Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Three dead, three hospitalized after train hits minivan in Chicago
(Reuters) - Three people, including a five-year-old child, were killed and three others hospitalized after a train hit a minivan in East Chicago over the weekend, officials said on Sunday. The 2005 Ho...
Jun 28, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Peoria crews battle house fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- No injuries were reported in a weekend house fire in Peoria. Fire broke out in the 5200 block of N. Big Hollow Road around 12:45 p.m. Saturday. Firefighters found the home full of smok...
Jun 28, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
U.S. Senate Republicans press CDC to end mask mandate on airplanes, transit
(Reuters) - A group of Senate Republicans urged the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday to stop requiring fully vaccinated Americans to wear masks on public transportation, incl...
Jun 26, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Passengers wearing protective masks rides a bus near the Montefiore Medical Center Moses Division hospital during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, U.S., April 4, 2020. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Peoria removing signs in public places
PEORIA, Ill. -- Beginning Friday, June 25, the City of Peoria's Public Works Department is cracking down on signs posted illegally in public places and right-of-ways. Thousands of signs are placed on ...
Jun 25, 2021 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Race to find survivors as death toll in Miami condo collapse rises
Surfside, Fla. (Reuters) -Rescue workers frantically scoured the rubble of a collapsed apartment block in a Miami suburb for signs of life on Friday, as the death toll from the disaster crept up and a...
Jun 25, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Emergency crews respond to a partially collapsed residential building in the rain in Surfside, near Miami Beach Florida, U.S. June 24, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Ex-policeman Derek Chauvin to be sentenced for George Floyd's murder
(Reuters) - Former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin will be sentenced on Friday for murdering George Floyd in May 2020 after a trial that was widely seen as a watershed moment in the history of U.S...
Jun 25, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin sits with his defense attorney Eric Nelson as the jury verdict is read, finding him guilty of all charges in his trial for second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. April 20, 2021 in a still image from video. Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
TCHD announces closure of COVID-19 testing site
PEKIN, Ill. -- Another local COVID-19 testing site will close soon. COVID-19 testing at 1800 Broadway in Pekin will end on July 1. Peoria County's testing site at the Peoria Civic Center closed perman...
Jun 24, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall; first quarter GDP unrevised at 6.4%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fewer Americans filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic gains traction amid a reopening economy, but a deart...
Jun 24, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People line up outside a newly reopened career center for in-person appointments in Louisville, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud
Apartment fire causes $200K in damage
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called just before 4 p.m. Wednesday to an apartment fire in the 5400 block of W. Hay Meadow Lane. Crews found heavy smoke and fire coming from the second floor...
Jun 24, 2021 (25 News)
Car crashes into building overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's unclear what caused a car to crash into a building in Peoria near the corner of University and Glen, across from the Metro Centre, early Thursday morning. The building is the form...
Jun 24, 2021 (25 News)
