Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Downtown Peoria will be filled with runners Saturday for the 51st Steamboat Classic
PEORIA, Ill. - The 51st Steamboat Classic gets underway Saturday at 7 a.m. in downtown Peoria. Race Director Adam White says between spectators and race participants, they expect between 4,000 and 5,0...
Jun 13, 2025 Racers lined up to start the Steamboat Classic races in downtown Peoria. (Steamboat Classic Facebook)
Trump urges Iran to make deal after Israel blasts nuclear and military targets
JERUSALEM/DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israel launched large-scale strikes against Iran on Friday, saying it had attacked nuclear facilities and missile factories and killed a swathe of military comman...
Jun 13, 2025 People gather near damaged vehicles in the aftermath of Israeli strikes, in Tehran, Iran, June 13, 2025. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
Illinois license plate cameras used illegally by out-of-state police, Giannoulias says
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - The state of Illinois is investigating an automatic license plate reader system used in a northwest suburb after a Texas sheriff accessed the system to look for a wom...
Jun 13, 2025 Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias speaks at an event in Springfield on May 28, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Air India crash survivor says he escaped through broken emergency exit
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The sole survivor of the Air India plane crash that killed more than 240 people said he walked out of a broken emergency exit after the aircraft hit a medical college hostel in th...
Jun 13, 2025 A tail of an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane that crashed is seen stuck on a building after the incident in Ahmedabad, India, June 12, 2025. REUTERS/Amit Dave
Judge in Harvey Weinstein trial declares mistrial on rape charge following sex abuse conviction
(Reuters) -The judge overseeing Harvey Weinstein's criminal trial in Manhattan on Thursday declared a mistrial on a rape charge against the former Hollywood movie mogul, after one of the jurors refuse...
Jun 12, 2025 Harvey Weinstein's case continues with his retrial in New York, June 11, 2025 Steven Hirsch/Pool via REUTERS
Family of Dunlap student killed in car crash reaches settlement
PEORIA, Ill. - The family of a Dunlap teen killed in a car crash has settled a lawsuit with the other driver. In May 2024, 18-year-old Dunlap High School Senior Nevaeh Mitchell was killed in a head-on...
Jun 12, 2025 Midwest Communications
Pritzker to tell Congress 'both parties are to blame' for broken immigration system
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker will tell a congressional committee Thursday that America's immigration problems are a result of a bipartisan failure to reform the country...
Jun 12, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks to reporters following an event at the Illinois State Library in Springfield on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Coroner identifies Bartonville man killed in Peoria auto theft
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County coroner has identified the man who died after a vehicle theft in Peoria Monday afternoon. Coroner Jamie Harwood says 70-year-old William Collier, of Bartonville, was t...
Jun 12, 2025 Peoria County Coroner's Office
Air India plane with 242 on board crashes at India's Ahmedabad airport
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -An Air India plane bound for London with 242 people on board crashed minutes after taking off from India's western city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, the airline and police said, with...
Jun 12, 2025 Emergency personnel work at the crash site of an Air India plane in Ahmedabad, India, June 12, 2025, in this still image taken from video. ANI/Reuters TV via REUTERS
Arson to blame for another fire in Peoria Wednesday night
PEORIA, Ill. - It appears arson is to blame for yet another residential fire this week in Peoria. Firefighters were called to Homestead Avenue, near NE Brevis Street just before 8:30 Wednesday night, ...
Jun 12, 2025 Midwest Communications
