Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Chicago's top cop retiring after turbulent 3-plus years
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says retiring Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson has agreed to stay on the job until the end of the year. Lightfoot spoke Thursday morning at a news confer...
Nov 07, 2019 FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2019 file photo, Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson speaks in Chicago. Johnson will announce his retirement after more than three years leading the department he joined as a patrolman in 1988. Johnson and Mayor Lori Lightfoot will make the announcement at a news conference at 10:45 AM Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast File)
Peoria County board member out on bond after being arrested for battery
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. (25 News) - Peoria County Board member Matthew Windish faces a misdemeanor battery charge after an altercation outside Tremont on Tuesday. The case was referred to the Tazewell C...
Nov 07, 2019 Tazewell Co. Jail
Peoria man convicted of 2018 fatal shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- One of two men charged with a fatal shooting in July 2018 has been convicted. Peoria County Court records show Jamie Weyrick, 19, of Peoria, was convicted this week after a three day j...
Nov 07, 2019 Peoria County Sheriff's Office
Salvation Army collects 'Coats for Kids'
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Salvationa Army, along with OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois and news partner 25 News, have begun collecting gently used or new coats to make sure every child in the Tri-County ...
Nov 06, 2019 1470/100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Peoria home damaged by fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighters were called around 10:15 p.m. Tuesday to a home in the 1600 block of N. California for reports of a dryer fire. The first crews arriving on the scene were led to th...
Nov 06, 2019 Midwest Communications
Congressional delegation backs Pritzker's flood aid appeal
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Illinois' congressional delegation is backing Gov. J.B. Pritzker's appeal to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reverse its decision to deny aid to individual flood vic...
Nov 05, 2019
Dunlap elementary school wins national award
DUNLAP, Ill. (25 News) - A local grade school is one of 18 in the state to win a national award. Banner Elementary School in Dunlap is a recipient of the National Blue Ribbon award. It's a designation...
Nov 05, 2019 (25 News)
Lawyer numbers to top 96K in Illinois after oaths this week
CHICAGO (AP) - If you were worried that Illinois didn't have enough lawyers, fear not. More are on the way. Illinois Supreme Court justices are scheduled to administer the attorney's oath to 1,459 peo...
Nov 05, 2019 Midwest Communications
Sports broadcast legends return to Bradley
PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley University alum and voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Charley Steiner returns to the BU campus on Tuesday. Steiner will be back for the 5th annual Charley Steiner Symposium for...
Nov 04, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley
McDonald's CEO steps down after relationship with employee
NEW YORK (AP) - McDonald's Corporation says its chief executive officer has left the company after violating company policy by engaging in a consensual relationship with an employee. The fast food gia...
Nov 04, 2019 McDonald's CEO Steve Easterbrook visits the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Better than expected profits at U.S. companies like McDonald's and Caterpillar helped propel Wall Street to another record day Tuesday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
