Author Archives: Julia Bradley
The Penguin Players take you back to the 80s this weekend
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- The Penguin Project got its start here in Central Illinois, and has spread across the nation with over 60 affiliate groups. The project gives young people with different abilities...
Aug 18, 2022
U.S. weekly jobless claims dip as labor market remains resilient
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week and data for the prior period was revised sharply down, suggesting labor market conditions rema...
Aug 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A job seeker leaves the job fair for airport related employment at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
FBI's sealed evidence that led to search of Trump's home focus of court hearing
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - Sealed records containing evidence the U.S. Justice Department presented to secure court approval to search Donald Trump's Florida home will be at the heart of a hear...
Aug 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Donald Trump departs Trump Tower two days after FBI agents searched his Mar-a-Lago Palm Beach home, in New York City, New york, U.S., August 10, 2022. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado/File Photo
PPD hopes photos will help solve an armed robbery
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police hope releasing two photos will lead to an arrest in an armed robbery that happened late Sunday morning. Witnesses told police a male suspect walked into a building on N. ...
Aug 18, 2022 (Peoria Police Dept.)
Peoria considers using COVID relief funds to help residents with rising utility bills
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria residents may soon get some help paying rising utility bills after the city council Tuesday night discussed ways to spend some of the millions of COVID relief dollars Peoria is ...
Aug 17, 2022 (File/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
East Peoria approves new rules for smoke shops
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- New rules are being written to regulate smoke and vape shops in East Peoria. At their regular council meeting last (Tuesday) night, commissioners unanimously approved a lengthy ne...
Aug 17, 2022 (Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Liz Cheney accuses Trump of 'insidious lie' about FBI search of his home
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Liz Cheney broadened her attack on Donald Trump after losing her Tuesday night primary, saying the former president was spreading an "insidious lie" in alleging that ...
Aug 17, 2022 Republican candidate U.S. Representative Liz Cheney speaks during her primary election night party in Jackson, Wyoming, U.S. August 16, 2022. REUTERS/David Stubbs
Local expert discusses CDC's relaxed guidance for COVID-19
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week relaxed some guidelines in regards to COVID-19. Dr. Doug Kasper, with the University of Illinois College of Medicine, says he t...
Aug 16, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria Co. inmate death under investigation
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- On August 13, Peoria County Correctional Officers discovered a male detainee unresponsive in his cell with a sheet wrapped around his neck and the sheet tied to an air vent. The...
Aug 16, 2022 (File-Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD)
First Lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. first lady Jill Biden has testified positive for COVID-19, her communications director Elizabeth Alexander said on Tuesday. After testing negative for COVID-19 on Monday du...
Aug 16, 2022 FILE PHOTO - U.S. first lady Jill Biden leaves the Church of the Society of Jesus in Quito, Ecuador, May 20, 2022. Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERS
