 Jeremy Scott/WMBD
Busch Stadium to double fans allowed
ST. LOUIS -- When the Route 66 Rivalry resumes, the St. Louis Cardinals will enjoy double the home field advantage they would have previously enjoyed. The St. Louis city health department has okayed t...
May 11, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Local COVID roundup 5/11: hospital beds in use drop below triple digits
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county on Tuesday added four deaths to its overall totals. A Tazewell woman in her 70s died. Peoria accounted for the other three, with a man in his 50...
May 11, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 5/11: State surpasses 10 million vaccinations
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Tuesday reported the state has surpassed 10 million vaccine doses administered. More than 58,000 doses were reported to have been a...
May 11, 2021 Midwest Communications
Local leaders pushing to make Peoria global hub for biotech
PEORIA, Ill. -- Local leaders held an informational meeting Tuesday for Peoria Bio-Made, a push to make the city a global hub in the biotech industry. Jacob Becraft, co-founder and CEO of Strand Thera...
May 11, 2021 Courtesy: PeoriaBioMade.org
Montelongo concedes, announces lawsuit
PEORIA, Ill. -- Jim Montelongo on Tuesday announced he has conceded the Peoria mayoral race to Mayor Rita Ali, but that he is also filing a lawsuit against the Election Commission. Montelongo lost the...
May 11, 2021 Midwest Communications
Pandemic's labor reshuffle likely just starting for U.S. workers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If the coronavirus pandemic produced its own brand of anxiety for American workers trying to stay healthy while balancing job and family demands, the coming return to "normal" w...
May 11, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Autonomous robots assemble an X model SUV at the BMW manufacturing facility in Greer, South Carolina, U.S. November 4, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Mostoller/File Photo
U.S. children ages 12 to 15 could begin COVID-19 vaccinations Thursday
(Reuters) -U.S. regulators authorized Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for use in children as young as 12 and said they could begin receiving shots as soon as Thursday, widening the country's in...
May 11, 2021 REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
