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WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Friday, June 11, 2021. Our top story is about how the Village of Dunlap is set to acquire a portion of the Rock Island Trail from the state, with plans to improve access. You'll also hear how the future of mobility may lie in connected, autonomous, shared and electric tech. WCBU’s Tim Shelley speaks with Hanson Professional Services' Kurt Bialobreski, Philip Lockwood, and Distillery Labs CEO Paul Leamon, about the new Central Illinois Living Laboratory.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Thursday, June 17, 2021. Our top story is about the next chief of the Peoria Police Department bringing his policing philosophy to Peoria. You'll also hear about how Illinois isn't particularly a national outlier when it comes to Illinois Democrats pushing through new state legislative maps for the upcoming decade.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Friday, June 18, 2021. Our top story is about how Juneteenth is now a state holiday, and is on it’s way to becoming a federal holiday. You'll also hear about how legislators and advocates are hoping to make Illinois the second state to permit marriage certificate name changes for transgender individuals.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Monday, August 9, 2021. Our top story is about how a staff shortage at the Peoria County Jail is straining the facility's operations. You'll also hear how Illinois Central College is beginning its first cannabis educational programs this fall. Tim Shelley spoke with Julie Howar, ICC's Dean of Corporate and Community Education about what those programs look like and how they'll address a need for more cannabis industry employees in Central Illinois.

On this week’s episode of Out and About, Todd Kelly joins Jenn Gordon to talk about The Water Street Stompers. The New Orleans Style Jazz Band performs at Five Points Washington on Sunday, July 25 at 5pm as part of its outdoor jazz concert series. For more information visit Five Points Washington.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Our top story is about how some smaller cities around Peoria are trying to figure out how they want to use their share of American Rescue Plan funding. You'll also hear about how scientists at the Peoria Ag Lab have developed a method to convert bread into a useful compound.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Friday, August 6, 2021. Our top story is about how school district and community leaders are combining efforts to get more kids back in the classrooms on a regular basis. You'll also hear how OSF HealthCare is moving its new headquarters into a downtown Peoria building once destined to make way for the new Caterpillar world headquarters that never was. In some ways it's emblematic of healthcare supplanting heavy equipment as Peoria's leading industry. Tim Shelley speaks with OSF leadership about their rapid growth and why they plan to continue calling Peoria home.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Tuesday, August 10, 2021. Our top story is about how Mayor Rita Ali and former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood are leading a renewed push to bring high-speed passenger rail to Peoria. You'll also hear how Peoria County is leading the nation in reported rates of sexually transmitted infections according to new data released last week. Central Illinois Friends Executive Director Deric Kimler tells WCBU’s Hannah Alani that de-stigmatization is key to lowering STI rates.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. Our top story is about how the Peoria area Filipino community feels after the Philippines first gold medal win in the Olympics. You'll also hear about how a coalition of Central Illinois farmers are starting a new processing cooperative.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Thursday, August 5, 2021. Our top story is about how Governor JB Pritzker will require indoor masking for all schools this fall. You'll also hear how the Peoria Art Guild and the Arts Alliance of Illinois are teaming up for their campaign "Vax to Get Back." Artists from across Illinois are creating pieces that encourage the public to get the vaccine. Peoria artist Hattie Lee wants to use her creativity to encourage more people to get the shot. She talks with WCBU student reporter Valerie Vasconez about how she wants to be part of the change.