Author Archives: Julia Bradley
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices up a bit, as prices are expected to keep rising in the weeks ahead
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's average gas prices have gone up about 2.5 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.18 on Monday. GasBuddy says Peoria's prices are just over 13.5 cents higher than a month...
Jan 06, 2025 Mike Mozart / CC
Peoria's Snowfighters hard at work after the season's first real snowfall
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Public Works says the City's main, arterial streets are in good condition and very drivable as of 4:30 a.m. Monday. Snow accumulations within Peoria remained below 2 inches. Extr...
Jan 06, 2025 Peoria snowplow on the streets following the first real snow storm of 2024. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--TJ Carson)
US agencies worry New Orleans truck attack may inspire copycats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies are concerned about copycat vehicle-ramming attacks following the New Year's Day attack in New Orleans by a U.S. Army veteran, acco...
Jan 03, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Debris is left along Bourbon Street after a pickup truck was driven into a large crowd in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. January 1, 2025. Geoff Burke/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS/File Photo
Ahead of Central Illinois' biggest snowfall of the season, I-DOT says pack some extra patience
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - With four to six inches of snow forecast for Central Illinois on Sunday, the Illinois Department of Transportation wants you to ask yourself one question...Do I really need to be o...
Jan 03, 2025 A Peoria County Highway Department snow plow works to clear roads in the Dunlap area during a winter storm on January 9th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Biden blocks sale of U.S. Steel to Japan's Nippon Steel
WASHINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden officially blocked Nippon Steel's proposed $14.9 billion purchase of U.S. Steel on Friday, dealing a probably fatal blow to the contentious merger ...
Jan 03, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Nippon Steel logo is displayed at the company's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan April 1, 2024. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
EV maker Rivian beats expectations for deliveries as supply snag eases
(Reuters) - Rivian surpassed analysts' expectations for fourth-quarter deliveries on Friday and said its production was no longer constrained by a component shortage, a positive sign for the electric ...
Jan 03, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Workers assemble second-generation R1 vehicles at electric auto maker Rivian's manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois, U.S. June 21, 2024. REUTERS/Joel Angel Juarez/File Photo
Collins: 2-5 inches of snow possible in Central Illinois on Sunday
UPDATED 4:25PM PEORIA Ill. - 25NEWS HAS ISSUED A FIRST ALERT WEATHER DAY FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SUNDAY. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE TOMORROW NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL A...
Jan 03, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Winter Storm Watch Sunday - Monday morning (1/5-1/6)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 158 AM CST Fri Jan 3 2025 .A winter storm is targeting portions of the lower Midwest between Saturday night and Monday evening, brin...
Jan 03, 2025
Notre Dame fans from Peoria traveled to New Orleans for football, but their trip will be remembered for a deadly terrorist attack
NEW ORLEANS - Some people from the Peoria area were among the crowds visiting New Orleans for the New Year and for the college football playoffs. They ended up being a little too close for comfort whe...
Jan 02, 2025 BETH CRIDER PICTURE
US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly fall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits unexpectedly fell last week, pointing to low layoffs at the end of 2024, consistent with a healthy labor mar...
Jan 02, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
