Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Mayor Manier reflects on 10th anniversary of the Washington tornado
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Like many people in Washington, Mayor Gary Manier was in church on the morning of November 17, 2013. Manier tells WMBD's "Greg and Dan Show", when he came out of the church building...
Nov 17, 2023 (File-Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Commuter train crash leaves nearly 40 injured in Chicago
CHICAGO, Ill. - A Chicago commuter train collided with rail equipment Thursday morning, leaving nearly 40 people injured, some of them critically. The Chicago Transit Authority train crashed into a "s...
Nov 17, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Bradley's faculty senate approves 'no confidence' resolution against president, provost
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Frustrated over proposed program and staffing reductions, Bradley University's Faculty Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly adopted a resolution expressing "no confidence" in Pre...
Nov 17, 2023 Bradley University president Stephen Standifird speaks at an event in 2022. (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US will not share intel on Hamas and Al Shifa hospital -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will not share any Israeli intelligence or elaborate on its own intelligence assessment that Hamas used Gaza's Al Shifa hospital as a command center and possibl...
Nov 17, 2023 A man walks within the premises of Al Shifa hospital during the Israeli ground operation around the hospital, in Gaza City November 12, 2023. Ahmed El Mokhallalati/via REUTERS/File Photo
Quinn recollects Washington mayor's leadership in aftermath of EF-4 tornado
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Pat Quinn says he was doing what most people in the state of Illinois do on a fall Sunday afternoon, watching the Chicago Bears. But the game that the former governor from 2009 to 2...
Nov 17, 2023 Former Illinois Governor Pat Quinn (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Pat Quinn via Facebook)
Washington resident recalls tornado ten years ago
WASHINGTON, Ill. - November 17th, 2013 is a day Central Illinois won't forget. That's when an EF-4 tornado hit Washington, Pekin, East Peoria and surrounding communities. Jenn Schrock-Smith recalls it...
Nov 16, 2023 In November 2013, the Smith family of Washington, Illinois, stands outside in the snow where their home once stood before an EF-4 tornado struck their town. (Courtesy of Jenn Schrock-Smith)
UPDATE: Embattled US Rep George Santos won't run for reelection after damning ethics report
UPDATED 11:05 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Embattled U.S. Representative George Santos on Thursday said he won't run for reelection shortly after a damning report by his fellow lawmakers referred "addit...
Nov 16, 2023 U.S. Rep. George Santos (R-NY) speaks to members of the media after his Congressional colleagues voted not to expel him from the House, after he was indicted on 23 federal corruption charges, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File Photo
Options for evacuating Gaza's Al Shifa hospital limited - WHO official
CAIRO (Reuters) - The United Nations is looking for ways to evacuate Al Shifa hospital in Gaza but options are limited by security and logistical constraints, a senior World Health Organization offici...
Nov 16, 2023 Tents and shelters used by displaced Palestinians stand at the yard of Al Shifa hospital during the Israeli ground operation around the hospital, in Gaza City November 12, 2023. Ahmed El Mokhallalati/via REUTERS/File Photo
US Capitol police clash with protesters demanding Gaza ceasefire
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Capitol Police officers in riot gear clashed with dozens of demonstrators who gathered outside the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters in Washington on Wednesda...
Nov 16, 2023 Police and demonstrators argue at the entrance to the Democratic National Headquarters during a multi-denominational event hosted by the Democratic Socialists of America, IfNotNow Movement and Jewish Voice for Peace calling for a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Washington, U.S. November 15, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
US Senate passes stopgap funding bill to avert government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate took the risk of an impending partial government shutdown off the table on Wednesday as it passed a stopgap spending bill and sent it to President Joe Biden to si...
Nov 16, 2023 People walk past the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
