Author Archives: Julia Bradley
ISP highlighting opportunities for women with all-female recruitment event
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - For the first time, Illinois State Police will host an all-women recruitment event on Tuesday, March 18 in Springfield. Sgt. Tracy Lillard says women are encouraged to come explore...
Mar 14, 2025 An Illinois State Police squad car is pictured in a file photo. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Reg Flag Warning issued for 1PM-9PM Friday (3/14)
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 220 AM CDT Fri Mar 14 2025 ILZ027>031-036>038-141930- /O.UPG.KILX.FW.A.0001.250314T1800Z-250315T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.FW.W.0002.250...
Mar 14, 2025
Wind Advisory from 1PM Friday-4PM Saturday (3/14-15)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 244 AM CDT Fri Mar 14 2025 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-141930- /O.EXT.KILX.WI.Y.0004.250314T1800Z-...
Mar 14, 2025
UPDATE: The likelihood of severe storms Friday remains high
PEORIA, Ill. - Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to make their way into Central Illinois Friday evening. 25 News First Alert Meteorologist Brian Walder says the main focus of Friday's weathe...
Mar 14, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: Putin backs US ceasefire idea for Ukraine, but says many details need to be sorted out
UPDATED 12:15 P.M. MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia agreed with U.S. proposals for a ceasefire in Ukraine, but that any truce would have to deal with the root c...
Mar 13, 2025 Russia's President Vladimir Putin addresses commanders as he visits a control centre of the Russian armed forces in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the Kursk region, Russia, March 12, 2025, in this still image taken from video. Russian Pool/Reuters TV via REUTERS
White House withdraws Trump's pick Dave Weldon for CDC director
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House is withdrawing President Donald Trump's nomination of Republican former congressman and vaccine critic Dave Weldon to serve as director of the U.S. Centers for Di...
Mar 13, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014.
Wind Advisory in effect Friday 1PM-1AM Saturday (3/14-15)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 236 AM CDT Thu Mar 13 2025 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-132100- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0004.250314T1800Z-...
Mar 13, 2025
'Right to Play' bill that would affect high school athletes advances in House
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - A House committee advanced a bill Wednesday that would give high school student athletes the right to participate in both school-sponsored teams and non-school te...
Mar 13, 2025 Rep. Janet Yang-Rohr, left, and Carmel Catholic High School student Libby Magnone testify before a House committee on legislation that would let high school student athletes compete on both school-sponsored and nonschool teams in the same sport during the same season. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
NASA, SpaceX delay flight that was to retrieve stuck astronauts
(Reuters) -NASA and SpaceX on Wednesday delayed the launch of a replacement crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station that would have set in motion the long-awaited homecoming of U.S....
Mar 13, 2025 NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 crew members Commander Anne McClain and Pilot Nichole Ayers, both of U.S., react as they depart the Operations & Checkout Building at the Kennedy Space Center for transport to Launch Complex 39-A ahead of their launch to the International Space Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., March 12, 2025. Reuters/Joe Skipper
US agencies face Thursday deadline to submit mass layoff plans
(Reuters) -The potential scale of President Donald Trump's efforts to shrink the U.S. federal government could become clearer on Thursday, the deadline for government agencies to submit plans for a se...
Mar 13, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A sign marks the headquarters of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 20, 2025.
