Author Archives: Julia Bradley
New roadwork in the Peoria area begins on Monday
PEORIA, Ill. - On Monday, the University Street and Northmoor Intersection Reconstruction Project begins with lane closures on University Street from Cherokee Lane to the entrance of the North Univers...
Feb 28, 2026 Midwest Communications
Update: Exclusive-Ahead of strikes, Trump was told Iran attack is high risk, high reward
Updated at 9:22 a.m. By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Ahead of the U.S. attack on Iran, President Donald Trump received briefings that not only delivered blunt assessments...
Feb 28, 2026 People walk near a mural featuring images of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the leader of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, on a street in Tehran, Iran, February 26, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
East Bluff home under construction damaged by fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters were called to a home under construction in Peoria's East Bluff Friday night. Battalion Chief Larry Carter said crews arrived at a two-and-a-half story home in the area of ...
Feb 28, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
US and Israel launch strikes on Iran, targeting its leadership
By Parisa Hafezi, Alexander Cornwell, Hadeel Al Sayegh and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON/TEL AVIV/DUBAI, Feb 28 (Reuters) - The United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran on Saturday, targeting its l...
Feb 28, 2026 Smoke rises following an explosion, after Israel and the U.S. launched strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, February 28, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
The Spring Home Show returns to the Peoria Civic Center this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - The 2026 Official Spring Home Show gets underway Friday at the Peoria Civic Center. The Home Show's Andy Knapp tells WMBD's "Greg and Dan" that it's a one-stop shop for everything you n...
Feb 27, 2026 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Legislators, activists continue push for prescription drug affordability board
Article Summary Citing high prescription drug prices, lawmakers and activists are reviving a dormant push to create an Illinois prescription drug affordability board. The board would be able to set th...
Feb 27, 2026 Citizen Action/Illinois Executive Director Anusha Thotakura speaks at a
rally in the state capitol building on Feb. 17. Citizen Action rallied in support of
legislation to establish a prescription drug affordability board. (Capitol News Illinois
photo by Jenna Schweikert)
US-Iran talks end with no deal but potential signs of progress
By Parisa Hafezi and Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Feb 26 (Reuters) - The United States and Iran made progress in talks over Tehran's nuclear program on Thursday, mediator Oman said, but hours of negotia...
Feb 27, 2026 Demonstrators hold images of Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran's last shah and an Iranian opposition figure, during a protest against Iran's government in front of the United Nations Office at Geneva, on the day of a new round of indirect U.S.-Iran talks over their long-running nuclear dispute, in Geneva, Switzerland, February 26, 2026. REUTERS/Pierre Alb
Trump to tout economy, energy in Texas ahead of Republican primaries
By Bo Erickson CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Feb 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will travel to southern Texas on Friday to tout his economic and fossil fuel agenda, just days before Republicans f...
Feb 27, 2026 U.S.President Donald J. Trump delivers the first State of the Union address of his second term to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. Kenny Holston/Pool via REUTERS
Update: Bill Clinton testifies to US Congress committee about Epstein
By Richard Cowan Updated at 10:51 a.m. Feb 27 (Reuters) - Former President Bill Clinton was testifying on Friday behind closed doors to a congressional panel about his ties to the late sex offender Je...
Feb 27, 2026 Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, Ghislaine Maxwell and late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein pose in this handout image released from Epstein's estate by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee in Washington, D.C., U.S., on December 12, 2025. House Oversight Committee Democrats/Handout via REUTERS
Former Peoria pastor pleads not guilty to sending minor explicit images
By Angeles Ponpa PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - A former pastor of Riverside Community Church found himself in an emptier courtroom Thursday afternoon as he pleaded not guilty to distributing harmful materi...
Feb 27, 2026 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
