Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Illini Bluffs basketball coach on leave after internal investigation
PEORIA, Ill. - An Illini Bluffs High School coach remains off the sidelines due to an internal investigation. Boys Basketball Coach Clay Vass has been placed on leave while the district investigates a...
Jan 14, 2025 (Illini Bluffs High School--Facebook)
Canton student arrested after threat to high school
Canton Police arrested a Canton High School student Monday afternoon after an investigation of a threat he allegedly made against the school. 18-year-old Noah Bates was charged with felony disorderly ...
Jan 14, 2025 (Canton High School Facebook page)
UPDATE: Los Angeles firefighters on alert for return of extreme winds
UPDATED 7:59 A.M. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles firefighters braced on Tuesday for a new round of intense winds that could fuel two monstrous wildfires that have already killed at least 24 peopl...
Jan 14, 2025 Rescue personnel look for hazards and remains at the site of a burned building during the Eaton fire in Altadena, California, U.S., January 13, 2025. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
US judge allows DOJ to release report on Trump's election subversion case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday cleared the way for the U.S. Justice Department to publicly release a portion of former Special Counsel Jack Smith's report on President-elect Donald T...
Jan 13, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks after a meeting with Republicans in Congress at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, U.S. January 8, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo
Lawmakers ease requirements for those seeking to change their name
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - A measure awaiting Gov. JB Pritzker's signature will help protect transgender people and victims of domestic violence who seek to change their names, according to...
Jan 13, 2025 Olickal: Rep. Kevin Olickal, D-Chicago, speaks to staff on the House floor. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria Public Works moves into residential areas on Monday
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Public Works will begin clearing and treating residential streets on Monday. Street crews have been working to treat and clear Peoria's main arterial streets since Friday. With t...
Jan 13, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Greenland's leader ready to talk to Trump
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede said on Friday he was ready to speak with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who has said he wants control over the Arctic island, and urged r...
Jan 13, 2025 Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and the Chairman of Naalakkersuisut, Mute B. Egede attend a press conference in the Mirror Hall at the Prime Minister's Office, at Christiansborg in Copenhagen, Friday, January 10, 2025. Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices unchanged as oil prices continue to rise
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria are unchanged in the last week, averaging $3.18 a gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Peoria's prices are 1.5 cents ...
Jan 13, 2025 Mike Mozart / CC
Qatar gives Israel, Hamas final draft of Gaza truce deal after midnight talks 'breakthrough', official says
DOHA/CAIRO (Reuters) -Mediator Qatar gave Israel and Hamas a final draft of a deal to end the war in Gaza on Monday, after a midnight "breakthrough" in talks attended by U.S. President-elect Donald Tr...
Jan 13, 2025 Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City January 13, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
UPDATE: Dangerous winds forecast to resume in fire-stricken Los Angeles
UPDATE: 11:27 A.M. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Dangerously high winds were expected to return to Los Angeles on Monday, jeopardizing efforts to extinguish two massive wildfires that have leveled whole nei...
Jan 13, 2025 Remains of a Tesla electric car, destroyed by the Palisades Fire are seen, at the Pacific Palisades neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 13, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake
