Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Peoria's 50's Diner closed after 34 years of serving customers
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria restaurant has officially closed its doors after 34 years in business. The 50's Diner in the Metro Centre had to shut down the family-owned business after a water main break la...
Jul 31, 2025 The 50's Diner in the Metro Centre in Peoria is closing after 34 years in business. (25 News)
New Mexico judge dismisses Alec Baldwin's 'malicious' prosecution suit in 'Rust' case
(Reuters) -A New Mexico judge has thrown out a misconduct lawsuit filed by actor Alec Baldwin against local prosecutors and sheriff's officials over their pursuit of criminal charges against him for t...
Jul 31, 2025 FILE PHOTO: US actor Alec Baldwin attends his trial for involuntary manslaughter at Santa Fe County District Court in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on July 12, 2024. In October 2021, on the New Mexico set of the Western movie "Rust," a gun pointed by Baldwin discharged a live round, killing the film's cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding its director. RAMSAY DE GIVE/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
NTSB criticizes FAA for failing to act before fatal Army helicopter collision
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The head of the National Transportation Safety Board sharply criticized U.S. officials for failing to act before the January 29 collision of a U.S. Army helicopter with an Americ...
Jul 31, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A crane retrieves part of the helicopter from the Potomac River as an American plane departs, in the aftermath of the collision of American Eagle flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into the river, by the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., February 6, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
Fed likely to hold rates steady despite Trump's push for big cuts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve is expected to leave interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, even as President Donald Trump continued to push the U.S. central bank to cut borrowing costs. Tru...
Jul 30, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speak during a tour of the Federal Reserve Board building, which is currently undergoing renovations, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 24, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File photo
Morton, School District split cost of crosswalk safety improvements
MORTON, Ill. - The Village of Morton and Morton School District are splitting the cost to continue to improve crosswalk safety near the district's six schools. The collaborative effort is helping to e...
Jul 30, 2025 (Morton School District Unit 709)
Tsunami waves reach Hawaii after huge quake rattles Russia's Far East
(Reuters) -A powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula triggered tsunami waves of up to 5 meters (16 feet) nearby and sparked evacuation orders as far away as Hawa...
Jul 30, 2025 A powerful wave washes past a building located near the shore, after a powerful earthquake struck off the Kamchatka Peninsula, in Severo-Kurilsk, Sakhalin Region, Russia July 30, 2025 in this screen grab obtained from social media video Social media/via REUTERS
Trump administration requests voter data from Illinois elections board
Letter comes the same week as hearing scheduled in related lawsuit Article Summary The Trump administration sent the Illinois State Board of Elections a letter this week requesting troves of voter dat...
Jul 30, 2025 The Illinois State Board of Elections office is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Peoria firefighters respond to kitchen fire on the city's Southside
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to a residential fire on the city's Southside Tuesday night. Fire Battalion Chief Larry Carter says around 7 p.m., crews found smoke coming from a two-stor...
Jul 30, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Largest U.S. rail union intends to oppose Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific merger
(Reuters) -The largest rail union in the United States said on Tuesday it intends to oppose Union Pacific's proposed $85 billion acquisition of smaller rival Norfolk Southern in regulatory proceedings...
Jul 29, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A Union Pacific rail car is parked at a Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) train yard in Seattle, Washington, U.S., February 10, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
Armed robbery sends Peoria man to the hospital
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are looking for a pair of suspects wanted for an armed robbery that happened early Tuesday morning. Officers were called just after 12 a.m. to the area of N. Western and W...
Jul 29, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
