Author Archives: Dalton Kemper
Last U.S. forces leave Afghanistan after nearly 20 years
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has completed the withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan, U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday, following a chaotic airlift nearly 20 years after it invade...
Aug 30, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. soldiers, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, arrive to provide security in support of Operation Allies Refuge at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 20, 2021. Senior Airman Taylor Crul/U.S. Air Force/Handout via REUTERS /File Photo
Crews investigate possible gas leak at Peoria High
PEORIA, Ill. -- Fire crews Monday were on the scene at Peoria High School for a potential gas leak. According to scanner traffic, the building was being evacuated around 2:45 p.m. Scanner traffic also...
Aug 30, 2021 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
EU drops U.S. from list of COVID-safe countries for travel
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union governments agreed on Monday to remove the United States from the EU's safe travel list, meaning U.S. visitors and those from five other countries are likely to fac...
Aug 30, 2021 FILE PHOTO: European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman
3rd annual BrownFest to be held Saturday in honor of late coach Kevin Brown
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- This Saturday, Sept. 4, the third annual BrownFest will be held at Five Points Washington to benefit KBStrong -- Fighting the Fight, the foundation created in honor of late Washing...
Aug 30, 2021 Photo Courtesy: KBStrong - Fighting the Fight
Steiner: 'I was just a kid from New York hoping to become a broadcaster'
PEORIA, Ill. -- At the young age of five years old, he announced Brooklyn Dodger games. It may have been from the basement of his home on Long Island, but that laid the foundation for Charley Steiner'...
Aug 27, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley
Biden warns Kabul airport attackers: 'We will hunt you down'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden, his voice breaking with emotion, vowed on Thursday the United States would hunt down the attackers of twin explosions at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan an...
Aug 26, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden reacts during a moment of silence for the dead as he delivers remarks about Afghanistan, from the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S. August 26, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Bradley following Pritzker's mandate, requiring vaccinations for students and staff
PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley University will now require all students and staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 after Gov. JB Pritzker Thursday mandated all higher education personnel and students receiv...
Aug 26, 2021 MWC-Bradley Campus 2020
Dozens of civilians, 12 U.S. troops killed in bloodbath at Kabul airport
(Reuters) - Suicide bombers struck the crowded gates of Kabul airport with at least two explosions on Thursday, causing a bloodbath among civilians and U.S. troops, and bringing a catastrophic halt to...
Aug 26, 2021 Crowds of people show their documents to U.S. troops outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan August 26, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
Galesburg teen dies after being struck by train
GALESBURG, Ill. -- A 15-year-old Galesburg girl has died after being struck by a train Wednesday evening. The girl, Katie J. Ackerson, was found dead in a nearby drainage ditch around 6:37 p.m. The in...
Aug 26, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Arrest made in November homicide
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have made an arrest related to a homicide from Nov. 6, 2020. The suspect was taken into custody Wednesday and arrested for first degree murder in relation to the homicide...
Aug 25, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
