Author Archives: Julia Bradley
US labor market cracks widen as job growth hits stall speed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. employment growth was weaker than expected in July while the nonfarm payrolls count for the prior two months was revised down by a massive 258,000 jobs, suggesting a sharp d...
Aug 01, 2025 A tractor trailer advertising job opportunities in the trucking industry drives south on Interstate 81 near Staunton, Virginia, U.S., January 22, 2022. Picture taken January 22, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
St. Jude Memphis to Peoria runners making their way back through Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. - The St. Jude Memphis to Peoria runners have made their way back to Illinois with the Blue and Gold teams taking turns running throughout the day. Co-founder Mike McCoy tells WMBD's "Gre...
Aug 01, 2025 (Memphis to Peoria Run Facebook)
ICC announces presidential search and interim president
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The Illinois Central College Board of Trustees has begun the search for a new president. On Thursday, the Board approved hiring R. H. Perry, a national executive search firm, to he...
Aug 01, 2025 (Illinois Central College)
Pathway Ministries brings transitional home for women to Morton
MORTON, Ill. (25 News)- Pathway Ministries has launched a new project in Morton...a transitional home for women. For nearly 70 years, Pathway Ministries in Peoria has been helping the less fortunate a...
Aug 01, 2025 Pathway Ministries opening a transitional women's home in Morton. (25 News)
Trump: Fed board should assume control if Powell won't lower interest rates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday urged the Federal Reserve board to assume control if Fed Chair Jerome Powell continues to refuse to lower interest rates. "Jerome 'Too Late'...
Aug 01, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speak during a tour of the Federal Reserve Board building, which is currently undergoing renovations, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 24, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File photo
Peoria's homeless move out of LULA's motel project as city funds run dry
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - The nearly $400,000 in taxpayer money spent to put Peoria's homeless population in motel rooms has now run out, and move-out day is Friday, August 1. Over the winter, the nonp...
Aug 01, 2025 MSPhotographic / Depositphotos.com
Air Quality Alert in effect through Friday night (8/1)
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Aug 01, 2025
Back from D.C., LaHood discusses Trump's Big Beautiful Bill and the Epstein files
PEORIA, Ill. - Republican Congressman Darin LaHood (IL-16), is back from Congress' latest session in Washington, D.C. LaHood spoke with WMBD's "Greg and Dan" Thursday morning about President Trump's "...
Jul 31, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US weekly jobless claims rise marginally
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased marginally last week, suggesting that the labor market remained stable, though it is taking lo...
Jul 31, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A man walks into register at a military job fair in Sandy, Utah, U.S., March 26, 2019. REUTERS/George Frey/File Photo
Peoria's 50's Diner closed after 34 years of serving customers
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria restaurant has officially closed its doors after 34 years in business. The 50's Diner in the Metro Centre had to shut down the family-owned business after a water main break la...
Jul 31, 2025 The 50's Diner in the Metro Centre in Peoria is closing after 34 years in business. (25 News)
