Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Pentagon's Hegseth texted planned time of targeted killing of Yemeni militant
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth texted the start time for a planned killing of a Houthi militant in Yemen on March 15 as well as other details of imminent waves of U.S. airst...
Mar 26, 2025 U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attends a meeting with Britain's Defence Secretary John Healey (not pictured) at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 6, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo
Firefighters use rescue tools to free driver in Peoria crash
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to a two-vehicle accident with entrapment Tuesday afternoon, at the intersection of Western and Rohmann. Fire Battalion Chief Jeff Hascall says crews arriv...
Mar 26, 2025 Midwest Communications
Trump signs election order calling for proof of U.S. citizenship to vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday that would require voters to prove they are U.S. citizens and attempts to prevent states from counting mail-in ba...
Mar 26, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump looks on on the day of a meeting with U.S. ambassadors at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 25, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
U.S. homeland secretary to visit El Salvador prison holding deported Venezuelans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday is expected to visit a mega-prison in El Salvador holding Venezuelans deported by the U.S. as civil rights groups chall...
Mar 26, 2025 U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visits the Mariposa Port of Entry, Saturday, March 15, 2025, in Nogales, Ariz. Alex Brandon/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Democrats urge US Justice Department probe of war plans discussion on Signal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and top Senate Democrats on Wednesday wrote a letter to Republican President Donald Trump and his top officials urging a Just...
Mar 26, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) walks on the day of the Senate Democrats' weekly policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 25, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Peoria approves additional funding to help the homeless, including $205K grant from United Way
PEORIA, Ill. - Nonprofit group LULA Peoria is receiving additional funding to help the city's homeless with a nearly $205,000 grant for Heart of Illinois United Way. The grant will allow LULA to keep ...
Mar 26, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Bradley Braves end season with NIT loss to Chattanooga
PEORIA, Ill. - The Bradley Braves Men's basketball season came to a close Tuesday night...with a heart-breaking loss to the Chattanooga Mocs 67-65 in NIT quarter finals. The Braves end their season 28...
Mar 26, 2025 Bradley Braves lose to Chattanooga in the NIT quarter finals Tuesday night at Carver Arena 67-65. (Photo courtesy of Yvonne Greer).
Convicted "bodyless" killer loses appeal
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man, Allen Schimmelphennig, convicted in a "bodyless homicide" case from 2021, lost a bid to appeal the conviction Monday. Schimmelphennig is currently serving an 80-year sente...
Mar 25, 2025 (25 News)
Pekin approves land deal for medical parts plant, approves final cannabis dispensary
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin City Council voted unanimously Monday night to sell 67 acres of city-owned land to Singapore-based medical equipment maker Epic. The property at the Riverway Business Park, being s...
Mar 25, 2025
Nazis were treated better than Venezuelans deported by Trump, judge says at hearing
(Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court judge said on Monday that Nazis were given more rights to contest their removal from the United States during World War Two than Venezuelan migrants deported by the Tru...
Mar 25, 2025 Salvadoran police officers escort alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua recently deported by the U.S. government to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, as part of an agreement with the Salvadoran government, at the San Oscar Arnulfo Romero international airport in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador, in this handout image obtained March 16, 2025. Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
