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WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Monday, July 26, 2021. Our top story is about school districts preparing COVID-19 plans for the upcoming school year. You'll also hear about why local social service agencies think it is important that Illinois DCFS increases its training efforts for foster parents of LGBTQ youth.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Tuesday, June 15, 2021. Our top story is about how two Peoria-area economic leaders say the region is poised for a strong rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic. You'll also hear about the River City's DIY counterculture of years' past as documented in the new book "Punks in Peoria."

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Wednesday, June 2, 2021. Our top story is about how the Tazewell County Health Department saw a rise in Sexually Transmitted Infections in 2020. You'll also hear how a new exhibit at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum highlights Illinois’ connections to music legends.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Thursday, June 3, 2021. Our top story is about how the Peoria affiliate of a nationwide mentoring organization is seeking more volunteers to address a backlog. You'll also hear how the latest buzz in the fight against climate change is the idea of paying farmers to sequester carbon in their soil through a carbon marketplace.

The country's citizenship minister and education minister separately announced their diagnoses on social media the same day that the country announced a grim new milestone in the pandemic.

One of the biggest myths? That children don't kill themselves. It's just not true. Children as young as 5 take their own lives every year.

India's Supreme Court is hearing arguments in the historic case this week, years after it decriminalized gay sex. India could become the second place in Asia to allow marriage equality, after Taiwan.

A hot, dry summer has meant the water level on the Rhine River, Western Europe's most important waterway, is at a record low, making it too shallow for many ships to pass.

Four of New York City Mayor Eric Adams' top aides, including the city's first deputy mayor, announced they're resigning days after the Justice Department moved to drop corruption charges against him.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kadia Goba, political reporter for BuzzFeed News, and Paul Kane, senior congressional correspondent and columnist for The Washington Post, about covering Congress.