WMBD News Podcast
 
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NBC's Brokaw speaks at Goodwill event
"Wayne Alan Downing. Translated that name means Duty, Honor, Country." NBC newsman Tom Brokaw speaks of his friend the late Gen. Wayne A. Downing during Goodwill's Veteran Recognition Event at the Peoria Civic Center. Brokaw, who authored the book "The Greatest Generation" about World War II veterans - revealed an interesting fact about General Downing. "He never told me a war story, I couldn't pull it out of him," Brokaw said. "The horrors that he had...
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County Can Now Place Museum Referendum On Ballot
The fate of the Peoria Riverfront Museum could now lie in the hands of Peoria County voters. Thursday Governor Rod Blogojevich signed a bill which allows the Peoria County board to place a sales tax referendum on the ballot which if passed would fund a portion of the planned Museum. County Administrator Patrick Urich says meetings will begin with Museum officials immediately. Urich points out there are still issues to be ironed out including the County's mandatory...
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Bradley men to play in Vegas tournament next Thanksgiving
(Bradley University) PEORIA, Ill. -- Two games against the trio of Illinois, Oklahoma State and Utah will await the Bradley men’s basketball team when the Braves travel to Las Vegas for the final two rounds of the 2009 Las Vegas Invitational Challenge, which will be played the week of Thanksgiving next season on campus sites and at the Orleans Center in Las Vegas. The four-game exempt tournament will...
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33rd Great American Smoke Out Day
The American Cancer Society's Great American Smoke Out Day has taken place every November 20th for 33 years. While progress has been made in getting people to stop the dangerous habit, Brian Tun with the Peoria City County Health Department explains there are still 15 percent of the county's resident who still smoke. He says each year more than 20,000 Illionis residents die as a result of cigarette smoking. 2,900 hundred people die due to second-hand smoke. Nationally...
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Springdale Cemetery creek and hillsides more river friendly thanks to grant
A state grant used to help restore areas of Springdale Cemetery has ended and officials showed off what work was completed Thursday. Springdale Manager Pat Lewis says the cemetery received $280,000 to help stop silt from running down Turkey creek and into Peoria Lake.One of the ways to do this was by having engineers change the creek to stop runoff from occurring. The other way was cleaning up hillside. Lewis says a lot of vegetation was allowed to grow in areas where it didn't belong. It was...
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Komen Office To Temporarily Move Following Metro Centre Fire
A specific cause has yet to be determined regarding the fire which started in a back room of Fitness For Women Tuesday at Peoria Metro Centre. Peoria Fire Department crews contained the blaze to the one business, however 5 adjoining locations receive smoke and water damage. One of those is the main office of the Susan G. Komen Foundation which is directly south and shares a wall with the fitness center. Local Komen Executive Director Linda Maricle says one staff member was in...
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