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Orson Bean hit and killed by car in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Authorities in Los Angeles say actor and comedian Orson Bean was hit and killed by a car in Los Angeles. He was 91. He was known for his appearances on TV game shows and for playing...
Feb 08, 2020 (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Interstate crash claims a life
MORTON, Ill. -- One person died after a crash on I-155. Illinois State Police say the driver of a Chevrolet Trailblazer was traveling northbound in the southbound lane of I-155 around 6:40 Friday nigh...
Feb 08, 2020 Midwest Communications
Country Cares Radiothon Raises Money For St. Jude kids
PEORIA, Ill. -- Stretching back decades Peoria has had a strong connection to kids of St. Jude. This year was no exception. WMBD sister media outlet 104.9 The Wolf raised over $76,000 for the kids at ...
Feb 07, 2020 MWC-Photo Credit 104.9 The Wolf
Juvenile arrested for Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- A teenager was taken into custody for shooting a man in the leg. Peoria Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert on Sunday Feb. 2, just after 10:00 p.m. While on their way to the scene,...
Feb 07, 2020 Midwest Communications
Spacecraft named after Bradley alumnus
PEORIA. Ill. -- A space station cargo capsule set to launch to the International Space Station is named after a graduate of Bradley University. Major Robert Lawrence Jr. graduated from Bradley in 1956...
Feb 07, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Detours ahead: getting ready for the Murray Baker closure
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Have you figured out your detours? The countdown clock is down to under two months until the Murray Baker Bridge is closed until the end of October. The East Peoria Chamber of Com...
Feb 07, 2020 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
County Cares Radiothon benefits St. Jude Kids
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria has a strong connection to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, that stretches back decades. WMBD sister media outlet 104.9 The Wolf has raised money for...
Feb 07, 2020 1470/100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley
U.S. employers add 225K jobs in January
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hiring jumped at the beginning of the year as U.S. employers added 225,000 jobs. The Labor Department also says a half-million people streamed into the job market in January, though ...
Feb 07, 2020
Doctor's death unleashes mourning, fury at Chinese officials
BEIJING (AP) - The death of a doctor who was reprimanded for warning about China's new virus triggered an outpouring of praise for him and fury that communist authorities put politics above public saf...
Feb 07, 2020 A view of a photo Chinese doctor Li Wenliang as people attend a vigil, in Hong Kong, Friday, Feb. 7, 2020. The death of a young doctor who was reprimanded for warning about China's new virus triggered an outpouring Friday of praise for him and fury that communist authorities put politics above public safety. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Peoria man stabbed in the chest
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded around 12:30 a.m. Friday to the 3000 block of W. Ann on reports of a man being stabbed in the chest. Peoria Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said a domesti...
Feb 07, 2020
