Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Peoria Police continue search for missing person
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police are asking for the public's help in finding a missing woman. It's been two weeks since 48-year-old Cosette Brown was last seen in the area of Western and Lincoln on Peori...
Dec 03, 2020
IL speaker's friend, 3 others enter bribery case pleas
CHICAGO (AP) - Four people, including a close friend of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, have entered not guilty pleas in a federal bribery case alleging a scheme with the state's largest utili...
Dec 03, 2020 In this photo taken on Monday, May 19, 2014, llinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, speaks to lawmakers while on the House floor during session at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield Ill. As it becomes increasingly difficult to muster 60 votes for the extension of the states income tax increase, some lawmakers are pitching other options to consider, including a gradual roll back of tax rates as more a politically viable alternative. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
Holiday air travel surges despite dire health warnings
(AP) -- The TSA says nearly 1.2 million people went through U.S. airports on Sunday. That's the highest number since the coronavirus pandemic gripped the country back in March. And the uptick came des...
Nov 30, 2020 FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020 file photo, a traveler wears a mask as she walks through Terminal 3 at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. The Transportation Security Administration said nearly 1.2 million people went through U.S. airports on Sunday, the highest number since the coronavirus pandemic gripped the country back in March, despite the pleadings of public health experts for people to stay home over Thanksgiving. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
NTFPD contracts with Washington Fire for upgraded ambulance service
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- Northern Tazewell Fire Protection District has provided ambulance service in Sunnyland since 1970, but, as of December 1, the fire district will contract with the Washington Fire D...
Nov 30, 2020
Moderna asking US, European regulators to OK shots
(AP) -- Moderna Inc. says it will ask U.S. and European regulators to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine as new study results confirm the shots offer strong protection. Multiple vaccine candi...
Nov 30, 2020 FILE - In this July 27, 2020, file photo, nurse Kathe Olmstead prepares a shot that is part of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., in Binghamton, N.Y. Moderna said Monday, Nov. 16, 2020, its COVID-19 shot provides strong protection against the coronavirus that's surging in the U.S. and around the world. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)
Congress returns with virus aid, federal funding unresolved
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress is returning to Washington for one last attempt at deal-making this year. The only absolute must-do is preventing a government shutdown on Dec. 11. But lawmakers are also de...
Nov 30, 2020 FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2020, file photo the morning sun illuminates the rotunda of the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington. After months of shadowboxing amid a tense and toxic campaign, Capitol Hill's main players are returning to Washington for one final, perhaps futile, attempt at deal making on a challenging menu of year-end business. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Biden fractures foot while playing with dog
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - President-elect Joe Biden has fractured his right foot and will likely wear a walking boot for several weeks. Biden's office says the president-elect suffered the injury Saturd...
Nov 30, 2020 A motorcade with President-elect Joe Biden aboard arrives at Delaware Orthopaedic Specialists to see a doctor, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020, in Newark, Del. Biden slipped while playing with his dog Major, and twisted his ankle. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
State COVID roundup 11/29: Over 7,000 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health on Sunday reported 7,178 new COVID-19 cases, including 57 additional deaths. As of Saturday night, there were 5,858 people hospitalized st...
Nov 30, 2020 Midwest Communications
Northwoods Church repackages Christmas show due to COVID
PEORIA, Ill. -- Each year, thousands of people attend Northwoods Community Church's Christmas show. But, COVID-19 has changed that this year. Northwoods Communications Pastor Kirt Manuel told WMBD New...
Nov 27, 2020 (Courtesy of Northwoods Church Facebook)
Black Friday offers beacon of hope to struggling stores
NEW YORK (AP) - After months of slumping sales and businesses toppling into bankruptcy, Black Friday is offering a small beacon of hope. In normal times, Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of th...
Nov 27, 2020 A social-distancing sign reminds shoppers to stay apart as a Christmas trees display stands at the end of walkway in a Macy's department store Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, in northeast Denver. After months of slumping sales and businesses toppling into bankruptcy, Black Friday is offering a small beacon of hope. In normal times, Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year, drawing millions of shoppers eager to get started on their holiday spending. But these are not normal times. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
