Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Peoria's Golden Corral closes
PEORIA, Ill. -- Citing the financial strain of the COVID-19 pandemic, the owner of Peoria's Golden Corral announced Sunday that the restaurant was closing indefinitely. In a statement, Phil Caplis bla...
Aug 10, 2020 (Google)
States on hook for billions under Trump's unemployment plan
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - States are having to consider whether they can afford a plan from President Donald Trump to extend additional unemployment benefits, the plan requires states to provide 25 per...
Aug 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
Update: Inmate who died at Peoria Co. Jail identified
PEORIA, Ill. -- On Friday, the Peoria County coroner released the name of an inmate found unresponsive in the Peoria County Jail on Thursday morning. Coroner Jamie Harwood said 60-year-old Frederick J...
Aug 07, 2020 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol)
Morton students, school staff test positive for COVID-19
Morton, Ill. -- With classes set to start Tuesday, August 11, Morton District 709 says three students and two staff members have tested positive for COVID-19. Superintendent Jeff Hill said in a letter...
Aug 07, 2020 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
U.S. adds 1.8 million jobs as hiring slows
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States added 1.8 million jobs in July, a pullback from the gains of May and June and evidence that the resurgent coronavirus is stalling hiring and slowing an economic reb...
Aug 07, 2020 Midwest Communications
Manito resident dies in boating accident in Lake of the Ozarks
CAMDENTON, Mo. (AP) - Authorities say an Illinois man has died after being hit by a boat anchor on Lake of the Ozarks. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the incident happened Wednesday afternoon,...
Aug 07, 2020
Illinois extends unemployment benefits another 20 weeks
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Employment Security has extended jobless benefits another 20 weeks as the state's unemployment numbers continue to soar because of the coronavirus p...
Aug 07, 2020 Midwest Communications
Details of Taft Homes death still at issue
PEORIA, Ill. -- Carl Cannon, with Peoria Housing Authority, was shocked to hear about the passing of 61-year-old Hazel Turner last Friday night at Taft Homes. Cannon told WMBD's Greg and Dan, he was w...
Aug 06, 2020 (25 News)
In custody death at Peoria County Jail
***UPDATE*** Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood told WMBD News the autopsy on the inmate was inconclusive, and further tests would be conducted. However, Harwood did confirm the inmate's COVID-19 tes...
Aug 06, 2020 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Peoria historian/author Norm Kelly dies at 88
PEORIA, Ill. -- Local historian and well-known writer Norm Kelly passed away Tuesday, August 4 after a battle with cancer. He was 88. Kelly wrote a number of books about Peoria history, hundreds of sh...
Aug 06, 2020
