Author Archives: Julia Bradley
IL law changes the definition of what is a bicycle
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - A new state law is expanding the definition of what a bicycle is. SB2285 was signed into law on August 1st, and defines electric bikes with top speeds lower than 30 miles per ...
Aug 22, 2025 goldenshrimp / Depositphotos.com
Erik Menendez denied parole after 35 years in prison for parents' murder
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Erik Menendez, who along with his brother Lyle has served 35 years of a life prison term for fatally shooting their parents as they watched television in their Beverly Hills, Ca...
Aug 22, 2025 Erik Menendez attends his Board of Parole hearing online from the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, California, U.S., August 21, 2025. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation/Handout via REUTERS
Trump's huge civil fraud penalty thrown out by New York appeals court
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A New York state appeals court on Thursday threw out an approximately half-billion-dollar penalty that Donald Trump had been ordered to pay after a judge found the U.S. president f...
Aug 21, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with the media after his return from Pennsylvania, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., May 30, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
ICC enrollment up for a sixth straight semester
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois Central College has seen enrollment rise for the sixth semester in a row. According to a release, as of August 20, students have registered for 2,013 more credit hours tha...
Aug 21, 2025 (Illinois Central College)
US weekly jobless claims rise to highest since June
(Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits rose by the most in about three months last week in an initial signal that layoffs may be picking up and adding to signs...
Aug 21, 2025 A "we're hiring" sign is displayed on the door of a local business, after U.S. employment growth slowed more than expected in July, in Encinitas, California, U.S. August 1, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Putin is prepared to meet Zelenskiy if key issues are worked through first, Lavrov says
MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin is prepared to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy but all issues need to be worked through first and there's a question about Zelenskiy's authority...
Aug 21, 2025 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting with India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at Zinaida Morozova's Mansion in Moscow, Russia August 21, 2025. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS
Update: Ducks sold out for 37th Duck Race for the Center for Prevention of Abuse
Updated 10:40 a.m. (8/21) PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's Duck Race for the Center for Prevention of Abuse is one of the longest-running races of its kind...and it's back this weekend. This is the event's 37t...
Aug 20, 2025 (Center for Prevention of Abuse via Facebook)
Hurricane Erin threatens North Carolina's Outer Banks with storm surge
(Reuters) -Hurricane Erin, churning north in the Atlantic hundreds of miles offshore, is expected to trigger a dangerous storm surge and tropical storm conditions on Wednesday along North Carolina's O...
Aug 20, 2025 A person stands by the beach during Hurricane Erin, the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season, in Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey, U.S., August 20, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Trump targets the Smithsonian again, says it focuses too much on how bad slavery was
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday he will pressure the Smithsonian Institution - a premier museum, education and research complex for U.S. history and culture - to...
Aug 20, 2025 FILE PHOTO: The exterior of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 1, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon/File photo
Washington nurse given sex offender probation for inappropriately touching a minor
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. (25 News) - A Washington man's nursing license has been suspended, but it's possible he won't spend any time behind bars after pleading guilty to a reduced charge of sexually abu...
Aug 20, 2025 (Tazewell County Jail via 25 News)
