Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Peoria kicks off 10th Great Neighbor Appreciation Week on Saturday
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's Great Neighbor Appreciation Week is back for a tenth year. On Saturday, neighbors, local organizations and businesses will take part in the City-Wide Cleanup from 9-11 a.m. in ...
Jul 10, 2025 (City of Peoria)
Froot Loops maker WK Kellogg agrees to $3.1 billion deal from Italy's Ferrero
(Reuters) -WK Kellogg on Thursday agreed to be bought by the owner of Ferrero Rocher in a deal worth around $3.1 billion, as the cereal maker has been struggling with weakening consumer demand due to ...
Jul 10, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Kellogg's Frosted Flakes, owned by Kellogg Company, is seen for sale in a store in Queens, New York City, U.S., February 7, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Judge to weigh blocking Trump on birthright citizenship despite Supreme Court ruling
CONCORD, New Hampshire (Reuters) -A federal judge will consider on Thursday whether to prevent President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing his executive order limiting birthright citizenshi...
Jul 10, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators rally on the day the Supreme Court justices hear oral arguments over U.S. President Donald Trump's bid to broadly enforce his executive order to restrict automatic birthright citizenship, during a protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 15, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Texas officials deflect mounting questions about response to deadly flood
KERRVILLE, Texas (Reuters) -Officials in flood-stricken central Texas on Wednesday again deflected mounting questions about whether they could have done more to warn people ahead of devastating flash ...
Jul 10, 2025 An image of the Virgin Mary sits next to fallen trees near the Guadalupe River, in Hunt, Texas, U.S. July 9, 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
East Peoria dentist dies in skydiving accident in Ottawa
OTTAWA, Ill. - An East Peoria dentist has died in a skydiving accident in LaSalle County. Coroner Richard Ploch identified 48-year-old Dr. Noel Liu, after an accident Monday evening at Skydive Chicago...
Jul 10, 2025 East Peoria dentist Dr. Noel Liu. (Facebook)
Choose Greater Peoria kicks off a new summer-long concert series
PEORIA, Ill. - Choose Greater Peoria wants you to come "hang out" downtown this summer...and be entertained. Abby Kaufman says every Wednesday from 11-1, there will be lunchtime concerts and food truc...
Jul 09, 2025 Choose Greater Peoria is kicking off a summer-long concert series at lunchtime at the CAT Visitors Center and Peoria Riverfront Museum.
Bradley University President Shadid reflects on first 100 days on campus
PEORIA, Ill. - Bradley University President James Shadid has been on the job for 100 days. He says his vision for the university is really simple, with a focus on students. "I want to create a premier...
Jul 09, 2025 (Bradley University)
State Treasurer's Office set to return a record number of checks to Illinois residents
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - This summer, State Treasurer Michael Frerichs will return a record number of checks to Illinois residents. $45 million in cash is owed to 600,000 people that probably don't know it...
Jul 09, 2025 Midwest Communications
Netanyahu and Trump prioritize hostages as Gaza military campaign grinds on
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump focused on freeing hostages held in Gaza, and underlined his determinatio...
Jul 09, 2025 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the press, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. U.S. July 8, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Death toll from Texas flood hits triple-digits as tally of missing tops 180
KERRVILLE, Texas (Reuters) -The death toll from the July Fourth flash flood that ravaged a swath of central Texas Hill Country rose on Tuesday to at least 109, many of them children, as search teams p...
Jul 09, 2025 A drone view shows the Guadalupe River and damage from flooding near Camp Mystic, in Hunt, Texas, U.S. July 6, 2025. REUTERS/Evan Garcia
