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WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Tuesday, October 26, 2021. Our top story features David Jackson, communications manager for the Greater Peoria Economic Development Council, discussing the upcoming Peoria Transplants Party. You’ll also hear about “From Peoria to Lebanon,” a new exhibit at the Peoria Riverfront Museum. Proceeds will benefit relief efforts for the 2020 Beirut port explosion. Museum CEO John Morris speaks with WCBU’s Tim Shelley about the exhibit and fundraiser. Reach out to the Peoria Itoo Society for more information.

Summer is the time of backyard parties and hosting friends, but how do you do that and stay on a budget?

With days left before Congress aims to wrap for the year, Republicans and Democrats appear more willing to negotiate on a COVID-19 relief bill. But key sticking points remain.

Also: A lawsuit alleges Motel 6 shared guest information with immigration officials; Iranian anti-government protests continue; and nobody won the Powerball lotto - it's now worth $550 million!

The coronavirus pandemic has quelled large gatherings. But celebrity DJ D-Nice threw a massive virtual party over the weekend that had everyone from the Obamas to Mark Zuckerberg making an appearance.

With the presidential election just four months away, Democrats are still grappling with the question of whether Biden should even stay in the race after his fumbles at the presidential debate.

For some insight into the fighter pilot culture, Linda talks with Captain Rosemary Mariner, a retired Navy Captain Aviator. She was trained to fly planes like the fighter that collided with the US reconnaissance plane. Mariner is now a Research Fellow for the University of Tennessee, Center for the Study for War and Society.

Bernie Sanders is an improbable politician. Independent, occasionally irascible, he came from the far left and an urban background to win elections in one of the most rural states in the country.

When it comes to presidential politics, Iowa is where things all get started, long before most people realize the election season has begun. And like it or not, the race is on ... if only on one side.

The former chief of staff of Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) reaches a plea agreement with federal prosecutors in which he will assist the investigation of his former boss for allegedly doling out political favors to former lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Neil Volz pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud in the deal.