Author Archives: Julia Bradley
After Bankruptcy Filing, Purdue Pharma May Not Be Off Hook
(AP)-OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma has filed for bankruptcy protection. But that doesn't mean the company or the family that owns it is off the legal hook. States are divided on whether to accept a te...
Sep 16, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Police: Rock Star Ric Ocasek Found Dead In NYC Apartment
(AP) - Ric Ocasek, famed frontman for The Cars rock band, has been found dead in a Manhattan apartment. The New York City police department said officers responding to a 911 call found the 75-year-old...
Sep 15, 2019
White House Says Bin Laden Son Killed In U.S. Operation
(AP) - The White House says Hamza bin Laden, the son of the late al-Qaida leader who had become an increasingly prominent figure in the terrorist organization, has been killed in a U.S. counterterrori...
Sep 14, 2019 FILE - In this image from video released by the CIA on Nov. 1, 2017, Hamza bin Laden is shown at his wedding. Years after the death of his father at the hands of a U.S. Navy SEAL raid in Pakistan, Hamza bin Laden finds himself clearly in the crosshairs of world powers. The U.S. has put up to a $1 million bounty for him. The U.N. Security Council has named him to a global sanctions list, sparking a new Interpol notice for his arrest. His home country of Saudi Arabia has revoked his citizenship. (CIA via AP, File)
Suspect In Peoria Standoff Formally Charged
The suspect in a Peoria standoff with police is formally charged. Talya Zolicoffer, 39, was arrested Wednesday for allegedly holding a woman against her will in a home on W. Kettelle. On Friday, Zolic...
Sep 14, 2019 Peoria County Jail
Peoria Heights Man Found Guilty Of Killing Toddler In 2017
(25 News)--Joshua Rutledge was found guilty of First Degree Murder in Peoria County court Thursday. Rutledge was accused of killing his girlfriend's 16-month-old son while he was babysitting the boy b...
Sep 14, 2019 Peoria County Jail
Mosquitoes Test Positive For West Nile Virus In Tazewell County
Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus in Tazewell County. The Tazewell County Health Department Friday confirmed a batch of mosquitoes, found in Creve Coeur this month, have tested positive for...
Sep 14, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Peoria Police Offer A Behind-The-Scenes Look To The Public
Have you wondered what it's like to be a police officer? Peoria residents can sign up for an upcoming Citizen Police Academy. Public Information Officer Amy Dotson, with Peoria Police, says the seven ...
Sep 13, 2019 1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Singer Eddie Money Dies At 70
(AP) - The family of rock Star Eddie Money says he has died at 70. Money died Friday. The husky-voiced, blue collar performer was known for such hits as "Two Tickets to Paradise" and "Take Me Home Ton...
Sep 13, 2019
Illinois Agencies Advised To Prepare For Budget Cuts In 2020
(AP) - Illinois' budget office has issued a memo warning agency heads they should be prepared to make significant cuts to next year's budgets. WNIU-Radio reports the memo, signed by Deputy Gov. Dan Hy...
Sep 13, 2019 MWC
Crews Battle Early Morning Fire In Peoria Heights
Firefighters battled an early morning apartment fire in Peoria Heights Friday morning. Crews were called to the Forest Park Apartments, in the 1500 block of E. Gardner Lane, around 4:30 a.m. when fire...
Sep 13, 2019
