Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Shooting overnight at Peoria night club
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded to a Shotspotter alert at approximately 3:19 a.m. Friday in the 2200 block of SW Washington Street. Officers were dispatched to the Dream Night Club, at 2205 SW...
Nov 01, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Third Illinois resident dies of vaping-related lung damage
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A third Illinois resident has died after being hospitalized with a vaping-related lung injury the Department of Public Health reports. Health department spokeswoman Melaney Ar...
Nov 01, 2019 In this photo made on Friday, Oct. 4, 2019, a woman uses her vaping device in Harmony, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Peoria crews battle business fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Firefighters were called about 8:30 p.m. Thursday to the 6800 block of N. Frostwood Parkway for a possible structure fire. Heavy smoke was seen coming from the back of a single story, ...
Nov 01, 2019 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
House approves rules for Trump impeachment probe
WASHINGTON (AP) - A sharply divided House has approved the rules for its impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. Thursday's near party-line 232-196 roll call was the chamber's first formal vote...
Oct 31, 2019 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. gavels as the House votes 232-196 to pass resolution on impeachment procedure to move forward with procedures for the next phase of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump in the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. The resolution would authorize the next stage of impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, including establishing the format for open hearings, giving the House Committee on the Judiciary the final recommendation on impeachment, and allowing President Trump and his lawyers to attend events and question witnesses. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Maroon: Peoria sees first snowy Halloween since 1918
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's snowy start to the last day of October. Peoria Assistant Public Works Director Sie Maroon said Thursday's snowfall was the first time Peoria has seen snow on Halloween in over a c...
Oct 31, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley (file)
Peoria family escapes house fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Firefighters were called around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday to a home in the 2300 block of N. Bigelow Street in Peoria. The first companies on the scene found smoke coming from a window on the...
Oct 31, 2019 Midwest Communications
Jury finds teen guilty of murder in June shooting death
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - A guilty verdict was handed down to Zaveon Marks, the 14-year-old charged in the shooting death of another teen in June. The jury ruled Wednesday that Marks wass guilty of one...
Oct 31, 2019 (25 News)
Easterseals Central Illinois celebrates 100 years
PEORIA, Ill. -- Easterseals Central Illinois has spent a century helping children with developmental delays and disabilities. CEO and President Steve Thompson told WMBD's Greg and Dan, the organizatio...
Oct 30, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley
Collins: A wintry mix and snow through Halloween
PEORIA, Ill. -- A chilly rain Wednesday afternoon will change to a wintry mix by evening, then change over to snow through Thursday morning, according to news partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck...
Oct 30, 2019 Snow-covered pumpkins sit on crates in the pumpkin patch at the United Methodist Church of Sea Cliff in Sea Cliff, N.Y. on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. A classic nor'easter is causing snow up the East Coast, unseasonal for this time of year. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
Peoria’s Gander Outdoors closed, no reason specified
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Gander Outdoors, which replaced Gander Mountain at the same location at 5114 West Holiday Drive near the Shoppes at Grand Prairie in Peoria, has closed. A sign posted on the d...
Oct 30, 2019 (25 News)
