Author Archives: Julia Bradley

A local pastor and mentor remembers Manual High School basketball star player Howard Nathan. Bishop Leroy Smith, with Church of the Living God, tells WMBD's Greg and Dan that Nathan's influence was fe...

(AP) - A law enforcement official says the gunman in the California festival shooting has been identified as Santino William Legan. The official wasn't authorized to discuss the matter publicly and sp...

(AP)--A 6-year-old boy was one of the three people killed when a gunman opened fire at a Northern California garlic festival. Alberto Romero told NBC Bay Area that his son Stephen was killed. "My son ...

'Backpack Peoria' returns this weekend. Dream Center Peoria is hosting the annual event Saturday from 9 a.m. until noon at 714 Hamilton Blvd., just days before school opens. The Center's Brian Uhlenho...

(AP) - The Illinois National Guard is set to deploy about 400 soldiers to Afghanistan in what officials say is the largest mobilization of Guardsmen and women from the state in nearly a decade. The Ch...

Peoria Police were called to the 700 block of Haungs Avenue around 12:30 a.m. Friday on reports of a shooting. Public Information Officer Amy Dotson says a man was found in an alley with a gunshot wou...

(Springfield)--Unemployment rates decreased over-the-year in June in all fourteen Illinois metropolitan areas, according to preliminary data released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics an...

Police warn of scams targeting Pekin residents. According to a post on the Pekin Police Department's Facebook page, a Social Security scam originates from Washington, D.C., and states the person's Soc...

Suicide is something that is hard to talk about. But, organizers of this weekend's "Whitney's Walk For Life" say talking about it is one of the best ways to prevent it from happening to someone you kn...

(AP) - Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossell has announced he will resign Aug. 2, conceding power after nearly two weeks of furious protests and political upheaval touched off by a leak of crude and insult...