Author Archives: Julia Bradley
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices unchanged through Memorial Day Weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria gas prices were unchanged in the last week, averaging $3.26 a gallon on Tuesday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations. Prices in Peoria are 6.5 cents a gallon lower tha...
May 27, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
Trump considering taking $3 billion in Harvard grants, giving them to trade schools
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he is considering taking $3 billion of previously awarded grant money away from Harvard University and giving it to trade schools acros...
May 26, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A student walks on the Allston campus of Harvard University, in Allston, Massachusetts, U.S., May 23, 2025. REUTERS/Faith Ninivaggi/File Photo
Trump says Putin has 'gone absolutely CRAZY', considering more sanctions on Russia
MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said Vladimir Putin had "gone absolutely CRAZY" by unleashing the largest aerial attack of the war on Ukraine and said he was weighing new sanctions ...
May 26, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Daily newspapers with covers, dedicated to the recent phone call of Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, are laid out at a newsstand in a street in Moscow, Russia, February 13, 2025. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/Illustration/File Photo
UPDATE: PPD says missing woman found safe
UPDATE: 7:06 P.M. The Peoria Police Department says 29-year-old Allison Baldwin has been located and is safe. She had been reported missing on Sunday by a concerned friend. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Polic...
May 26, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Russia attacks Ukraine for third night in a row, Ukrainian officials say
(Reuters) -Russia has attacked Ukraine for a third night in a row, Ukrainian regional officials and emergency services said, a day after the biggest aerial attack of the war so far killed at least 12 ...
May 26, 2025 Residents look at an apartment building that was damaged in a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine May 25, 2025. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Trump administration puts new limits on reporters at Pentagon
(Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday issued orders that require journalists to have official escorts within much of the Pentagon building, the latest in a series of Trump administr...
May 26, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 21, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo
ISP: Expect enhanced enforcement throughout Memorial Day Weekend
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - As Memorial Day Weekend gets underway, Illinois State Police will be out looking for distracted and drunk drivers, and seat belt violations. "We are going to have an increased numb...
May 24, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Billy Joel cancels concerts after brain disorder diagnosis
(Reuters) - U.S. singer-songwriter and pianist Billy Joel said on Friday he is canceling all his scheduled concerts after he was recently diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus, a brain disorder...
May 23, 2025 Billy Joel performs during the 66th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 4, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Lower prices boost new US home sales; outlook downbeat amid higher mortgages
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales of new U.S. single-family homes surged to more than a three-year high in April as builders lowered prices to attract buyers, but rising mortgage rates and economic uncerta...
May 23, 2025 Workers construct a single family home at a Lennar housing development in San Diego, California, U.S., March 11, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
U.S. Coast Guard offers boating safety tips heading into Memorial Day Weekend
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - It's National Safe Boating Week, just in time for the unofficial start to summer...Memorial Day Weekend. Whether you're a seasoned boater or new to boating, U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Co...
May 23, 2025 Michael Gaylard / CC
