Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Three dead in plane crash on I-55
LINCOLN, Ill. -- The Illinois State Police confirm a small plane crashed at approximately 8:49 a.m. Tuesday at mile marker 126 on I-55 in Lincoln. The southbound lanes of I-55 near the crash site were...
Mar 03, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD
Deadly tornadoes roll through Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tornadoes have ripped across Tennessee overnight, shredding at least 40 buildings and killing at least 22people. One of the twisters caused severe damage across downtown Nashvi...
Mar 03, 2020 Bricks from a collapsed wall of the Geist restaurant litter the ground after a tornado touched down in downtown Nashville, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. (Alex Carlson via AP)
Peoria home damaged by fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called around 12:20 p.m. Monday to a home in the 900 block of S. Sumner. Dark smoke was seen coming from the side of the home upon the crew's arrival. "It came...
Mar 03, 2020 Midwest Communications
Illinois announces fourth COVID-19 case
CHICAGO -- The Illinois Department of Public Health and the Cook County Department of Public Health on Monday announced a fourth patient has tested positive for COVID-19. The test results will have to...
Mar 02, 2020 Dr. Ngozi Ezike, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, discusses the discovery of a second case in Illinois of the novel coronavirus and the public health efforts to contain and study it, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020 in Springfield, Ill., (AP Photo/John O'Connor)
2nd coronavirus death reported in the U.S.
(AP) - Health officials in Washington state said Sunday night that a second person had died from the coronavirus and researchers said it may have been circulating for weeks undetected in the greater S...
Mar 02, 2020 Dr. Frank Riedo, Medical Director of Infection Control, EvergreenHealth Hospital addresses a news conference at Public Health – Seattle & King County Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, in Seattle. A man in his 50s with underlying health conditions became the first coronavirus death on U.S. soil. The man had underlying health conditions and no history of travel or contact with a known COVID-19 case, health officials in Washington state said. A spokesperson for EvergreenHealth Medical Center said the person died in the facility in the Seattle suburb of Kirkland.(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Yard waste pickup season's about to start
PEORIA, Ill. -- Get those clippings, sticks and leaves ready. Peoria's yard waste pickup season returns on Monday, March 16th. City of Peoria Communications Manager Stacy Peterson points out that resi...
Mar 02, 2020
Illinois officials announce new coronavirus case
CHICAGO (AP) - Health officials say a person in Illinois has tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the third suspected case in the state after two confirmed patients. The Illinois and Cook County Dep...
Mar 02, 2020
U.S. and Taliban sign peace agreement to end war
DOHA, Qatar (AP) - The United States and the Taliban have signed a peace agreement aimed at ending the 18-year war in Afghanistan, America's longest. The signing could help President Donald Trump fulf...
Feb 29, 2020 U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, left, and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban group's top political leader shack hands after signing a peace agreement between Taliban and U.S. officials in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. The United States is poised to sign a peace agreement with Taliban militants on Saturday aimed at bringing an end to 18 years of bloodshed in Afghanistan and allowing U.S. troops to return home from America's longest war. (AP Photo/Hussein Sayed)
Peoria crash stalls traffic on War Memorial
PEORIA, Ill. -- Traffic was stalled on westbound War Memorial Drive in Peoria Friday night after a car struck a utility pole just south of Scenic Drive. Initial reports said a vehicle was on fire with...
Feb 29, 2020 (25 News)
Virus effects take hold as Trump calls criticisms a 'hoax'
TOKYO (AP) - The effects of the coronavirus outbreak are taking hold worldwide, even as President Donald Trump denounces criticisms of his response to the threat as a "hoax" cooked up by his political...
Feb 29, 2020 A man wears a mask over his mouth as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus COVID-19 in Mexico City, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. Mexico’s assistant health secretary announced Friday that the country now has confirmed cases of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
