Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Peoria high-rise evacuated after fire Friday
PEORIA, Ill. -- Residents of a high-rise senior living facility in Peoria had to be evacuated Friday after fire broke out in their building. Emergency crews responded just before 4 p.m. Friday to the ...
Nov 27, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim, whose work transformed musical theater, dead at 91
(Reuters) -Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who helped American musical theater evolve beyond pure entertainment and reach new artistic heights with such works as "West Side Story," "I...
Nov 27, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Stephen Sondheim poses as he arrives at a special screening of the DreamWorks Pictures film "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California December 5, 2007. REUTERS/Fred Prouser
Fearing empty shelves, Black Friday 'early birds' head to U.S. stores
CHICAGO (Reuters) -With many major U.S. retailers opening their doors to shoppers at 5 a.m. on Friday, early risers ventured out, hoping to find gifts to tuck under the Christmas tree before products ...
Nov 26, 2021 Shoppers show up early for the Black Friday sales at the King of Prussia shopping mall in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, U.S. November 26, 2021. REUTERS/Rachel Wisniewski
Man hospitalized after fire Thanksgiving night
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man suffered smoke inhalation from a fire Thursday night that severely damaged a Peoria home. News partner 25 News reports five other family members, including a child, escaped unhar...
Nov 26, 2021 (25 News)
2nd bar catches fire in downtown Farmington
FARMINGTON, Ill. -- Firefighters were called to Ashers Bar and Grille on Fort street in downtown Farmington Thursday night. Around 9:20 p.m., crews found heavy fire in the kitchen, which spread to the...
Nov 26, 2021 (25 News)
Bradley tapped for return to Cancun Challenge
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Bradley men's basketball team is headed back to the Cancun Challenge in 2022, looking to repeat its championship run from 2018. The Braves were announced Wednesday night as one of ...
Nov 25, 2021 Bradley University
Football, family and parade floats: Traditions return on U.S. Thanksgiving Day
(Reuters) - Americans on Thursday will pack football stadiums, flock to parades and gather more freely for family feasts, grateful to celebrate Thanksgiving Day traditions again after the pandemic kep...
Nov 25, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People take a selfie in front of the Grogu "Baby Yoda" balloon as it is inflated the day before the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Teens accused of Mackinaw murder plead not guilty
PEKIN, Ill. -- Three teens charged in the shooting death of Rebecca Bolin and the shooting of her husband Douglas Bolin in their rural Mackinaw home pleaded not guilty on Wednesday. Nathaniel Maloney,...
Nov 25, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Former fire chief pleads not guilty in sexual assault case
PEKIN, Ill. -- A former Pekin fire captain accused of sexually assaulting a woman who rented from him in August was in Tazewell County Court Wednesday. Jamie Evans, 52, pleaded not guilty to felony se...
Nov 25, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Tazewell County Sheriffs Dept. via 25 News
Thanksgiving dinner cost jumps with inflation on the menu, though deals remain
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Thanksgiving dinner will cost U.S. consumers an average of 14% more this year in the biggest annual increase in 31 years, the American Farm Bureau Federation said, though shoppers ...
Nov 24, 2021 Turkeys are displayed for sale at a Jewel-Osco grocery store ahead of Thanksgiving, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. November 18, 2021. REUTERS/Christopher Walljasper
