Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Minor suffers burns in Peoria fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria emergency crews were called about 2:45 p.m. Sunday to the 5900 block of N. Wacker Drive on reports of a house fire. Smoke could be seen coming from the structure when firefighte...
Apr 27, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Jesse White urges IL drivers to renew registration online
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois motorists are urged to renew their registration online. Illinois Secretary of State Spokesperson Dave Druker said since the state's Driver Services facilities are all cur...
Apr 25, 2020 Midwest Communications
FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 A.M. SUNDAY (4/26)
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a * Flood Watch for portions of central Illinois and west central Illinois, including the following ...
Apr 25, 2020
Peoria's COVID-19 testing capabilities expand this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's first COVID-19 testing site opened this week at Heartland Health Services Center at 2321 N. Wisconsin. The City's second testing site opens Saturday at the Peoria City/County ...
Apr 24, 2020 1470 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Don't inject disinfectants, Lysol warns as Trump raises idea
WASHINGTON (AP) - The maker of Lysol and another disinfectant says its products should not be used as an internal treatment for the coronavirus. The company issued a statement Friday to combat what it...
Apr 24, 2020 A can of disinfectant spray has a prominent place on the same table as stethoscopes and blood pressure monitors on a rolling rolling table near a number of bays that are spaced out and separated from the others in the basement of a parking structure on the campus of the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, April 8, 2020. The mobile field clinic was built in anticipation of more coronavirus cases. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
County board votes to close Heddington Oaks
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria County Board Thursday night voted 17-0 to close the Heddington Oaks Assisted Living facility. Last week, the county board announced its intentions to shutter Heddington Oaks...
Apr 24, 2020 (Heddington Oaks Facebook)
Washington cancels 'Good Neighbor Days'
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- The Washington Chamber of Commerce and other community entities and officials have canceled the 2020 Washington Good Neighbor Days. The festival was set to be held May 27-31. The t...
Apr 23, 2020 (Washington Good Neighbor Days-Facebook)
4.4 million U.S. workers apply for jobless aid
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 4.4 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week as job cuts escalated across an economy that remains all but shut down, the government said Th...
Apr 23, 2020 (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Peoria home damaged by fire overnight, firefighter injured
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighters were called just before 10:30 p.m. Wednesday to a home in the 500 block of S. Warren on reports of a fire. Heavy smoke and fire were seen coming from the first and ...
Apr 23, 2020 Midwest Communications
Man dies from self-inflicted gunshot wound after police chase
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man died Wednesday night from a self-inflicted gunshot wound bafter leading Peoria Police on a high-speed chase. Peoria Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said police officers wer...
Apr 23, 2020
