Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Ameren upgrades natural gas systems in Peoria County
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria County is benefiting from an Ameren upgrade. Ameren Illinois is currently modernizing its natural gas system delivery that runs through Peoria County. Ameren's Brian Bretsch sai...
Sep 30, 2020 Photo: Ameren
NFL postpones Steelers-Titans game
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Pittsburgh-Tennessee NFL game will be played either Monday or Tuesday due to positive coronavirus test results among the Titans. The NFL announced the switch on Wednesday. ...
Sep 30, 2020 Midwest Communications
Suspect in home invasion/attack arrested in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called just after 4:30 a.m. Tuesday to the 700 block of Spalding regarding trouble with male. Upon investigation, officers determined the suspect forced his way into...
Sep 30, 2020 (Peoria County Jail)
Country star and hit Elvis songwriter Mac Davis dies at 78
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country star and hit Elvis songwriter Mac Davis has died. He was 78. His manager said Davis died on Tuesday after heart surgery. Davis started his career writing hits for Presl...
Sep 30, 2020 FILE - Musician Mac Davis performs at the Texas Film Awards in Austin, Texas on March 6, 2014. Davis, a country star and Elvis songwriter, died on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020 after heart surgery. (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP, File)
'I Am Woman' singer Helen Reddy dies at 78
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Helen Reddy, the Australian-born singer who scored an enduring hit with her feminist anthem "I Am Woman," has died at 78 in Los Angeles. Reddy's children announced their mother's de...
Sep 30, 2020 FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2015, file photo, Australian-born singer Helen Reddy attends the 2015 G'DAY USA GALA at the Hollywood Palladium, in Los Angeles. Reddy, who shot to stardom in the 1970s with her feminist anthem “I Am Woman” and recorded a string of other hits, has died at age 78. Reddy’s children Traci and Jordan announced that the actress-singer died Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Rob Latour/Invision/AP, File)
Update: Teen killed in Woodford County crash identified
UPDATE: Woodford County Coroner Tim Ruestman has identified the victim of the fatal accident on Rt. 89 as 18-year-old Benjamin Bedell, of Brimfield, a student at Illinois Central College. ------------...
Sep 30, 2020 Midwest Communications
Pritzker in isolation after staffer tests positive for COVID
CHICAGO -- A member of Gov. J-B Pritzker's staff has tested positive for COVID-19. According to a release from the Pritzker's office, that staffer tested negative during weekly testing last Wednesday,...
Sep 29, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
NFL sees first big outbreak of COVID-19
***UPDATE*** The league said Tuesday it plans to play Sunday's Steelers-Titans game as scheduled and, if a contingency plan is needed to allow for more contact tracing, the game could be moved to Mond...
Sep 29, 2020 Midwest Communications
More human remains found at Banner Marsh
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- A bone, discovered on Saturday near Banner Marsh by a couple fishing on the riverbanks, is confirmed to be human. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood told WMBD News, the bone, w...
Sep 29, 2020 (25 News)
Worldwide death toll from coronavirus eclipses 1 million
NEW DELHI (AP) - The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus has eclipsed 1 million. The milestone, recorded by Johns Hopkins University, comes nine months into a crisis that has devastated the glob...
Sep 29, 2020 Midwest Communications
