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UPDATE: State Says More Local Vaccine Allocation Shifted To 2nd Doses

UPDATE: 2/15/21 12 PM: The health department confirmed Monday that the vaccine projections for the next three weeks are for first doses, specifically.…

Hendrickson 'Begging' People To Use Basic Health Precautions As COVID-19 Cases Surge To New High

Peoria City/County Health Department Administrator Monica Hendrickson warns COVID-19 cases are surging to new highs as colder temperatures settle in and…

Jared Grabb Talks About His New WCBU Series Middle America

Middle America is the new series premiering this Friday at 6 p.m. on WCBU. It features protagonist Wendell Bauer, who guides you through unique Central…

State and local law enforcement are probing spending at embattled public TV station WTVP

Both the Illinois attorney general's office and Peoria Police Department are now asking questions about the "questionable, improper, or unauthorized" spending at WTVP.

Bhavin Patel, CEO of Shreem Capital and the Marriott-Pere Marquette Hotel raises a toast during the hotel's ribbon cutting event with Peoria Mayor Rita Ali and other city leaders in attendance.

New Marriott-Pere Marquette owners plan to develop unused retail space, improve guest services

Shreem Capital managing partner and CEO Bhavin Patel promised to restore full guest services to the hotel and utilize a large, undeveloped retail space located on the property’s west side.

Toys at the Toytopia exhibition at the Peoria Riverfront Museum. Cooky Cucumber and Mr. Potato head.

'Toytopia' at the Riverfront Museum suggests the toys we loved say a lot about us

There's a life-size dollhouse you can walk into. A row of vintage arcade cabinets, fully playable. LEGO bricks, Lincoln Logs and every generation of Mr. Potato Head are lined up side by side.

The image features a photo of this episode’s guest Salil Bavdekar of Heartland Latin Dancers. The image features a large, all capitalized text that reads “DANCE UNDER THE STARS”. The graphic artwork also features an icon of the podcast’s sponsor PNC Bank in the upper right and corner. The left-hand corner features the WCBU and NPR logos. At the bottom of the photo there are icons of the various podcast platforms where the Out and About podcast can be streamed/downloaded.

Heartland Latin Dancers present Latin Dance Night at Casa de Arte

On this week’s episode of Out and About, Mae Gilliland of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois talks with Salil Bavdekar of Heartland Latin Dancers about Latin Dance Night at Casa de Arte, located in Peoria's Warehouse District. Held on the last Saturday of every month, the evening features a beginner-friendly dance lesson followed by an outdoor social dance where no partner or experience is required. Bavdekar says the goal is to help people build friendships while learning something new: “Anyone can learn it as long as you want to just come out there and have fun.”

Predictions

Our panelists predict, after chopping our books in half, what will be the next big trend in reading.

Bradley Seeks 'Reset' With 2-Week All-Student Quarantine

Bradley University is looking to correct the institution's COVID-19 course with a two-week all-student quarantine period. Currently, there are about 50…

Representatives of Central Illinois Friends sit outside of their mobile wellness unit during a Peoria Pride event in July.

Rising STI rates in rural communities could be a sign of increased awareness

Tazewell County diagnoses 10 new sexually transmitted infections a week on average.

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