Author Archives: Julia Bradley
House fire displaces Peoria family
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called just before 9:30 p.m. Friday to a home in the 3000 block of W. Ann on reports of a fire. Crews found heavy smoke pouring out the front of the home. Peor...
Dec 07, 2019 Midwest Communications
Final suspect sentenced for Peoria teen's 2015 death
PEORIA, Ill. -- Samuel Clay Junior, 23, was sentenced on Friday to 19 years in prison, after pleading guilty to aggravated battery in connection with the 2015 shooting death of 14-year-old Tommie Fore...
Dec 07, 2019 Peoria County Jail
UPDATE: Shooter, three victims dead in military base shooting in Florida
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - The US Navy has confirmed that a shooter and three others are dead after an attack at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola. Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan said 11 people wer...
Dec 06, 2019 AP Photo/Melissa Nelson
Peoria business suffers heavy damage in fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called Thursday night to a fire at Getz Industrial Cleaning in the 1400 block of SW Jefferson Avenue. First crews on the scene arrived just after 8:45 p.m. The...
Dec 06, 2019 25 News
Pelosi OKs drafting of impeachment articles against Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the House is moving forward to draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. Pelosi delivered the historic announcement Thur...
Dec 05, 2019
Rochester bishop pushed for delay of Sheen's beatification
PEORIA, Ill. -- The beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen was delayed at the request of the bishop in Rochester, New York. The Catholic News Agency said Bishop Salvator Matano requested the delay d...
Dec 05, 2019
Sailor kills 2 civilians, self at Pearl Harbor shipyard
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) - An active duty US sailor whose submarine was docked at Pearl Harbor opened fire on three civilian employees Wednesday, killing two and then taking his own life just days be...
Dec 05, 2019 Security stands guard outside the main gate at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, in Hawaii, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019. A shooting at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Hawaii left at least one person injured Wednesday, military and hospital officials said. Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam spokesman Charles Anthony confirmed that there was an active shooting at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
BBB warns of bogus charities at the holidays
PEORIA, Ill. -- Charitable giving scams target people with big hearts during the holidays. Jessica Tharp, President and CEO of the Better Business Bureau in Peoria, told WMBD's Greg and Dan, if you're...
Dec 04, 2019 MWC-Scam Graphic credit: University of Illinois Extension.
'Serious misconduct' by Trump takes center stage at hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Judiciary Committee is moving swiftly to weigh findings by fellow lawmakers that President Donald Trump misused the power of his office for personal political gain and obst...
Dec 04, 2019 Midwest Communications, Inc.
Bradley University issues campus alert after robbery
PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley University issued a campus safety alert Tuesday night after a report of a student being robbed at gun point not far from campus. Bradley officials said BU Police were called ju...
Dec 04, 2019 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
