Author Archives: Julia Bradley
UPDATED: Coroner says victims of a fatal crash in Chatham all suffered multiple blunt force injuries
Updated 11:35 a.m. 4/29 CHATHAM, Ill. - Illinois State Police are helping investigate a fatal crash in Chatham Monday afternoon. The crash happened around 3:20 p.m. Officers responded to the YNOT Afte...
Apr 29, 2025
Trump's first 100 days: America First president is overturning world order
WASHINGTON/TOKYO/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -He has launched an unprecedented global tariff war and slashed U.S. foreign aid. He has disparaged NATO allies and embraced Russia's narrative about its invasion o...
Apr 28, 2025 FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump meets with French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 24, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo/File Photo
More than 100 migrants arrested in Colorado Springs nightclub raid, DEA says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said on Sunday that during a federal raid on a Colorado Springs nightclub, agents arrested over 100 immigrants who the agency alleges wer...
Apr 28, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Members of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) arrive at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., March 26, 2025. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper/File Photo
Conclave to elect new pope starts on May 7, Vatican says
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Roman Catholic cardinals will begin their secret conclave to elect the new leader of the global Church on May 7, the Vatican said on Monday, confirming what a source had previo...
Apr 28, 2025 Cardinals attend the Vespers prayers after visiting the tomb of Pope Francis in Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (Santa Maria Maggiore), in Rome, Italy, April 27, 2025. Francesco Sforza/Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS
Cyndi Lauper, Chubby Checker chosen for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -"The Twist" singer Chubby Checker, pop star Cyndi Lauper and grunge rock band Soundgarden were among the acts chosen for induction this year into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fam...
Apr 28, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Cyndi Lauper attends the MTV Video Music Awards in Elmont, New York, U.S., September 11, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Putin declares 3-day May ceasefire to mark 80 years since World War Two victory
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared a three-day ceasefire in the war with Ukraine next month to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union and its a...
Apr 28, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Rescuers search for 17-year-old Danylo Khudia and his parents at the side of an apartment building hit by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine April 24, 2025. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices unchanged, as oil prices rally around $60 a barrel
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria are unchanged in the last week, averaging $3.33 a gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy. Prices are nearly 5 cents higher than a month ago, but almost 41 ...
Apr 28, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
'I've done this my way': Durbin reflects on decision to retire
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - Standing on his backyard deck Thursday - the same place where he declared his 1996 candidacy for U.S. Senate - Illinois' senior Sen. Dick Durbin reflected on his ...
Apr 25, 2025 Sen. Dick Durbin announces he will not run for another term in the Senate at a news conference at his home in Springfield alongside his wife, Loretta Durbin. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Peoria Civic Center shattered financial and attendance records in March
PEORIA, Ill. - March was a banner month for the Peoria Civic Center. The Civic Center's General Manager Rik Edgar tells WMBD's "Greg and Dan", March was the best financial month in the venue's 43-year...
Apr 25, 2025 (Dalton Kemper/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty as prosecutors seek death penalty
UPDATED 1:14 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty on Friday to federal charges of gunning down health insurance executive Brian Thompson, a day after prosecutors formally stated ...
Apr 25, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealth Group chief executive Brian Thompson, appears in Manhattan Supreme Court on New York state murder and terrorism charges in New York City, U.S., February 21, 2025. Curtis Means/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
