Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Mission Peoria gets underway with Dream Center Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Over 150 teens, from youth groups from all over the country, are in Peoria this week. They're here for Mission Peoria with Dream Center Peoria. "They are living here at the Dream Center...
Jul 21, 2025 Mission Peoria is going on all week at Dream Center Peoria. (Dream Center Peoria website).
Harvard, Trump administration to face off in court over canceled funding
BOSTON (Reuters) -Harvard University will urge a federal judge on Monday to order U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to restore about $2.5 billion in canceled federal grants and cease effort...
Jul 21, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A view of Harvard campus on John F. Kennedy Street at Harvard University is pictured in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., December 7, 2023. REUTERS/Faith Ninivaggi/File Photo
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices dip a bit, following a similar trend at the national level
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria dropped 2.4 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.32 on Monday, according to GasBuddy. Prices in Peoria are 5.4 cents higher than a month ago and 34.8 cents...
Jul 21, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
Trump aides expected to seek release of Epstein grand jury documents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump's aides were expected on Friday to ask a court to release grand jury testimony about Jeffrey Epstein, as the president fought back against concerns over his administ...
Jul 18, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks, as he meets with Bahrain's Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa (not pictured), in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 16, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
UPDATE: Two arrested after South Peoria shooting Thursday night
UPDATED 3:45 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Two men were arrested after a shooting in South Peoria Thursday night. Peoria Police say a 19-year-old male was shot in the hand just after 8:45 P.M. in the area of We...
Jul 18, 2025
Two families sue Washington day care over allegations of negligence
WASHINGTON, Ill. - A civil suit in Tazewell County is bringing to light allegations of negligence, including physical abuse, at a Washington day care. Two mothers and their children filed suit Thursda...
Jul 18, 2025 Childtime Learning Center in Washington, Illinois. (25 News)
CBS cancels Stephen Colbert's late-night show, calling decision financial
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," the most-watched late-night program on U.S. broadcast television and a frequent platform of satire aimed at President Donald Trump, will en...
Jul 18, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Stephen Colbert arrives for the Saturday Night Live 50: The Anniversary Special at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, U.S., February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo
US House Republicans pass Trump plan to cut foreign aid, public broadcasting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives early on Friday passed President Donald Trump's $9 billion funding cut to public media and foreign aid, sending it to the ...
Jul 18, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters, as he departs for travel to Pennsylvania from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, D.C. U.S., July 15, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo/File Photo
Goodwill offering free books to area teachers ahead of the new school year
PEORIA, Ill. - Goodwill of Central Illinois is offering free books to teachers in 21 counties. The books will be distributed ahead of the upcoming school year...between July 26 and August 25. To recei...
Jul 17, 2025 Goodwill Commons is located at 2319 E. War Memorial Drive in Peoria.
US weekly jobless claims fall; job growth appears steady in July
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits fell last week, pointing to steady job growth in July, though some laid off workers are experiencing long spe...
Jul 17, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian passes a "Help Wanted" sign in the door of a hardware store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
