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WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Tuesday, October 12, 2021. Our top story is about how blood supplies are running lower than usual for this time of year. You’ll also hear how a family-owned farm in rural Metamora is shifting to a new niche after five generations in the business: craft beer brewing. WCBU correspondent Mike Rundle takes us to Evergreen Farm.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Thursday, October 14, 2021. Our top story is about Peoria Grown opening its second Market 309 location on the Bradley University campus this week. You’ll also hear how a new report on the state strategy to reduce nutrient runoff shows mixed results. Kris Reynolds of the American Farmland Trust spoke with Charlie Schlenker about why the Illinois nutrient loss reduction strategy hasn't made much progress since its 2015 launch.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Wednesday, October 13, 2021. Our top story is about the Citizen’s Utility Board’s new guidebook aimed at helping renters manage utility costs while finding ways to go greener. Student reporter Olivia Streeter talked to Jim Chilsen about how the guide can help renters save money.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Monday, September 13, 2021. Our top story is about how a quartet of Illinois River communities hope people make the 52-mile loop this weekend for the first "Bridge to Bridge" River Drive Festival. You’ll hear from the festival organizers. You’ll also hear about how when your business plan was all about brewing up a closer community, what do you do when that community has to stay outside? That was the situation many Peoria-area coffee shops found themselves in during the worst of the pandemic. Steve Tarter checks in with a few to see how they're doing now.

A preview of the upcoming launch of WCBU's new daily newsmagazine show All Things Peoria.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Wednesday, September 8, 2021. Our top story is about how food insecurity is a major problem everywhere. Tazewell County has named September "Hunger Action Month" to bring light to this issue, as well as some solutions. You’ll also hear how arrests for driving under the influence by the Peoria Police Department are declining and have been for several years. Has the department changed its approach to handling DUIs? Are people drinking less and being more responsible? Or are there other explanations? You’ll find out.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Tuesday, August 31, 2021. Our top story is about how the ospreys nesting on the McClugage Bridge will need to find a new place to roost once the eastbound span comes down. But as Tim Shelley reports, one local bird expert says there's no reason to fret. You’ll also hear from Bradley women's basketball standout Gabi Haack, who is the Missouri Valley Conference's nominee for the 2021 NCAA Woman of the Year award.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Friday, September 10, 2021. Our top story is about how the Peoria area's first legal cannabis consumption event is happening this weekend. You’ll also hear from Marty Wombacher, who you may know from his popular blog, Meanwhile Back in Peoria. That blog celebrates his return to his hometown, but on September 11th, 2001, Wombacher was living in New York City, just blocks away from Ground Zero. He told WCBU correspondent Steve Tarter about his recollections from that day.

On this week’s episode of Out and About, Alison Meuth joins Jenn Gordon to talk about Peoria Players' production of “Little Women – The Musical." The show is directed by Peggy Breaux Hupp and runs from Sept 10 – 12 and Sept 15 – 19 at Peoria Players Theatre.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Tuesday, September 7, 2021. Our top story is about how residents of Taft Homes and concerned activists are continuing to demand better housing conditions. You’ll also hear how before Rob Fromberg became a writer and teacher, he was a 19-year-old from Peoria abruptly thrust into the role of full-time caretaker for his younger brother. That relationship is the focal point of Fromberg's new memoir, How to Walk with Steve. He recently spoke with Tim Shelley about the book.