Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Firefighters rescue driver from Peoria rollover crash
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters rescued a person trapped inside a vehicle after a rollover crash Tuesday night. Fire Battalion Chief Stephen Rada said crews were called to the area of W. Malone and...
Feb 18, 2026 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Garage fire overnight in Peoria under investigation
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to a structure fire at the intersection of Humboldt and Arago in the West Bluff area early Wednesday morning. Crews arrived around 1:00 a.m., finding smoke...
Feb 18, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
Update: Peoria Chief: Six arrested after violent morning in stolen vehicle
Updated 12:35 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say six people - two adults and four juveniles - were arrested Tuesday morning following a "violent and reckless series of events" that began shortly af...
Feb 17, 2026
Olympics-LA Mayor Bass calls on LA28 chair Wasserman to resign
By Rory Carroll MILAN, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Monday said Casey Wasserman should step down as chairman of the committee organizing the 2028 Olympic Games following revelati...
Feb 17, 2026 Feb 12, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass speaks at NBA Cares Legacy Project Dedication at the Weingart YMCA. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
Pekin High School, city negotiating terms of school bus agreement
By Liz Lape PEKIN, Ill. (25 News) - An agreement that would hand over management of Pekin school buses was tabled by the city council on Feb. 9, as council members want the terms of the proposed agree...
Feb 17, 2026 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Arson destroys a vacant home in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Arson appears to be the cause of a fire Monday night in Peoria, with damage estimated at $75,000. Peoria firefighters were called to a home in the area of Fairholm Avenue and NE Adams S...
Feb 17, 2026 Midwest Communications
Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and US presidential hopeful, dies at 84
By Will Dunham Washington, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Charismatic U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, an eloquent Baptist minister raised in the segregated South who became a close associate of Martin Lut...
Feb 17, 2026 FILE PHOTO: Reverend Jesse Jackson addresses a Non-Governmental Organisation debate on racism in the media at the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) September 5, 2001. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo
Update: Robert Duvall, 'Tender Mercies' Oscar winner, dies at 95
Updated at 12:37 p.m. By Bill Trott Feb 16 (Reuters) - Oscar winner Robert Duvall, a versatile actor who made lasting impressions in a range of parts from starring to supporting roles like the napalm-...
Feb 16, 2026 FILE PHOTO: Actor Robert Duvall poses for a portrait in Beverly Hills, California September 26, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
Olympics-Curling-Canadian skip Homan says cheating accusations 'came out of nowhere'
By Aadi Nair CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Rachel Homan's Canadian women's curling team say they have been dragged into a cheating controversy that is nothing to do with them, as a disp...
Feb 16, 2026 Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 4 - Great Britain vs Canada - Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy - February 14, 2026. Tracy Fleury of Canada, Rachel Homan of Canada, Emma Miskew of Canada and Sarah Wilkes of Canada look on during their match against Britain REUTERS/Issei Kato
Creve Coeur semi driver accused of DUI after chase through 4 counties
By Howard Packowitz PEORIA (25 News) - More information is being released about the driver of a semi-trailer from Creve Coeur who led police on a chase through four Central Illinois counties over the ...
Feb 16, 2026 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
