Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Victim of I-155 crash identified
PEKIN, Ill. -- Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley has identified a 79-year-old man from Keokuk, Iowa as the sole occupant of a car involved in a fatal crash near Morton Friday night. Illinois Stat...
Feb 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
US charges 4 Chinese military hackers in Equifax breach
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department says four Chinese military hackers have been charged with breaking into the computer networks of the Equifax credit reporting agency and stealing the personal ...
Feb 10, 2020 Attorney General William Barr, left, arrives to speak, next to Assistant Attorney General John Demers and U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia Byung "BJay" Pak, right, during a news conference, Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, at the Justice Department in Washington. Four members of the Chinese military have been charged with breaking into the networks of the Equifax credit reporting agency and stealing the personal information of tens of millions of Americans, the Justice Department said Monday, blaming Beijing for one of the largest hacks in history. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Lincoln document going on display in Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. (AP) - A mortgage document presented to Abraham Lincoln in 1844 in Tazewell County will be on display Wednesday in Pekin for the late president's 211th birthday. Historians will present hi...
Feb 10, 2020 A copy of a daguerreotype taken by N.H. Shephard in Springfield, IL in 1846, when Lincoln was a Congressman. It is the earliest photograph of Abraham Lincoln known to exist. The original daguerreotype is in the collection of the Library of Congress. (AP Photo)
China virus cases rise again, 66 more on ship in Japan
BEIJING (AP) - China is reporting a rise in new virus cases, denting optimism that disease control measures which isolated major cities might be working. Japan is reporting dozens of new cases aboard ...
Feb 10, 2020 In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, workers disinfect closed shop lots following the coronavirus outbreak, in Jiang'an District of Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province, Monday, Feb. 10, 2020. Mainland China has reported another rise in cases of the new virus after a sharp decline the previous day, while the number of deaths grow over 900, with at least two more outside the country. (Cheng Min/Xinhua via AP)
Illinois privacy law leads to $550M Facebook deal
CHICAGO (AP) - Facebook has agreed to a $550 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit that accuses it of violating the rights of millions of Illinois users by harvesting their biometric data witho...
Feb 10, 2020 Attendees stick notes on a Facebook logo at F8, the Facebook's developer conference, Tuesday, April 30, 2019, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar )
Illinois extends medical marijuana sales hours
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois officials are allowing medical marijuana businesses to stay open later. The change announced Friday follows complaints that people seeking those products have been at a disadva...
Feb 10, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Making Oscar history, 'Parasite' wins best picture
LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Parasite" has won the best picture Oscar, becoming the first foreign-language film to take home the biggest honor in film. Bong Joon Ho's class satire also won for best director, b...
Feb 10, 2020 Bong Joon Ho, right, reacts as he is presented with the award for best picture for "Parasite" from presenter Jane Fonda at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Looking on from left are Kang-Ho Song and Kwak Sin Ae.(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
County Cares Radiothon benefits St. Jude Kids
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria has a strong connection to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, that stretches back decades. WMBD sister media outlet 104.9 The Wolf has raised money for...
Feb 07, 2020 1470/100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley
U.S. employers add 225K jobs in January
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hiring jumped at the beginning of the year as U.S. employers added 225,000 jobs. The Labor Department also says a half-million people streamed into the job market in January, though ...
Feb 07, 2020
Doctor's death unleashes mourning, fury at Chinese officials
BEIJING (AP) - The death of a doctor who was reprimanded for warning about China's new virus triggered an outpouring of praise for him and fury that communist authorities put politics above public saf...
Feb 07, 2020 A view of a photo Chinese doctor Li Wenliang as people attend a vigil, in Hong Kong, Friday, Feb. 7, 2020. The death of a young doctor who was reprimanded for warning about China's new virus triggered an outpouring Friday of praise for him and fury that communist authorities put politics above public safety. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
