Good morning, Peoria.

Illinois Comic Con will return to the Peoria Civic Center on Saturday, Nov.

14 and Sunday, Nov. 15 with guests such as Tom Kenny and Ron Perlman, plus Q&A sessions, cosplay panels, gaming, and vendors; advance tickets are $30 single day or $50 weekend (children 10 and younger free with a paid adult, two kids per ticket).

Bradley University & the University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria signed an affiliation agreement Tuesday to expand student, faculty, research, and workforce collaboration, and leaders will now identify specific programs, funding, and joint projects going forward.

Retailers including Binny’s, Friar Tuck, and UFS are winding down hemp-based THC drink sales after Gov. Pritzker signed a law that will reclassify intoxicating hemp products as cannabis effective Nov.

12 and restrict sales to licensed dispensaries.

Rep. Eric Sorensen urged approval of year-round, nationwide E15 fuel to lower pump prices and ease farmers’ costs during a Tuesday stop near a Peoria Heights gas station, and he is pressing senators not to remove the E15 allowance from the farm bill.

Peoria Heights is upgrading play areas at three parks with recycled rubberized mulch to create more accessible surfaces, with work at Lions Memorial Park expected to wrap up by the end of this week and each project costing less than $10,000 (village paid).

Doctors are urging Peoria-area residents to get flu shots now because a new H1N1 variant is driving an earlier season elsewhere and cases could rise as temperatures cool.

Vaccination takes (two to three weeks) to build protection, and people should ask their healthcare provider which vaccine is right for them.

CityLink will discontinue all bus stops in Creve Coeur along Route 23 Pekin Connector on Wednesday, Nov.

4 because it lacks funding to provide the federally required complementary paratransit service, and the agency is seeking funding to restore service.