Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Next round of "All In For The Win" drawings Monday
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The next drawing for the state's COVID-19 vaccine lottery will be held Monday. Three prizes of $100,000 will be awarded from a statewide pool of adults. Drawings will take place e...
Jul 12, 2021
UPDATE: Driver in fatal crash near Lincoln ID'd
UPDATE 5:30 p.m. 7-9-21 -- The driver in the accident that claimed the lives of four Washington residents, including three juveniles, has been identified. Seth W. Phillips, 47, was driving the Chrysle...
Jul 09, 2021 Midwest Communications
Changes at Pekin's famous ''Spudnuts"
PEORIA, Ill. -- Spudnut Donuts in Pekin is now under new management. Jacqueline Butler, who now owns the business with her parents and husband Boomer Grigsby, a former NFL player from Canton, said the...
Jul 09, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley
Pfizer, BioNTech to seek authorization for COVID booster shot as Delta variant spreads
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Pfizer and partner BioNTech plan to ask U.S. and European regulators within weeks to authorize a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine, based on evidence of greater risk of infectio...
Jul 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Syringe and vial are seen in front of displayed new Pfizer logo in this illustration taken, June 24, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
Collins: Central Illinois could see severe storms Friday night
PEORIA, Ill. -- There's a threat of severe weather moving into the Peoria metro area Friday night. According to 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins, a cluster of potentially severe thunderstorms...
Jul 09, 2021 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Third escaped prisoner in custody
UPDATE 10:00 p.m. -- The Fulton County Sheriff's Office has said Cody Villalobos is now in custody. He was captured in the Western Peoria area, according to authorities. Zachary Hart was the only inma...
Jul 08, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Olympics-Some spectators allowed at venues outside Greater Tokyo -minister
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Olympics Minister Tamayo Marukawa said on Thursday that venues outside the Greater Tokyo metropolitan area would allow a limited number of spectators, while the policy for P...
Jul 08, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Minister Tamayo Marukawa speaks at a meeting of the IOC Coordination Commission for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, in Tokyo, Japan, May 19, 2021. Yoshikazu Tsuno/POOL via REUTERS
Death toll in Florida condo collapse rises by 6 to 60
SURFSIDE, Fla. (Reuters) -Crews searching the collapsed condominium tower near Miami recovered an additional six bodies, bringing the death toll to 60, officials said on Thursday, one day after declar...
Jul 08, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Debris is seen after the managed demolition of the remaining part of Champlain Towers South complex as search-and-rescue efforts continue in Surfside, Florida, U.S. July 6, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello
If you've been vaccinated, you could win $1 million
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The first drawing for Illinois' COVID-19 vaccine lottery will be held Thursday, July 8. The initial prize in the "All In For The Win" promotion is $1 million. College scholarships...
Jul 08, 2021
U.S. jobless claims unexpectedly rise
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly last week, an indication that the labor market recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic continue...
Jul 08, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A "Now Hiring" sign advertising jobs at a hand car wash is seen along a street in Miami, Florida, U.S. May 8, 2020. REUTERS/Marco Bello
