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U.S. CDC says vaccinated people can avoid masks in most places
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday advised that fully vaccinated people do not need to wear masks outdoors and can avoid wearing them indoors ...
May 13, 2021 REUTERS/Tami Chappell/File Photo
Peoria Park District events and activities return this summer
PEORIA, Ill. -- The COVID-19 pandemic in summer 2020 forced the cancellation of Peoria Park District (PPD) camps and activities, but those activities will be returning in summer 2021. The announcement...
May 13, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Home stretch: IL to enter Bridge Phase
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health have announced the state of Illinois on Friday will officially enter the Bridge Phase of Restore Illinois. Capacity...
May 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall; producer prices surge in April
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fewer Americans filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week, as companies held on to their workers amid the growing labor shortage that helped to curb job growth in Apr...
May 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People line up outside a newly reopened career center for in-person appointments in Louisville, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud/File Photo
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
May 12, 2021 REUTERS/Tami Chappell/File Photo
