Author Archives: Julia Bradley
UPDATE: Suspect in arson attack on Pennsylvania governor's residence charged with attempted murder
Updated at 7:56 a.m. (Reuters) - The suspect in an arson attack on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's residence has been charged with attempted homicide, terrorism, aggravated arson and other feloni...
Apr 14, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro waves to the crowd, on the day groundhog Punxsutawney Phil makes his prediction on how long winter will last, during the Groundhog Day festivities, at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 2, 2025. REUTERS/Alan Freed/File Photo
GasBuddy: Peoria prices continue to drop at the pump
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have dropped just over two cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.36 on Monday. GasBuddy says Peoria's prices are 13 cents higher than a month ago, and 47.5 ...
Apr 14, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
PPD investigates stabbing over the weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Police are investigating a stabbing Saturday afternoon in downtown Peoria. A PPD spokesperson said that a male victim suffered a "small" non-life-threatening stab wound to the back. Off...
Apr 14, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Denise Moore picked to lead PCCEO
PEORIA, Ill. - A familiar face is set to lead the Peoria Citizens Committee for Economic Opportunity. On Friday, leaders of the PCCEO announced that Denise Moore will be the agency's next CEO. The org...
Apr 12, 2025 Peoria Citizens Committee for Economic Opportunity building. (25 News)
US consumer sentiment tanks; inflation expectations surge amid tariff woes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. consumer sentiment deteriorated sharply in April and 12-month inflation expectations surged to the highest level since 1981 amid unease over escalating trade tensions that h...
Apr 11, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Produce is displayed at Eastern Market in Washington, U.S., August 14, 2024. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee Beal/File Photo
FBI mole told Sen. Emil Jones III to suggest 'creative' way to accept $5K lest it 'look goofy'
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois)- By the time FBI agents came knocking at Omar Maani's door on a January morning in 2018, the red-light camera entrepreneur had spent at least the last decade and a half...
Apr 11, 2025 The government’s star witness, red-light camera entrepreneur-turned-FBI mole Omar Maani, finished testimony Thursday in State Sen. Emil Jones III’s federal corruption trial at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago, pictured in October. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams.
Congressmen applaud decision to keep Peoria's Mail Processing and Distribution Center up and running
PEORIA, Ill. - Congressmen Darin LaHood (IL-16) and Eric Sorensen (IL-17) on Friday released a joint statement in response to the United States Postal Service's recent decision that originating mail p...
Apr 11, 2025 tsz01 / Depositphotos.com
Backlash over the idea of a paid Bartonville Fire Department
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - Talk about replacing volunteer firefighters with paid employees has sparked an eruption of emotions throughout the Village of Bartonville. For more than a century, the Bartonville ...
Apr 11, 2025 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--Mike Sabol)
US immigration judge to decide whether Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil can be deported
JENA, Louisiana (Reuters) -A U.S. immigration judge will rule on Friday whether the government can deport Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil, a month after he was arrested at his Columbia Uni...
Apr 11, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Muslim protestors pray outside the main campus of Columbia University during a demonstration to denounce the immigration arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist who helped lead protests against Israel at the university, in New York City, U.S., March 14, 2025. REUTERS/David Dee Delgado/File Photo
Senate OKs police hiring reform, Sangamon County recall in response to Sonya Massey's death
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - The Sangamon County Sheriff's Office came under intense scrutiny after an unarmed Black woman was shot and killed by a deputy in her Springfield home in July 2024...
Apr 11, 2025 Sen. Doris Turner, D-Springfield, speaks on the Senate floor on Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
