Author Archives: Dalton Kemper
State COVID roundup 10/19: seven-day positivity rate rises again
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday reported 3,113 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 22 additional deaths. The seven-day statewide positivi...
Oct 19, 2020 Midwest Communications
UN arms embargoes on Iran expire despite US objections
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A decade-long U.N. arms embargo on Iran that barred it from purchasing foreign weapons like tanks and fighter jets expired Sunday as planned under its nuclear deal with world power...
Oct 18, 2020 AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File 2015
Female shot in back; taken to hospital with serious injury
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded to the 4300 block of W. Castleton Rd. just after 5:00 p.m. Saturday evening on reports of a female with a gunshot wound. When they arrived, they found the femal...
Oct 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
No spring break at Bradley: Prez and students give their thoughts
PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley University made a controversial change last week when administration moved the start of the Spring 2021 semester back one week, as well as eliminating the traditional spring br...
Oct 16, 2020 MWC-Bradley Campus 2020
Peoria City Council member enters plea deal
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria City Council member Zachary Oyler appeared in Peoria County court Friday, where he had charges of domestic battery and interfering with reporting of a domestic battery dropped. ...
Oct 16, 2020
Bradley Men's Basketball selected third in MVC preseason poll
PEORIA, Ill. -- For the third straight season, Bradley Men's Basketball was selected in the top four of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) preseason poll. It's the first time the Braves were selecte...
Oct 15, 2020 Bradley University
Kerosene causes Thursday accidental fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- A container of kerosene went up in flames Thursday afternoon, causing approximately $30,000 in damage. Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics were called to the area of Nebraska and Atlantic ar...
Oct 15, 2020 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Donovan Park possible location for 18-acre performing arts venue
PEORIA, Ill. -- Donovan Park is being looked at as a future home for an 18-acre performing arts venue. The Peoria Park District Board of Trustees gave permission to park district staff Wednesday night...
Oct 14, 2020 Peoria Park District
Amy Coney Barrett faces third day of questions from Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) - Over and over, Amy Coney Barrett said she'd be her own judge if confirmed to the Supreme Court. But she was careful in two long days of Senate testimony not to take on the president ...
Oct 14, 2020 Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times via AP, Pool
Peoria City Council agrees to settlement with firefighters union, saving engine 20
PEORIA, Ill. -- Engine 20 in North Peoria will be saved after Peoria City Council voted Tuesday night to settle an unfair labor practice lawsuit with Local 50, which represents the local fire departme...
Oct 13, 2020 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
