Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Collins: Threat of severe storms Wednesday evening
PEORIA, Ill. -- There's potential for severe storms to move into the Peoria metro area Wednesday evening. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins said the main threat will be between 4-...
Jul 15, 2020 Midwest Communications
Convention and Visitors Bureau touts "Discover Peoria"
PEORIA, Ill. -- There's a new name and branding for the PACVB. The Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau has a new slogan to attract attention to the River City..."Discover Peoria". According to ...
Jul 14, 2020 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Dunlap player tests positive for COVID-19, football practices canceled
DUNLAP, Ill. -- Dunlap High School was forced to shut down its summer football conditioning practices over the weekend after a player tested positive for the coronavirus. District Superintendent Scott...
Jul 14, 2020 (Dunlap Athletics Facebook)
Washington NFL team dropping ‘Redskins’ name after 87 years
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Washington NFL team is shedding the "Redskins" name effective immediately. The change comes less than two weeks after owner Dan Snyder launched an organizational review amid pres...
Jul 13, 2020 Signs for the Washington Redskins are displayed outside FedEx Field in Landover, Md., Monday, July 13, 2020. The Washington NFL franchise announced Monday that it will drop the "Redskins" name and Indian head logo immediately, bowing to decades of criticism that they are offensive to Native Americans. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Kelly Preston, actor and wife of John Travolta, dies at 57
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Actor Kelly Preston has died at age 57. John Travolta, Preston's husband of 28 years, confirmed late Sunday that his wife had died after a two-year battle with breast cancer. Presto...
Jul 13, 2020 FILE - In this June 14, 2018, file photo, Kelly Preston and John Travolta attend the premiere of "Gotti" at the SVA Theatre in New York. Preston, whose credits included the films “Twins” and “Jerry Maguire,” died Sunday, July 12, 2020, her husband Travolta said. She was 57. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
Peoria apartments damaged by fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called about 9:45 p.m. Sunday to a structure fire at the Grove Apartments in the 1600 block of W. Candletree. Fire Battalion Chief Steve Rada said smoke and fl...
Jul 13, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Man drowns in boating accident in Fulton County
FULTON COUNTY, Ill. -- A man drowned Sunday morning while fishing at Banner Marsh State Fish and Wildlife Area. Fulton County Coroner Steve Hines identified the victim as 66-year-old Robert Thompson, ...
Jul 13, 2020 (25 News)
Speaker calls to remove Stephen Douglas imagery from Capitol
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - House Speaker Michael Madigan is calling for the removal of Stephen Douglas imagery from the Capitol, citing the late U.S. senator's "disturbing past as a Mississippi slave ow...
Jul 10, 2020 FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2016 file photo, Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, speaks to reporters in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman File)
Boy charged in Goodfield fire won't stand trial
EUREKA, Ill. -- A 9-year-old boy charged with first-degree murder in a 2019 mobile home fire in Goodfield has been found unfit to stand trial. A Woodford County Court judge made the ruling Thursday af...
Jul 10, 2020
Majority of Morton parents want kids back in the classroom
MORTON, Ill. -- Nearly 95% of parents surveyed by Morton School District 709 said they'll send their children back to school next month despite concerns over COVID-19. The results of the recent survey...
Jul 09, 2020 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
