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Local COVID roundup 4/23: 5 new deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- At least five people in the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county between Thursday and Friday died from COVID-19 complications. In Tazewell County, a woman in her 50s and a man in his 80...
Apr 23, 2021 Midwest Communications
Bustos tours local distillery key to local pandemic response
PEORIA, Ill. -- When Black Band Distillery opened in Peoria's Warehouse District in 2020, owner Chris Ober didn't expect a pandemic to hit. When COVID-19 did hit, Ober started producing hand sanitizer...
Apr 23, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
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
