Author Archives: Julia Bradley
1.5 million Americans file for unemployment benefits
WASHINGTON (AP) - About 1.5 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, a historically high number, even as the economy increasingly reopens and employers bring some peo...
Jun 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
Illinois offers $900M in community and business grants
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gov. J-B Pritzker announced on Wednesday $900 million in grants for Illinois communities and businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Pritzker said for many people, weatherin...
Jun 18, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Northwoods Mall offering free drive-in movie experience
PEORIA, Ill. -- Northwoods Mall in Peoria is turning an empty parking lot into a drive-in theater beginning this weekend through July 11. Free family-friendly movies will be shown each Friday and Satu...
Jun 18, 2020 (Northwoods Mall Facebook)
Vehicle fire spreads to nearby homes in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters responded to a vehicle fire around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 700 block of E. Fairoaks Avenue. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Ralph Phillips said crews found the vehic...
Jun 17, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Arrests follow video of bullying of Chillicothe teen with autism
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. -- Seven young people were arrested Tuesday for attacking a 17-year-old Chillicothe girl with autism. Chillicothe Police Chief Scott Mettille said the arrests came a day after video ...
Jun 17, 2020
Massive expansion of vote-by-mail approved in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois governor on Tuesday approved a massive expansion in voting by mail, a plan derided by Republicans nationally. Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker said allowing mail-in ...
Jun 17, 2020
IL GOP sues Pritzker seeking exemption from 10-person limit
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois' Democratic governor is being sued by the state's Republican Party, which is seeking exemption from the 10-person limit on public gatherings issued on May 29. The GOP says in t...
Jun 16, 2020 Illinois.gov
Crews Respond to fire at Whittier School
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday to the 1600 block of W. Fredonia. Crews found smoke coming from the front of the Whittier School building and flames coming fr...
Jun 16, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
"Bomb Squad" member will spend his life in prison
PEORIA, Ill. -- The first of 13 "Bomb Squad" members has been sentenced. Eugene Haywood, 26, has been sentenced to life plus 10 years in prison for his role in the Peoria "Bomb Squad" gang, according ...
Jun 16, 2020 (Peoria County Jail)
Woman injured in Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called just after 12 a.m. Tuesday to the 3300 block of Hedgehill Lane on reports of a shooting. Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said officers located a female ...
Jun 16, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
