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WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Thursday, September 9, 2021. Our top story is about how the new FarmFED food processing cooperative is well on its way to revving up its engines. But as Tim Shelley reports, while they've met their fundraising goal, they haven't sold enough ownership shares yet. You’ll also hear how since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the rate of suicide attempts in children and teens has nearly doubled. That's according to Bernice Gordon-Young, a psychotherapist with OSF HealthCare. In this interview with WCBU’s Jody Holtz, Gordon-Young talks about the driving factors behind these attempts, as well as the important role parents have in fostering healthy environments and open communication.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Tuesday, September 28, 2021. Our top story is about how kids in Peoria can explore career options this weekend with the Peoria Park District. You’ll also hear how the Illinois Judges Association wants more retired judges and attorneys to take on pro bono cases on behalf of low-income residents. Michael Brandt served as a Tenth Circuit Court judge in Peoria and Tazewell counties for more than 20 years. He was Chief Judge from 2011 to 2013. WCBU's Hannah Alani speaks with Brandt, who describes the importance of pro bono work - and why civil pro bono cases are just as important as criminal cases.

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.

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is holding the first in a series of televised hearings tonight.

The deal, which must be approved by regulators, would combine the world's second- and third-largest oilfield services providers. The new company would be a formidable rival to Schlumberger Ltd.

"Ordinary Danes on their way to work or heading home from the Christmas holidays have had their lives smashed," Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen said.

Six years after China slowed down its fastest trains in the wake of a deadly crash, a next generation of super-fast trains are set to cut commute times between major cities.

A diplomatic row has frozen U.S.-Mexican efforts to target drug cartels. American officials say illicit fentanyl from labs in Mexico is driving a surge in overdose deaths.

The small town of Leland, Miss., was rocked by the shooting, which took place late Friday.

The U.S. Figure Skating National Championships brought the who's who of the sport to St. Louis. St. Louis Public Radio Visuals Editor Brian Munoz left a new fan of the Olympic sport.