Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Powerball jackpot grows to $815 million for Wednesday night's drawing
URBANDALE, Ia. - The Powerball jackpot for Wednesday night's drawing is an estimated $815 million, making it the seventh-largest prize in the game's history. The estimated cash value is $367.9 million...
Aug 27, 2025 (Powerball)
UPDATE: Peoria woman arrested after hitting a man with her car
UPDATED 12:28 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A 21-year-old woman was arrested after allegedly striking a pedestrian with a vehicle Tuesday night. Peoria Police says officers arrived just after 9:45 P.M. to the i...
Aug 27, 2025 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Cracker Barrel sticks to old logo after social media backlash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Cracker Barrel said on Tuesday that it will stick with its decades-old logo, scrapping plans for a new one following social media backlash, including from U.S. President Donald T...
Aug 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A Cracker Barrel restaurant displays a "Now Hiring" sign in Tampa, Florida, U.S., June 1, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photo
Peoria extends franchise agreement with AMT for ambulance service
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - The Peoria Fire Department and Advanced Medical Transport of Central Illinois are extending their partnership to provide ambulance service in Peoria for the rest of this decad...
Aug 27, 2025 AMT Ambulance (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--Mike Sabol)
Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce announce engagement
(Reuters) -Singer Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce announced their engagement on social media on Tuesday. In a joint Instagram post, the couple wrote: "Your English teacher a...
Aug 26, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Tennis - U.S. Open - Flushing Meadows, New York, United States - September 8, 2024 Singer Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs' Travis Kelce are seen during the final match between Italy's Jannik Sinner and Taylor Fritz of the U.S. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
PPS Board selects superintendent search firm
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Public Schools Board of Education selected a Texas-based company Monday night to help find the district's next superintendent. From the Heart of Arlington, Texas was selected...
Aug 26, 2025 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Update: Fed Governor Cook will sue Trump to keep her job, lawyer says
Updated at 11:55 a.m. NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook will file a lawsuit to prevent President Donald Trump from firing her, a lawyer for the embattled central bank o...
Aug 26, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook attends the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's 2025 Jackson Hole economic symposium, "Labor Markets in Transition: Demographics, Productivity, and Macroeconomic Policy" in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, U.S., August 23, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart/File Photo
CEO Denise Moore leaving PCCEO
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria non-profit is once again seeking a new leader. In a statement, Denise Moore announced that she is stepping down as CEO of Peoria Citizens Committee for Economic Opportunity. Mo...
Aug 26, 2025
PPS presidents renews call for metal detectors at the district's high schools
PEORIA, Ill. - After a pair of recent shootings at Manual High School, the president of Peoria Public Schools Board of Education is asking the board to reconsider installing metal detectors at the dis...
Aug 26, 2025 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Public Works looking for groups to "Paint-A-Plow"
PEORIA, Ill. - We're hopefully still months away from any snow, but Peoria Public Works is looking for groups to 'Paint-A-Plow". "We open this program to the non-for-profits, local organizations and s...
Aug 25, 2025 (Peoria Public Works)
