Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Documents show fired deputy hired informant, filed false reports
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Former Peoria County Sheriff's Deputy Jason Patterson lost his job last week after he was found guilty of willful mistreatment, falsifying reports, and failure to report hones...
Nov 04, 2019 Peoria County Sheriff's Office
PCAPS closes for parking lot project
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria County Animal Protection Services, or PCAPS, will be closed beginning Monday, Nov. 4, for adoption and viewing hours. The Peoria County shelter will remain closed until further ...
Nov 04, 2019
Report: Madigan's son sought business while fundraising
CHICAGO (AP) - A published report says the son of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan invited a suburban mayor to a fundraiser for his father around the time he was trying to convince that suburb's...
Nov 04, 2019 Andrew Madigan, the son of Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, cast his ballot during the Illinois' Electoral College session on the Senate floor at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Monday, Dec. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
Man seriously injured in S. Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded to a pair of Shotspotter alerts around 7:30 a.m. Friday in the 2400 block of W. Malone. There was an additional call where a caller stated shots were fired in t...
Nov 01, 2019 Midwest Communications
Shooting overnight at Peoria night club
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded to a Shotspotter alert at approximately 3:19 a.m. Friday in the 2200 block of SW Washington Street. Officers were dispatched to the Dream Night Club, at 2205 SW...
Nov 01, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Third Illinois resident dies of vaping-related lung damage
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A third Illinois resident has died after being hospitalized with a vaping-related lung injury the Department of Public Health reports. Health department spokeswoman Melaney Ar...
Nov 01, 2019 In this photo made on Friday, Oct. 4, 2019, a woman uses her vaping device in Harmony, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Peoria crews battle business fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Firefighters were called about 8:30 p.m. Thursday to the 6800 block of N. Frostwood Parkway for a possible structure fire. Heavy smoke was seen coming from the back of a single story, ...
Nov 01, 2019 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
House approves rules for Trump impeachment probe
WASHINGTON (AP) - A sharply divided House has approved the rules for its impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. Thursday's near party-line 232-196 roll call was the chamber's first formal vote...
Oct 31, 2019 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. gavels as the House votes 232-196 to pass resolution on impeachment procedure to move forward with procedures for the next phase of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump in the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. The resolution would authorize the next stage of impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, including establishing the format for open hearings, giving the House Committee on the Judiciary the final recommendation on impeachment, and allowing President Trump and his lawyers to attend events and question witnesses. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Maroon: Peoria sees first snowy Halloween since 1918
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's snowy start to the last day of October. Peoria Assistant Public Works Director Sie Maroon said Thursday's snowfall was the first time Peoria has seen snow on Halloween in over a c...
Oct 31, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley (file)
Peoria family escapes house fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Firefighters were called around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday to a home in the 2300 block of N. Bigelow Street in Peoria. The first companies on the scene found smoke coming from a window on the...
Oct 31, 2019 Midwest Communications
