Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Peoria officer involved in overnight crash
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded just after 2:30 a.m. Monday to the area of Spring an Jefferson Streets on reports of an accident involving a police officer who was not responding to dispatch. ...
Jun 01, 2020 MWC-Peoria Police Media Release
A night of violence in Peoria
PEORIA,Ill. -- Peoria Police were called to multiple incidents Sunday night to local businesses on reports of break-ins and fires. Officers were also called to a stabbing and shooting. The violence fo...
Jun 01, 2020
CityLink extending fixed route bus service
PEORIA, Ill. -- As local businesses reopen in phase three of the Restore Illinois Plan, CityLink is extending its fixed route bus service effective June 1. CityLink Spokesperson Emily Watson said Mond...
May 29, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
CNN crew arrested while reporting in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota State Patrol on Friday arrested a CNN television crew as they reported on violent protests in Minneapolis following the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man w...
May 29, 2020 A protester carries a U.S. flag upside, a sign of distress, next to a burning building Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis. Protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody Monday, broke out in Minneapolis for a third straight night. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Road rage leads to gunfire on I-74
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- Shots were fired at a vehicle Thursday night on eastbound I-74. Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell said the incident was a result of road rage. "Sheriff's Deputies responded Thu...
May 29, 2020
George Floyd protesters set Minneapolis police station afire
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Protesters angered by the death of a black man who died while pleading for air as a white police officer kneeled on his neck have torched a Minneapolis police station that the depar...
May 29, 2020 Protestors demonstrate outside of a burning fast food restaurant, Friday, May 29, 2020, in Minneapolis. Protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody Monday, broke out in Minneapolis for a third straight night. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Par-A-Dice employees facing possible layoffs
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Layoffs are looming for employees of East Peoria's Par-A-Dice Casino. According to a letter sent to current employees, Boyd Gaming said between 25-60% of Par-A-Dice workers could ...
May 28, 2020 25 News
Violence again rocks Minneapolis after man's death; 1 killed
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Protests rocked Minneapolis for the second straight night Wednesday after a man's death in police custody. One person was killed in what police were investigating as a homicide amid...
May 28, 2020 Demonstrators gather during a protest Wednesday, May 27, 2020, in Los Angeles over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody earlier in the week. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
Peoria crews battle garage fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called just before 2:45 a.m. Thursday to the 200 block of NE Rock Island Avenue on reports of a garage fire. Crews found a two-stall detached garage fully engu...
May 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
Illinois comptroller says legislators won't get pay raises
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza says the state's legislators will not be getting raises in the next budget year, which begins July 1. Mendoza made her decision known in a ...
May 28, 2020
