Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Caterpillar, Inc. releases Q3 figures
DEERFIELD, Ill. - Caterpillar, Inc. saw a 23% decline in sales and revenue from the third quarter of 2020 compared to the same time period of 2019, numbers released Tuesday show. The company took in $...
Oct 27, 2020 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Additional quarantines at Morton Dist. 709 Schools
MORTON, Ill. - More students at Morton District 709 are being quarantined after another positive case of COVID-19. District officials say a teacher at Ward Grundy Elementary School tested positive for...
Oct 27, 2020
Pritzker: Testing is one of the best tools in fighting COVID-19
PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois' Region 2, which includes the tri-county area, is performing better than any of the state's 11 regions, in terms of positivity rates and hospitalizations due to COVID-19. "But...
Oct 26, 2020
Trump plans battleground blitz despite growing virus worries
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump plans to intensify an already breakneck travel schedule in the final full week of the presidential campaign despite growing concerns about the coronavirus nati...
Oct 26, 2020 President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020, in Londonderry, N.H. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Tailgate N' Tallboys returning to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- A popular Country music festival is making its way back to Peoria in 2021. According to a press release on Sunday, Tailgate N' Tallboys organizers said the festival will be adding an a...
Oct 26, 2020
Senate to confirm Barrett for court in partisan vote
WASHINGTON (AP) - A deeply divided Senate is set to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Republicans are powering through a vote Monday on President Donald Trump's nominee a week before Ele...
Oct 26, 2020 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives as Republicans work during a rare weekend session to advance the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, at the Capitol in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Police arrest two men in Pekin stabbing
PEKIN,Ill. -- Pekin Police were called to the area of 18th and Market Streets just before 9 p.m. Thursday on reports of a male being stabbed. Two male suspects fled the scene, but were located a short...
Oct 23, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Judge dismisses charge against former cop in George Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minnesota judge has dismissed a third-degree murder count filed against the former Minneapolis police officer who knelt on the neck of George Floyd, but the more serious second-de...
Oct 22, 2020 FILE - This June 3, 2020 file photo provided by the Hennepin County, Minn., Sheriff's Office shows former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged with murder in the death of George Floyd. Chauvin posted bail on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, and was released from prison, according to court documents. Chauvin posted a $1 million bond, and the Department of Corrections confirmed he was no longer in custody at the state's facility in Oak Park Heights, where he had been detained pending trial. (Hennepin County Sheriff's Office via AP)
BBB warns seniors of Medicare scams
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's open enrollment time for Medicare and Affordable Care Act medical plans. Jessica Tharp, with the Better Business Bureau of Peoria, confirms a phishing scam is targeting senior cit...
Oct 22, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Senate committee advances Barrett nomination despite Democrats’ boycott
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate Judiciary Committee has advanced Judge Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court nomination to the full Senate. Republicans powered past a Democratic boycott of the session Thursd...
Oct 22, 2020 Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, arrives for closed meetings with senators, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
