Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Dismay over Breonna Taylor spills into America's streets
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Anger, frustration and sadness over the decision not to charge Kentucky police officers for Breonna Taylor's death poured into America's streets as protesters lashed out at a cr...
Sep 24, 2020 Demonstrators march during a protest, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in New York, following a Kentucky grand jury's decision not to indict any police officers for the killing of Breonna Taylor. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
Peoria Co. Election Commission unveils ballot drop boxes
PEORIA, Ill. -- Avoid the lines, vote by mail. The Illinois State Legislature at the end of May and Gov. J-B Pritzker at the end of June signed legislation that addressed holding an election during a ...
Sep 23, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley
Gale Sayers, Bears Hall of Fame running back, dies at 77
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Bears Hall of Fame running back Gale Sayers has died. Sayers made his mark as one of the NFL's best all-purpose running backs and was later celebrated for his enduring friendshi...
Sep 23, 2020 FILE - This is a 1970 file photo showing Chicago Bears football player Gale Sayers. Hall of Famer Gale Sayers, who made his mark as one of the NFL’s best all-purpose running backs and was later celebrated for his enduring friendship with a Chicago Bears teammate with cancer, has died. He was 77. Nicknamed “The Kansas Comet” and considered among the best open-field runners the game has ever seen, Sayers died Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, according to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. (AP Photo/FIle)
Thousands expected to honor Ginsburg at Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) - Thousands of people are expected to pay their respects at the Supreme Court to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the women's rights champion, leader of the court's liberal bloc a...
Sep 23, 2020 A memorial to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg includes a photograph of the late Justice, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, outside the Harvard Law School library at Langdell Hall, on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. Ginsburg, who attended Harvard law school but transferred to Columbia, died Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, at the age of 87. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Defendant accused of attack in Peoria County courtroom
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man with a history of violence and sexual assault is accused of attacking a Peoria County prosecutor. 37-year-old Torlando McDonald reportedly beat up an assistant state's attorney i...
Sep 23, 2020 Midwest Communications
'Unfathomable': US death toll from coronavirus hits 200,000
(AP) -- The death toll in the U.S. from the coronavirus has topped 200,000, a figure unimaginable eight months ago when the scourge first reached the world's richest nation. That's according to the co...
Sep 22, 2020 Midwest Communications
Romney won’t oppose Senate vote on Trump pick
WASHINGTON (AP) -Utah Sen. Mitt Romney says he will not oppose a Senate vote on President Donald Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court. In a statement Tuesday, Romney said he intends to follow the Cons...
Sep 22, 2020 Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, leaves the Senate Chamber following a vote, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. Romney is one of four Republicans who could oppose a vote on a replacement for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg prior to Election Day. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Trump interviews Barrett while weighing a high court nominee
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump met with Judge Amy Coney Barrett at the White House as the conservative jurist emerged as a favorite to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Cou...
Sep 22, 2020 The flag flies at half-staff at the Supreme Court on the morning after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020 in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Teacher accused of inappropriate relationship resigns
MORTON, Ill. -- A Morton District 709 teacher, accused of having a relationship with a student, has resigned. District 709 confirmed the resignation in a news release on Monday that said teacher Erin ...
Sep 21, 2020
Arrest made after equipment stolen from Raber Packing site
WEST PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria man has been arrested for theft after Peoria County Deputies found $20,000 worth of construction equipment in his vehicle Saturday night. The equipment had been stolen fr...
Sep 21, 2020
