Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Giannoulias issues $1.3M to Illinois school libraries
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Peoria Public Schools is among nearly 2,500 districts statewide that are receiving funding from the Illinois Secretary of State's Office for school libraries. Secretary of State Al...
Apr 21, 2025 (Illinois Secretary of State via Facebook)
Pentagon chief Hegseth shared sensitive Yemen war plans in second Signal chat, source says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared details of a March attack on Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis in a message group that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, a sou...
Apr 21, 2025 U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hosts an arrival ceremony for El Salvador Defense Minister Rene Merino Monroy at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 16, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
Storms caused outages across Central Illinois Sunday night
PEORIA, Ill. - Severe storms moved through parts of Central Illinois Sunday night, causing power outages. About 1,000 Ameren Illinois customers in the Peoria area lost power around 9:15 p.m., accordin...
Apr 21, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices still dropping, following a national trend
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped 2.8 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.33 on Monday, according to GasBuddy. Prices in Peoria are 6.6 cents higher than a month ago...
Apr 21, 2025 Mike Mozart / CC
UPDATE: Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies after stroke and cardiac arrest
UPDATED 3:40 P.M. VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died on Monday after suffering a stroke and cardiac arrest, the Vatican said, endi...
Apr 21, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Newly elected Pope Francis appears at the window of his future private apartment to bless the faithful, gathered below in St. Peter's Square, during the Sunday Angelus prayer at the Vatican March 17, 2013. REUTERS/Tony Gentile/File Photo
Trump administration publishes cache of RFK assassination records
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. National Archives has released thousands of pages of records related to the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, according to the agency's website, following Presi...
Apr 18, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Roses adorn the headstone on the grave of Robert F. Kennedy on the 50th anniversary of his assassination at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, VA, U.S., June 6, 2018. REUTERS/ Leah Millis/File Photo
US will abandon Ukraine peace push if no progress 'within a matter of days,' Rubio says
PARIS (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump will walk away from efforts to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal within days unless there are clear signs that a deal can be done, U.S. Secretary of State...
Apr 18, 2025 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives at the Quai d'Orsay, France's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, before a bilateral meeting with his French counterpart in Paris, France April 17, 2025. JULIEN DE ROSA/Pool via REUTERS
PFD: Garage fire on W. Gilbert causes $1,500 damage
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to reports of a structure fire on W. Gilbert Thursday evening. Fire Battalion Chief Steve Rada says when they arrived around 5:20 p.m., crews found moderat...
Apr 18, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Judge extends ban on Musk's DOGE access to private Social Security data
(Reuters) - A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction on Thursday that extends a ban on billionaire Elon Musk's aides from accessing private information on millions of Americans held in the Soc...
Apr 18, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a sign during a protest against cuts made by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to the Social Security Administration, in White Plains, New York, U.S., March 22, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Layne/File Photo
Collins: Threat of severe storms Friday night, rain throughout Easter weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -There's a threat of severe thunderstorms Friday night across Central Illinois. 25 News First Alert Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins says scattered strong to severe storms will approach ...
Apr 18, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
