Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Armed congregants kill gunman who shot 2 at Texas church
WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas (AP) - Texas officials are praising the armed churchgoers who fatally shot a gunman inside a Fort Worth area church. Officials say the gunman opened fire Sunday at the West Fre...
Dec 30, 2019 An FBI agent stands outside West Freeway Church of Christ as authorities continue to investigate a fatal shooting at the church, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, in White Settlement, Texas. (AP Photo/David Kent)
Kitchen Cooked closing plant in merger with Utz
BUSHNELL, Ill. -- Farmington-based Kitchen Cooked Chips plans to shutter its facility in Bushnell after more than 40 years in the community. Paul Blackhurst, a representative with Kitchen Cooked, told...
Dec 30, 2019 (kitchencooked.net)
Legal marijuana sales may spark Midwest interstate tension
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois is joining Michigan as the only Midwestern states broadly allowing the sale and use of marijuana. But consumers must be aware that cannabis remains illegal in surrounding state...
Dec 29, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
CityLink shuts down bus service on New Year's Day
PEORIA, Ill. -- CityLink buses will not run on the first day of the new year. Emily Watson, Director of Marketing and Public Relations for CityLink, said that the buses will also have a shorter schedu...
Dec 29, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
US heads to court to build Trump border wall in Texas
HOUSTON (AP) - The U.S. government is ramping up its efforts to seize the private land it needs to build a border wall in South Texas. The Justice Department has filed three lawsuits so far this month...
Dec 21, 2019 FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2019, file photo the first panels of levee border wall are seen at a construction site along the U.S.-Mexico border in Donna, Texas. A federal appeals court hears arguments against diverting Pentagon money for border wall construction as time runs out. It says the Trump administration has moved quickly to spend the money after the Supreme Court rejected an emergency appeal to prevent work from starting in July. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
Man sentenced to 80 years for 2018 Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria man convicted of a fatal shooting in 2018 was sentenced to 80 years in prison Friday. Jamie Weyrick was found guilty November 6 in the shooting death of Terrance Stone, after ...
Dec 21, 2019 Peoria County Jail
Illinois increases penalty for Scott's Law violations in 2020
PEORIA, Ill. -- With the new year just days away, Illinois drivers need to make sure they know Scott's Law. Illinois State Police Sergeant Tony Halsey said the fine for not moving over for state troop...
Dec 20, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD
Peoria Zoo says goodbye to female tiger
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Park District officials have announced one of Peoria Zoo's female tigers, Sasha, was transferred Thursday to the Louisville Zoo. The transfer was recommended in the 2019 Amur Ti...
Dec 20, 2019 Peoria Zoo
McConnell blasts House impeachment, pledges Senate action
WASHINGTON (AP) - The top Senate Republican is denouncing the House impeachment of President Donald Trump and reassuring the president's supporters that "moments like this are why the United States Se...
Dec 19, 2019 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Illinois unemployment rate falls to historic low
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced Wednesday that the unemployment rate fell 0.1% to 3.8%, a new historical low, while nonfarm payrolls lost 17,200 jo...
Dec 19, 2019
