Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Trump plans to debate Biden despite rule changes
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump plans to attend Thursday's debate with Democratic nominee Joe Biden despite rule changes - opposed by his campaign - that are meant to foster more ordered disc...
Oct 20, 2020 President Donald Trump waves to a cheering crowd as he arrives for a campaign rally Monday, Oct. 19, 2020, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Pritzker brings back daily press briefings
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gov. J-B Pritzker is resuming his daily updates on COVID-19 as all regions of the state are seeing cases increase. "Thursday we set a record high of cases identified in one day. A...
Oct 20, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy (file)
Early Voting breaking records in Tazewell and Peoria Counties
PEORIA, Ill. -- Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, early voting has been very popular with local voters so far. Two weeks ahead of the 2020 Presidential Election, Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman said t...
Oct 19, 2020 Midwest Communications
Trump, Biden go on offense in states they're trying to flip
Trump, Biden go on offense in states they're trying to flip (AP) - President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden have been on offense, with each campaigning in states they're trying to fli...
Oct 19, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden arrives to speak during a campaign event at Riverside High School in Durham, N.C., Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Farmington Central Schools shift to virtual learning due to COVID case
FARMINGTON, Ill. -- Farmington Central Jr. High and Elementary schools will begin remote learning this week after a positive COVID-19 case. The district's website said on Sunday that a staff member wh...
Oct 19, 2020 Midwest Communications
IL governor says Trump partly to blame for COVID-19 spike
CHICAGO (AP) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker says President Donald Trump and his allies in Illinois are partly to blame for the surge in coronavirus cases in the state. Pritzker spoke Sunday on CNN's "State of t...
Oct 19, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
COVID-19 cases worldwide surpasses 40 million
LONDON (AP) - The world's number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has surpassed 40 million. The milestone was hit Monday according to Johns Hopkins University, which collates tallies from around the wor...
Oct 19, 2020 Pedestrians in masks pass a store on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, as government restrictions on business activity limit operations due to an increase of COVID-19 cases, in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of the borough of Queens in New York. After shutdowns swept entire nations during the first surge of the coronavirus earlier this year, some countries and U.S. states are trying more targeted measures as cases rise again around the world. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Precautions urged for holiday parties as COVID-19 cases rise
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois' public health director is urging residents to celebrate the holidays with limited activities and greater precautions because of the persistence of COVID-19. Dr. Ngoz...
Oct 17, 2020 Midwest Communications
Collins: Roller coaster temperatures but not as much snow this winter
PEORIA, Ill. -- The leaves are falling, and soon snow will be too. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins told WMBD News what we can expect this winter. "Recent roller coaster temperat...
Oct 17, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
GOP, Dems hope Supreme Court fight bolsters senate prospects
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats and Republicans both think the Amy Coney Barrett confirmation battle will help them in this fall's elections. Republicans are using the fight to embrace issues like ...
Oct 17, 2020 Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett departs with her husband, Jesse, after the third day of her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)
