Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Peoria home destroyed by fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria home will be demolished, deemed a total loss after a fire early Wednesday. Peoria firefighters were called the area of W. Marquette and W. Antoinette Streets around 6 a.m. on ...
Jan 04, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
FDA allows abortion pills to be sold at retail pharmacies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will allow retail pharmacies to offer abortion pills in the United States for the first time, the agency said on Tuesday, even as more...
Jan 04, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A pack of Mifeprex pills, used to terminate early pregnancies, is displayed in this picture illustration taken May 11, 2022. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/Illustration
Southwest Airlines is sued for not providing refunds after meltdown
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Southwest Airlines has been sued by a passenger who said it failed to provide refunds to passengers left stranded when an operational meltdown led the carrier to cancel more than 1...
Jan 04, 2023 The departures board is overwhelmed with delayed and cancelled flights after U.S. airlines, led by Southwest, canceled thousands of flights due to a massive winter storm which swept over much of the country before and during the Christmas holiday weekend, at Dallas Love Field Airport in Dallas, Texas, U.S., December 28, 2022. REUTERS/Shelby Tauber
Peoria Police welcome new minority recruits
PEORIA, Ill. -- In a white, male-dominated field, Peoria Police are working to attract more female officers. It's an effort to bring diversity to the department and make sure the community is better r...
Jan 04, 2023
U.S. House Republicans face showdown over McCarthy's speaker bid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Kevin McCarthy's bruising quest to become speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives will enter a second day on Wednesday, with the party's new majority fractured b...
Jan 04, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) talks to reporters as he arrives on the first day of the new Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 3, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Kasper: T-Cells helping fight COVID's new variants
PEORIA, Ill. -- As a new variant of COVID-19 is showing its dominance, there's good news about how we're fighting the disease three years since it appeared. Dr. Doug Kasper, with the University of Ill...
Jan 03, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: Jeremy Renner, Marvel's Hawkeye, has surgery after snow plow accident
UPDATED 10:39 P.M. (Reuters) -Actor Jeremy Renner, who played Hawkeye in the Marvel "Avengers" movies, was in critical but stable condition in a Nevada hospital on Monday, a day after suffering a trau...
Jan 02, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Actor Jeremy Renner poses for a picture during the premiere of the television series Hawkeye at El Capitan theatre in Los Angeles, California, U.S. November, 17, 2021. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
Peoria fire sends one to the hospital Sunday
PEORIA, Ill. -- One person was hospitalized after an accidental fire in Peoria on the first day of the new year. The Peoria Fire Department was called to the area of N. Woodbine Terrace and W. Wardcli...
Jan 02, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Shots ring out early on New Year's Day in Peoria
UPDATED 2:06 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded to a pair of shooting incidents early on New Year's Day. PPD says at approximately 12:52 a.m., officers were called to the area of N. Prospect...
Jan 02, 2023 Carnell Williams (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Peoria home goes up in flames overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria home was destroyed by fire early Saturday morning, the last day of the year. Peoria Firefighters were called to the area of S. Westmoreland and W. Grinnell just before 4:30 a....
Dec 31, 2022 Midwest Communications
