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Peoria, Illinois · PeoriaCHARLESTON, Illinois (WMBD) - Track maybe more than any other sport is a competition with yourself as much as it is against your opponents. Henry-Senachwine sophomore Daniella Bumber on Saturday epitomized that in the 1A 400 meter finals, where she finally beat her PR time. All season, she struggled to crack 57 seconds in the 400. But at state, Daniella ran the race of her life. She finished in 55.8 seconds, breaking her best time by a full 1.5…See the Story
Check out a Central Illinois’ heartwarming reaction at the finish line at the IHSA state meet
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Peoria, Illinois · PeoriaPEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) -- Illinois doctors will soon no longer have to worry about prior authorizations when treating patients with blood clotting disorders. Right now, doctors have to seek prior authorization to administer certain drugs or procedure to a patient. Prior authorization is a form of approval used by insurance companies to determine coverage of medications and procedures House Bill 4055 would end prior authorization for FDA-approved me…See the Story
Legislation ending prior authorization of blood clotting disorder treatment passes General Assembly
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Peoria, Illinois · PeoriaPEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) -- Parks on Tap blends music, beer and relaxing in the outdoors. The traveling tap house goes around to different parks in the district every summer, bringing live entertainment and cold beer. Sunday kicked off the first of the 2024 season at Donovan Park. The event has been put on by the Peoria Park District since 2021. Jake Rockhold with the Peoria Park District said even though the event is catered for adults, all ages ca…See the Story
Taps on Park returns for the summer
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Peoria, Illinois · PeoriaPEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) -- Stray Animal Midway Shelter held a "kitten shower" Sunday afternoon at the Peoria Playhouse. The Hanna City based shelter held the event to raise money for their kitten foster program. Guests could enter raffles, learn about the importance of spaying and neutering kittens, participate in kid theme cat activities and of course play with the kittens. SAMS Shelter Manager Sarah Coleman said the goal is to get the kittens to …See the Story
Stray Animal Midway Shelter holds “kitten shower” to raise funds for its kitten foster program
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Peoria, Illinois · PeoriaEAST PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) -- East Peoria Boat Club is looking to grow its members into the double digits. The club held an open house Sunday from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. showing off all the perks of joining. Currently, the club has around 80 members. They're hoping to get that number up to 130. Todd Peterson has been a member for 20 years and was the former president of the club. He said you don't have to own a boat to join the club. "We've raised …See the Story
East Peoria Boat Club looking to add more members
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Peoria, Illinois · PeoriaBLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) -- The Mt. Pisgah congregation will return to their old building next Sunday after it was vandalized back in March. Announced on Sunday service at the Union Missionary Baptist Church in Bloomington, the congregation was there to celebrate Union Missionary's 132nd Church Anniversary. Back on March 9, several Bloomington businesses and places of worship were vandalized, but Mt. Pisgah received the worst of the damages. Wit…See the Story
Mt. Pisgah to resume worship in old building after vandalism
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Peoria, Illinois · PeoriaSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WMBD) -- The Illinois State Fair announced the full list of activities on Friday, and anyone who enjoys monster trucks or the rodeo is in luck.
Prep sports recap for May 18, 2024 A full list can be found below: Monsters of Destruction- Thursday, August 8: A monster truck show with head-to-head truck battles and a side-by-side competition. The show will feature famous monster trucks including Against the Grain, Redneck …See the Story
Illinois State Fair releases Event Lineup
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Peoria, Illinois · PeoriaPEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) -- The Diocese of Peoria announced restructuring to their parishes and worship sites on Saturday. According to their website, the Diocese of Peoria will be reduced from 156 parishes to 75 parishes by merging 12 parishes into neighboring parishes and 107 parishes coalescing into 38 new parishes.
Peoria OSF one of first in state to offer all-inclusive elderly care program The new parishes will have oversight from 71 dio…See the Story
Diocese of Peoria announces reorganization
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