Author Archives: Julia Bradley

Second person dies from Washington crash
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. --According to Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood, 76-year-old Jerry Bedwell, of Washington, has died from injuries he suffered in a two-vehicle crash involving his vehicle and a ...
Julia Bradley Oct 12, 2019 Midwest Communications

Gag order filed against mother of boy charged with murder
EUREKA, Ill. --A gag order has been ordered against the mother of a 9-year-old boy charged with murder. The juvenile was charged earlier this week with five counts of first-degree murder and arson for...
Julia Bradley Oct 12, 2019

PCAPS offers low-cost clinic for pet owners
PEORIA, Ill. --Peoria County Animal Protection Services are inviting residents to take part in an upcoming vaccination and pet registration clinic. "Residents of Peoria County can bring a photo I.D. T...
Julia Bradley Oct 12, 2019

Peoria home destroyed by fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. --Peoria firefighters responded to a report of a fire at a home in the 700 block of NE Madison just before midnight Thursday. Crews were met with heavy smoke and fire on the main floor of...
Julia Bradley Oct 11, 2019 Midwest Communications

Mom says boy charged with murder is 'not a monster'
EUREKA, Ill. (AP) - The mother of a 9-year-old central Illinois boy charged with murder in a mobile home fire that killed five says her son is not "a monster". In interviews Thursday with local and na...
Julia Bradley Oct 11, 2019

'Big Picture' street festival comes to the Warehouse District Saturday
PEORIA, Ill. --Peoria's Warehouse District will be filled with art this weekend. That's where the Big Picture Street Festival is being held on Saturday. One of the event's organizers, Chuck Gabbert, s...
Julia Bradley Oct 10, 2019 Big Picture Peoria/Facebook

Washington woman dies in two-vehicle crash
WASHINGTON, Ill. - A Tazewell County woman is dead after a Wednesday morning crash. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley said 74-year-old Linda Bedwell was pronounced dead at the scene of an acciden...
Julia Bradley Oct 10, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock

Retiree checks to rise modestly amid push to expand benefits
WASHINGTON (AP) - Social Security says millions of retirees will get a modest 1.6-percent cost-of-living increase in 2020 - and that comes to about $24 more a month more the average retired worker. Th...
Julia Bradley Oct 10, 2019 GotCredit / CC

CAT maintains quarterly dividend
PEORIA, Ill. --Caterpillar, Inc. has announced that the company's quarterly dividend will stay at $1.03 per share of common stock, payable Nov. 20 to shareholders on record on Oct. 21. Since 2009, Cat...
Julia Bradley Oct 09, 2019 (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

NATO chief says Turkey has legitimate concerns
WASHINGTON (AP) - The secretary-general of NATO is urging Turkey not to "further destabilize the region" through its military action in northern Syria. Jens Stoltenberg told a news conference in Rome ...
Julia Bradley Oct 09, 2019 Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks on the phone with Defense Minister Hulusi Akar before reportedly giving orders for the start of the military operation into Syria, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. Minutes before Erdogan's announcement, Turkish jets began pounding suspected Syrian Kurdish positions in the Syrian town of Ras al Ayn, according to Turkish media reports.(Turkish Presidency Press Service via AP, Pool)


