Author Archives: Julia Bradley
State official: renewable investments 'best thing' to lower energy costs
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - With an increasing number of officials warning Illinois might struggle to meet its renewable energy goals, regulators and lawmakers met Tuesday to discuss h...
Feb 19, 2025 Illinois Power Agency director Brian Granahan speaks to lawmakers at a Capitol hearing. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Delta CEO says flight crew on Toronto plane that crashed was experienced
(Reuters) - Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said on Wednesday the flight crew on board the regional jet that flipped upside down upon landing in Toronto earlier this week was experienced. The crew on D...
Feb 19, 2025 The wreckage of a Delta Air Lines operated CRJ900 aircraft lies on the runway following a crash at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada February 18, 2025. REUTERS/Cole Burston
Zelenskiy says Trump is in disinformation bubble on Ukraine
(Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hit back on Wednesday at Donald Trump's suggestion that Ukraine was responsible for Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion, saying the U.S. president was...
Feb 19, 2025 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy gives a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 19, 2025, amid the Russian attack on Ukraine. TETIANA DZHAFAROVA/Pool via REUTERS
Investigation leads to large drug bust, guns found in Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. - A man is in custody in Tazewell County after Pekin Police seized over three kilos of cocaine and loaded guns. In a Facebook post, Pekin Police say the arrest concludes a three-month narc...
Feb 19, 2025 (Pekin Police Department--Facebook page)
Pritzker to call for expansion of 4-year degree offerings at some community colleges
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker plans to offer a proposal in his budget address Wednesday that would allow some community colleges to offer four-year baccalaureate degrees...
Feb 19, 2025 The Illinois Community College System headquarters is pictured in downtown Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Cold Weather Advisory from 9 PM Wednesday-9 AM Thursday (2/19-20)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 133 AM CST Wed Feb 19 2025 ILZ029>031-036>038-040>044-047>056-061>063-066>068-071>073-191600- /O.NEW.KILX.CW.Y.0007.25...
Feb 19, 2025
Families displaced by apartment garage fire in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Just after 10 p.m. Tuesday, Peoria firefighters were sent to a reported fire at the Versailles Hamlet Apartments on W. Loire Court. Fire Battalion Chief Rick Waldron says they found hea...
Feb 19, 2025 Midwest Communications
US Senate confirms Trump nominee Gabbard as intelligence chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tulsi Gabbard, a former U.S. representative with little intelligence experience, was confirmed as the top U.S. spy on Wednesday, as Republicans lined up behind a nominee once se...
Feb 12, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Former Representative Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be director of national intelligence, testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 30, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Israeli military calls up reservists as concern over Gaza ceasefire mounts
JERUSALEM/DUBAI (Reuters) -Israel's military has called up reservists in preparation for a possible resumption of fighting in Gaza if Hamas fails to meet a Saturday deadline to release more Israeli ho...
Feb 12, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Palestinians walk past the rubble of buildings destroyed during the Israeli offensive, on a rainy day, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City February 6, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas/File Photo
US consumer prices increase more than expected in January
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices increased more than expected in January, reinforcing the Federal Reserve's message that it was in no rush to resume cutting interest rates amid growing unce...
Feb 12, 2025 FILE PHOTO: An employee checks pears at a 365 by Whole Foods Market grocery store ahead of its opening day in Los Angeles, U.S., May 24, 2016. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
