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Fully vaccinated people can unmask outdoors in some cases: U.S. CDC
(Reuters) - Fully vaccinated people can safely engage in outdoor activities like walking and hiking without wearing masks but should continue to use face-coverings in public spaces where they are requ...
Apr 27, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A group of people walk wearing protective masks head to a restaurant as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions are eased in Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S., April 4, 2021. REUTERS/Emily Elconin/File Photo
Tazewell County to offer E-Certify marriage licenses
PEKIN, Ill. -- Tazewell County residents will soon be able to access certified copies of their marriage licenses online, rather than having to come to the County Clerk's Office to obtain them. "You ne...
Apr 27, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Biden raises minimum wage for federal contractors to $15/hour
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday will continue his push for a national $15 minimum wage with an executive order that raises pay to at least that level for hundreds of thousands of...
Apr 27, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about his infrastructure plan during an event to tout the plan at Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., March 31, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Peoria Civic Center announces first new shows
PEORIA, Ill. -- After being closed for over a year, the Peoria Civic Center has begun filling in its calendar with events later this year and in 2022. On Monday, the Civic Center announced that on Sep...
Apr 27, 2021 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Police 'executed' Black man in North Carolina shooting, lawyers say
(Reuters) -Attorneys for the family of Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man shot by sheriff's deputies in North Carolina during an attempted arrest last week, said body camera footage showed Brown had been "...
Apr 27, 2021 Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten II and Chief Deputy Daniel Fogg explaining why they still haven't released the bodycam footage of Andrew Brown Jr killing in this still image taken from a social media video in Pasquotank County, North Carolina, U.S. April 24, 2021. Pasquotank County Sheriff's Office via REUTERS
U.S. Supreme Court takes major case on carrying concealed handguns
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court stepped back into the heated debate over gun rights on Monday, agreeing to hear a challenge backed by the National Rifle Association to New York state's restrictions ...
Apr 27, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Seized handguns are pictured at the police headquarters in New York, New York August 19, 2013. REUTERS/Eric Thayer
PPS Board tables controversial change in officer uniforms
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Public Schools Board of Education has decided to table a policy change that would alter the uniforms of their resource officers (SRO). The proposed change would make the new...
Apr 26, 2021 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
State COVID roundup 4/26: Nearing 9 million vaccines administered
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday reported more than 8.8 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered. More than 50,000 were administered on Sunday t...
Apr 26, 2021 Midwest Communications
Texas, Florida among states to gain U.S. House seats in latest census
(Reuters) -Texas, Florida and North Carolina are among the states that will add congressional seats next year, the U.S. Census Bureau said on Monday, as it released population data that reapportions U...
Apr 26, 2021 REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Local COVID roundup 4/26: 5 weekend deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- All three counties composing the tri-county area over the weekend experienced COVID-related deaths. In Peoria County, a man in his 60s and one in his 80s, both of whom had comorbiditie...
Apr 26, 2021 Midwest Communications
