Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Tazewell County Board Chair Seeking Re-Election
Tazewell County Board Chairman David Zimmerman has announced plans to seek re-election in 2020. The 58-year-old Zimmerman was first elected chairman in 2008, after serving twelve years as a Tazewell C...
Sep 09, 2019
Mattis Says Trust Is Question In Taliban Talks
(AP) - Former Defense Secretary James Mattis says that when it comes to trying to negotiate an Afghanistan peace deal with the Taliban, the key question is whether they can be trusted. Mattis cites pa...
Sep 09, 2019 AP/Ebrahim Noroozi
Dorian Death Toll Rises To 44 In Bahamas
(AP) - The government in the Bahamas says the death toll from Hurricane Dorian has risen by one to 44. Health Minister Duane Sands on Sunday confirmed the toll in a WhatsApp message to The Associated ...
Sep 09, 2019 AP/Fernando Llano
Man Shot On N. Knoxville In Peoria
A man told police he was shot in the head near Starcrest Cleaners, 1636 N. Knoxville Avenue in Peoria, at approximately 1:47 p.m. Saturday. Public Information Officer Amy Dotson, with Peoria Police, s...
Sep 07, 2019 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley
Cleared Of Charges, Schock Talks About His Legal Battle
A four and a half year legal battle is over. Earlier this week, former 18th District Congressman Aaron Schock was formally cleared of all charges against him. Schock tells WMBD's Greg and Dan that his...
Sep 06, 2019 FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2015, file photo, former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Ill. speaks to reporters in Peoria, Ill. Aaron Schock's defense team said it's been told that the former Illinois congressman is being indicted by a federal grand jury. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
Hurricane Dorian Weakens To Category 1 Storm
(AP) - The eye of Hurricane Dorian is passing just east of Cape Lookout as the Category 1 storm skirts North Carolina's coast. Sustained, hurricane-force winds are battering the southern Outer Banks, ...
Sep 06, 2019 AP/Mic Smith
Chillicothe Hunting Guide Pleads Guilty To Federal Charges
(AP) - A central Illinois owner of an outfitter service has pleaded guilty to federal charges that included deploying an electronic bird caller to lure geese into shooting range. A statement from the ...
Sep 06, 2019 AP/Tony Dejack
Mosquitoes Test Positive For West Nile Virus In Fulton County
Mosquitoes have tested positive for West Nile virus in Farmington. A pool of mosquitoes, collected by the Fulton County Health Department, tested positive for the mosquito-borne illness Thursday, Sept...
Sep 06, 2019 AP/Rick Bowmer
Dorian, Again Category 2 Hurricane, Lashes U.S. Coast
(AP) - Dorian's maximum sustained winds have dropped slightly to 110 mph, making it once again a Category 2 hurricane. That's still strong enough to cause damage along the coast of the Carolinas, wher...
Sep 05, 2019 AP/Steven Morton
Salvation Army 'On The Ground' In The Bahamas
The Bahamas are in for a long recovery after Hurricane Dorian. Rich Draeger, Tri-County Director of Development for the Salvation Army in Peoria, says Corps personnel are already there. The Salvation ...
Sep 05, 2019 Salvation Army Heartland Division
