Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Pekin gets a share of $40M in revitalization grants
PEKIN, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. J-B Pritzker Wednesday announced new grants for 27 projects statewide, including one in Pekin. The City of Pekin has been awarded $2 million for the revitalization of Cour...
Aug 19, 2020 1470&100.3 WMBD
Washington Dist. 52 goes with all-remote start
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- According to a letter sent out to families on Tuesday, Washington Grade School students will start the school year learning from home, like many students in the Peoria area. Washin...
Aug 19, 2020
Shooting overnight leaves one injured
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert around 2 a.m. Wednesday in the 2000 block of S. Oregon. Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said seven shots were fired. "Officers a ma...
Aug 19, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Democrats nominate Biden for epic challenge to oust Trump
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Democrats formally nominated Joe Biden as their 2020 presidential nominee Tuesday night, as party officials and activists from across the nation gave the former vice president ...
Aug 19, 2020 Democratic 2020 presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden reacts in a video feed from Delaware after winning the votes to become the Democratic Party's 2020 nominee for President during the second night of the virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisc., Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. (Brian Snyder/Pool via AP)
Trump to pardon women's suffrage leader Susan Anthony
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says he'll pardoned Susan B. Anthony, a leader in the women's suffrage movement, who was arrested for voting in 1872 in violation of laws permitting only men t...
Aug 18, 2020 President Donald Trump signs a proclamation recognizing the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Michelle Obama warns at DNC that Trump is 'in over his head'
WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama didn't mince words about President Donald Trump in her speech at the Democratic National Convention, saying, "If you think things cannot possibly get worse, trust me t...
Aug 18, 2020 In this image from video, former first lady Michelle Obama speaks during the first night of the Democratic National Convention on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. The DNC released excerpts of her speech ahead of the convention start. (Democratic National Convention via AP)
Amid outcry, postmaster general to testify before House
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is scrambling to respond to a public backlash over mail delays and other problems. House lawmakers are preparing an emergency vote to halt mail changes that ...
Aug 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
Firefighter injured responding to Peoria apartment fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called just before 6:15 p.m. Monday to the 1600 block of W. Candletree Drive for a balcony fire. Fire Battalion Chief Rick Morgan said a maintenance man put ou...
Aug 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
Driver suffers traumatic injuries in parking lot crash
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters responded to a single-vehicle accident around 4:30 p.m. Monday in the Sam's Club parking lot, located at 4100 W. Willow Knolls Road. Battalion Chief Rick Morgan sai...
Aug 18, 2020 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
2020 Watch: Can a virtual convention generate excitement?
NEW YORK (AP) - The first national political convention of the coronavirus era has arrived. For four consecutive nights beginning on Monday, Democrats from across the country will gather - in front of...
Aug 17, 2020 FILE - In this March 7, 2020, file photo supporters wait for Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden to arrive for a campaign rally in St. Louis. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that Joe Biden's supporters are less enthusiastic than President Donald Trump’s, both about the campaign itself and their candidate. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
