Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Woman receives 15-year sentence for fatal hit-and-run
PEORIA, Ill. -- A woman arrested for a fatal hit-and-run crash in Peoria earlier this year received the maximum prison sentence Thursday. 40-year-old Diana Schick, who pleaded guilty, will serve 11 ye...
Dec 10, 2021 Peoria County Jail
U.S. appeals court rejects Trump bid to withhold records on Capitol attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Thursday rejected a request by former President Donald Trump to withhold records from the House of Representatives probe of the deadly Jan. 6 attack on th...
Dec 10, 2021 Security fencing is seen near the U.S. Capitol ahead of an expected rally Saturday in support of the January 6 Capitol attack defendants in Washington, U.S. September 17, 2021. REUTERS/Michael Weekes/File Photo
Collins: Threat of severe storms Friday night
PEORIA, Ill. -- There is a real chance of severe weather as we head into the weekend. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins told WMBD News that the Peoria metro area is at a Level Two...
Dec 10, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. FDA authorizes Pfizer/BioNTech booster for 16- and 17-year-olds
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorized booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE those aged 16 and 17, as public health officials have urg...
Dec 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A syringe is filled with a dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up community vaccination center at the Gateway World Christian Center in Valley Stream, New York, U.S., February 23, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
'Drive For Miracles' underway for OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. -- Each year, OSF HealthCare Children's Hospital of Illinois in Peoria takes care of thousands of children. And, for the last 21 years, John Riley with 93.3 The Drive has been raising mon...
Dec 09, 2021 1470/100.3 WMBD
Former U.S. senator, presidential candidate Bob Dole lies in state in Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A casket bearing the remains of former U.S. Senator Bob Dole, a three-time Republican presidential candidate and decorated World War Two veteran, was placed in the Capitol's Rotu...
Dec 09, 2021 The casket of former U.S. Senator Bob Dole arrives at the U.S. Capitol for a Congressional memorial service, where it will lie in state, in Washington, D.C., U.S. December 9, 2021. Greg Nash/Pool via REUTERS
With 'Summit for Democracy,' Biden seeks to rally nations against rising authoritarianism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden gathered more than 100 world leaders on Tuesday in a virtual "Summit for Democracy" intended to counter authoritarianism - and with Russia and China poi...
Dec 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks after late-night passage of a $1 trillion infrastructure bill to repair the nation's airports, roads and bridges, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. November 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
U.S. weekly jobless claims drop to lowest level since 1969
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits dropped to the lowest level in more than 52 years last week as labor market conditions continued to tighten a...
Dec 09, 2021 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
Deal to avert U.S. default, raise debt limit faces test in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A deal between the top Democrat and Republican in the U.S. Senate to help raise the federal government's $28.9 trillion debt limit will be tested on Thursday when the full chamb...
Dec 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington, U.S., November 16, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Bradley student stabbed near campus
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Bradley University student suffered a minor injury after reportedly being stabbing off-campus early Wednesday morning. A community advisory alert said Bradley and Peoria Police respo...
Dec 09, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
