Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Changes made to 'Backpack Peoria' due to COVID-19
PEORIA, Ill. -- Backpack Peoria will look a little different this year. Dream Center Peoria will hold their annual Backpack Peoria event for students and their families this Saturday, July 25. The eve...
Jul 21, 2020 (Dream Center Peoria)
Family Dollar, Dollar Tree not requiring masks
(UNDATED) -- Family Dollar and Dollar Tree will no longer make you wear a mask. While a growing number of national retailers are requiring shoppers and employees to wear face coverings, Family Dollar ...
Jul 21, 2020 A sign is displayed a Dollar Tree store in Richland, Miss., Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019. Dollar Tree Inc. on Tuesday reported fiscal third-quarter profit of $255.8 million. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
He's back: Trump to re-up virus briefings amid lagging polls
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is set to once again take center stage in the federal government's coronavirus response. That's after a White House debate over how best to deploy its greatest...
Jul 21, 2020 MWC-Fox News Photo Credit
Federal agents, local streets: A 'red flag' in Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The actions of federal law enforcement officers at protests in Oregon's largest city are raising the prospect of a constitutional crisis. It's one that could escalate as weeks of...
Jul 21, 2020 A sign advertising a daily protest in solidarity with Black Lives Matter is affixed to a telephone pole in a historically Black neighborhood in Portland, Ore., on Wednesday, July 1 2020. Thousands of protesters in the liberal and predominantly white city have taken to the streets peacefully every day for more than five weeks to decry police brutality, but recent violence by smaller groups is creating a deep schism in the protest movement and prompting allegations that white protesters are co-opting the moment. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)
Chief Marion: The community must help stop the violence
PEORIA, Ill. -- 13 people were shot early Sunday morning at Peoria's Riverfront. Peoria Police responded at 4:41 a.m. to the area of Water and Hamilton on reports of a large fight, finding close to 20...
Jul 20, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/ Mike Sabol
Duo arrested in connection with a home invasion
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- Around 9:30 p.m. Sunday, Peoria County Deputies responded to the 3100 block of W. Augustana regarding a home invasion that had just occurred. Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell ...
Jul 20, 2020
Investigator says Peoria fire was intentionally set
PEORIA, Ill. -- Arson appears to be the cause of a Peoria fire Sunday morning. Fire crews responded just after 5 a.m. to a home in the 1100 block of W. Thrush, finding the exterior of the home on fire...
Jul 20, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
GOP leaders head to White House as virus crisis deepens
WASHINGTON (AP) - The renewed surge of coronavirus cases has Congress considering what to do next. Top Republicans in Congress are expected to meet Monday with President Donald Trump on the next COVID...
Jul 20, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 7/19: new cases remain under 1,000
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health on Sunday announced 965 confirmed cases of COVID-19 statewide, including six additional deaths. The IDPH has reported 161,575 total confir...
Jul 19, 2020 Midwest Communications
8 inmates test positive for COVID at Peoria Co. Jail
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- Multiple cases of COVID-19 have been reported at the Peoria County Jail. Sheriff Brian Asbell says a total of 8 individuals incarcerated at the Peoria County Jail are confirmed ...
Jul 19, 2020
