Author Archives: Julia Bradley

Biden to visit Ohio town a year after toxic train derailment
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to East Palestine, Ohio, on Friday for the first time since a fiery derailment of a Norfolk Southern train a year ago released more than a million gall...
Julia Bradley Feb 16, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the aid package for Ukraine, from the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 13, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Public hears about plans to make Adams and Jefferson 2-way streets again downtown
PEORIA, Ill. - City leaders held a public meeting in downtown Peoria Thursday, giving people an opportunity to ask questions about changing Adams Street and Jefferson Avenue back to two-way traffic. T...
Julia Bradley Feb 16, 2024 (25 News)

Trump to stand trial on March 25 in NY criminal hush money case
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump will become the first former U.S. president to stand trial on criminal charges after a New York judge on Thursday set a March 25 trial date and denied his request to d...
Julia Bradley Feb 16, 2024 Former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he walks outside Trump Tower to attend a court hearing on charges of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to a porn star before the 2016 election, in New York City, U.S., February 15, 2024. REUTERS/Bing Guan

PPD: Teen seriously injured in shooting Thursday night
UPDATED 1:37 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Police say a teenager is in serious condition after a shooting Thursday night in South Peoria. Peoria Police say officers responded to a report of shots fired on W. An...
Julia Bradley Feb 16, 2024 Midwest Communications

Judge denies Trump request to dismiss hush money case
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York judge denied Donald Trump's request to dismiss criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, paving the way for the first-ever criminal trial of a form...
Julia Bradley Feb 15, 2024 Former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he walks outside Trump Tower to attend a court hearing on charges of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to a porn star before the 2016 election, in New York City, U.S., February 15, 2024. REUTERS/Bing Guan

Riverview Plaza still closed in downtown Peoria, reopening date unknown
PEORIA, Ill. - The Riverview Plaza in downtown Peoria is still closed a week after a huge water leak damaged the building's fire protection system. Last Thursday, a water main pipe broke, sending a de...
Julia Bradley Feb 15, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)

104.9 The Wolf raising money for St. Jude's kids
PEORIA, Ill. - Over the two days, Midwest Communications' 104.9 The Wolf is raising money and awareness for the kids at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Wolf personalities ...
Julia Bradley Feb 15, 2024 104.9 The Wolf personalities Mike Stechman and John Young broadcasting for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Wednesday abd Thursday this week. (1470/100.3 WMBD--Julia Bradley)

UPDATE: Kansas City police link Super Bowl rally shooting to personal dispute, not terror
Updated: 11:54 a.m. (Reuters) - Kansas City, Missouri police on Thursday said a personal dispute, not extremism, was behind the deadly mass shooting that erupted a day earlier, following a rally to ce...
Julia Bradley Feb 15, 2024 Police officers detain a person outside of Union Station following a shooting near an outdoor celebration of the NFL champion Chiefs' Super Bowl victory, in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. February 14, 2024 in this screen grab obtained from social media video. Alyssa Contreras/via REUTERS

Peoria City Council hears arguments for and against a Gaza cease-fire resolution
PEORIA, Ill. - A group of people spoke at Tuesday night's Peoria City Council meeting about a ceasefire resolution brought by the group Peoria for Palestine. The group's president, Imam Mazhar Mahmood...
Julia Bradley Feb 14, 2024 Imam Mazhar Mahmood, president of Peoria for Palestine, speaking to the Peoria City Council Tuesday, February 13. (25 News)

UPDATE: Peoria man identified as person who died in officer-involved shooting in Chillicothe Tuesday evening
UPDATED 4:00 P.M. CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - A Peoria man has been identified as the person who died in an officer-involved shooting in Chillicothe Tuesday evening. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says a...
Julia Bradley Feb 14, 2024 Police at W. Matthews and N. Finney Streets in Chillicothe Tuesday night (February 13) at the scene of a fatal officer-involved shooting.
(25 News)
Peoria, IL, USA
50 °F Sunny


