Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Trump pays $3 million for recount of 2 Wisconsin counties
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - President Donald Trump's campaign has paid $3 million for a recount of two heavily Democratic Wisconsin counties, saying that they were the sight of the "worst irregularities." St...
Nov 18, 2020 FILE- In a Nov. 7, 2020 file photo, a supporter of President Donald Trump is seen during a rally in Milwaukee after it was announced that the president was defeated by Democrat Joe Biden. President Trump will have to pay $7.9 million if he wants a statewide recount of unofficial results showing him losing to Biden by about 20,500 votes. The Wisconsin Elections Commission released the estimate on Monday, which was based on costs submitted by the 72 counties. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)
Lacon woman killed in Rt. 29 crash
***UPDATE*** Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the deceased woman as Carolyn Hoskins. He said her condition deteriorated rapidly at the hospital and she was pronounced dead at 8:13 P....
Nov 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
Chillicothe's Christmas parade cancelled
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. -- Chillicothe's Christmas parade, scheduled for this weekend, has been cancelled. In a Facebook post, the Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday said that the cancellation is due to due to ...
Nov 18, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Pfizer: COVID-19 shot 95% effective, seeking clearance soon
(AP) -- Pfizer announced more results in its ongoing coronavirus vaccine study that suggest the shots are 95% effective. The company also said that the vaccine appears to protect older people most at ...
Nov 18, 2020 FILE - This Dec. 4, 2017, file photo shows the Pfizer company logo at the company's headquarters in New York. Pfizer is buying the cancer treatment company Array BioPharma in a deal worth $11.4 billion. Array has a combination therapy for BRAF-mutant metastatic melanoma, along with a pipeline of targeted cancer medicines in development and a portfolio of other medicines that are expected to generate significant royalties over time. (AP Photo/Richard Drewm Fuke, File)
Police make arrest in Peoria homicide
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police Tuesday night said they had arrested a suspect in a fatal weekend shooting outside the Landmark Apartments on N. Shipman. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said 28-year...
Nov 18, 2020 (Peoria County Jail)
Pekin facilities closing to limit spread of COVID-19
PEKIN, Ill. -- Pekin officials say they will be closing city buildings and facilities, including City Hall, at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, in an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19. "This action is ...
Nov 17, 2020 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Many struggling with mental health following election and ahead of the holidays
PEORIA, Ill. -- We couldn't have asked for a more toxic combination of things happening at the same time. That's how UnityPoint Health's Dr. Ted Bender describes ongoing effects of an unsettled presid...
Nov 17, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
Washington mayor reflects seven years after an EF-4 tornado
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- November 17, 2013. It's been seven years since tornadoes ripped through Pekin, East Peoria and Washington, Illinois. The damage was especially devastating in Washington, where thre...
Nov 17, 2020 (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
Pritzker: Stay home to help reduce the virus' spread
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- As COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to rise in Illinois, Gov. J-B Pritzker is urging everyone to stay home as much as possible. The number of COVID patients in the hospital has ...
Nov 17, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Trump campaign lawsuit over Pennsylvania vote heads to court
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A hearing on the Trump campaign's federal lawsuit seeking to prevent Pennsylvania officials from certifying the vote results remains on track. It's scheduled for Tuesday in Williams...
Nov 17, 2020 A Luzerne County worker canvases ballots that arrived after closing of voting until Friday at 5 p.m. and postmarked by Nov. 3rd as vote counting in the general election continues, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
