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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
Peoria Schools prepare fall launch of LGBTQ curriculum
PEORIA, Ill. -- With the goal of providing more LGBTQ-friendly education to grades kindergarten through 12 starting in fall 2021, the Peoria School District 150 Board of Education on Monday night rece...
May 11, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Discovery recount confirms Rita Ali as winner of mayoral race
PEORIA, Ill. -- The results of the Peoria Mayoral Election still stand after a discovery recount was completed Monday by the Peoria County Election Commission. The recount was requested by Mayor Rita ...
May 10, 2021 Midwest Communications
Two wounded in Apr. Peoria shooting; suspect ID'ed
***UPDATE*** 5/10/21 4 P.M. 19-year-old Jeffrey D. Thompson, Jr. was interviewed Friday night and then subsequently arrested by Peoria Police Detectives. He was then charged with two counts of aggrava...
May 10, 2021
2 suspects in custody, including juvenile, after overnight shooting leaves one dead
***UPDATE*** 5/10/21 3:45 P.M. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has released the name of the victim. He said 34-year-old Joshua Perkins died Monday at 12:05 A.M. from a gunshot to the torso, which ...
May 10, 2021 Midwest Communications
Biden says unemployed offered jobs must take them or lose benefits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday defended himself against critics who say expanded unemployment benefits offered in the COVID-19 relief bill passed in March are keeping America...
May 10, 2021 REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
State COVID roundup 5/10: Nearing 10 million vaccines administered
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday reported that more than 9,975,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Illinois. More than 70,000 doses were rep...
May 10, 2021 Midwest Communications
