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State COVID roundup 4/23: doses received far surpass daily average
PEORIA, Ill. -- A total of 3,369 Illinoisans between Thursday and Friday tested positive for the coronavirus. 22 people died. 136,525 people during the reporting period received a dose of the vaccine,...
Apr 23, 2021 Midwest Communications
OSF adds Meridian to list of accepted providers
PEORIA, Ill. -- OSF HealthCare as of May 1 will start accepting Meridian Medicaid. This will include access to lab tests, x-rays, equipment, and access to the Children's Hospital of Illinois. Children...
Apr 23, 2021
Law enforcement promote Saturday's Drug Take Back Day
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Local law enforcement and the Illinois State Police will take part in the Drug Enforcement Administration's Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 24. Police departments throughout...
Apr 23, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
J&J COVID-19 vaccine 'pause' reviewed, U.S. officials hope to resume shots
(Reuters) - Advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will meet again on Friday to consider whether to it is safe to resume injections of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine...
Apr 23, 2021 REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
SpaceX rocketship launches 4 astronauts on NASA mission to space station
(Reuters) - NASA and Elon Musk's commercial rocket company SpaceX launched a new four-astronaut team on a flight to the International Space Station early on Friday, the first crew ever propelled towar...
Apr 23, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Photographers set up remote cameras for the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Crew Dragon capsule, outside Pad 39A for a mission to the International Space Station at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., April 22, 2021. REUTERS/Steve Nesius
Local COVID roundup 4/22: 3 new deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- Three residents of the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county passed away between Wednesday and Thursday from COVID-19. Two were from Peoria County: a man in his 60s and a woman in her 70...
Apr 22, 2021 Midwest Communications
'No excuse:' local health leaders talk spike in hospital COVID cases
PEORIA, Ill. -- With just 17% of intensive care unit beds available throughout Region Two of Illinois, the Peoria City/County Health Department made the recent jump in hospitalized COVID-19 cases a fo...
Apr 22, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Remains found ID'ed as man missing since '19
PEORIA, Ill. -- Bones found in August 2020 along the banks of the Illinois River have been identified as a man missing since November of 2019. The Peoria County Coroner's Office and the Illinois State...
Apr 22, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peoria 'State of the Schools' address praises District 150 response to COVID
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce on Thursday welcomed Peoria Public Schools District 150 Superintendent Dr. Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat to deliver the annual "State of the Schools" addr...
Apr 22, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
State COVID roundup 4/22: another batch of 3k+ cases
PEORIA, Ill. -- 3,170 Illinoisans between Wednesday and Thursday tested positive for COVID-19. 33 died of the virus during that time. While the rolling seven-day average for vaccines administered has ...
Apr 22, 2021 Midwest Communications
