Author Archives: Julia Bradley
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
Students/parents to sue IHSA over fall sports cancellation
CHICAGO, Ill. -- A group of student-athletes and their parents plan to file a class action lawsuit against the Illinois High School Association. The suit aims to restore fall sports amid the ongoing c...
Sep 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID-19 roundup 9/27: positivity rate up slightly
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health on Sunday reported 1,604 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 statewide, including 14 additional deaths. Currently, IDPH is reporting the preli...
Sep 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
Illinois extends driver's license deadlines another 3 months
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White has extended expiration dates for driver's licenses another three months. White announced this week that expired licenses need be renew...
Sep 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
NY Times: Trump paid $750 in US income taxes in 2016, 2017
(AP) -- President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes the year he ran for president and in his first year in the White House, according to a report in The New York Times. Trump has fie...
Sep 28, 2020 President Donald Trump speaking during a news conference at the White House, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Man found shot at local liquor store
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria County Sheriff's deputies were called just before 12:30 a.m. Monday to Farmington Liquors, located at 2100 W. Farmington Road in West Peoria, on reports of a shooting victim. Pe...
Sep 28, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Peoria shooting leaves man hospitalized
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called just before 8 p.m. Thursday to the area of Kansas and Wisconsin by a ShotSpotter alert, indicating 10 shots were fired. Peoria Public Information Officer Amy ...
Sep 25, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Ginsburg is first woman to lie in state at US Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) - Commemorations are set to begin Friday honoring the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the U.S. Capitol, the first woman in American history to lie in state at the dom...
Sep 25, 2020 The flag-draped casket of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg arrives at the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. Ginsburg, 87, died of cancer on Sept. 18. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
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Grayeb seeks re-election, won't run for mayor
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria City Council Member Chuck Grayeb, who represents the City's 2nd District, confirms he will not run for mayor, but instead seek another term on the City Council. Grayeb has serve...
Sep 25, 2020 (City of Peoria)
