Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Arson cause of overnight fire in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria fire crews were called around 2:45 a.m. Thursday to a home in the area of W. Freemont and S. Ligonier Streets. Fire Battalion Chief Jeffrey Hascall said firefighters arrived to ...
Julia Bradley Oct 06, 2022 liz west / CC
Update: Thailand mass shooting kills 38 at daycare center
BANGKOK (Reuters) -Ex-cop kills 38 in gun and knife rampage at Thai children's daycare center. A former policeman killed 38 people, including 22 children, in a knife and gun rampage at a daycare cente...
Julia Bradley Oct 06, 2022 People gather outside of a daycare center's scene of a mass shooting in the town of Uthai Sawan, 500 km (310 miles) northeast of Bangkok in the province of Nong Bua Lamphu, Thailand October 6, 2022. Sakdipat Boonsom/Handout via REUTERS
Illinois' gubernatorial candidates ready to debate
PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois' top two candidates for Governor are poised to face off in a primetime debate this evening, which will be broadcast all across the state. Democratic incumbent and hotel-fortun...
Julia Bradley Oct 06, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Putin formalizes annexation of shrinking occupied territory in Ukraine
KYIV (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin formally incorporated four partially-occupied Ukrainian regions into Russia on Wednesday, a move Kyiv condemned as a meaningless land grab dreamt up by "a col...
Julia Bradley Oct 05, 2022 A member of the Ukrainian National Guard fires a D-30 howitzer towards Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine October 5, 2022. REUTERS/Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy
Illinoisans warned about flood car scams
CHICAGO, Ill. -- A short supply mixed with flood damage from Hurricane Ian is causing concern about used vehicle scams, and not just in Florida. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is warning reside...
Julia Bradley Oct 05, 2022 Midwest Communications/University of Illinois Extension
Biden to tour storm-damaged Florida, meet with DeSantis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to Florida on Wednesday and pledge support to help the state recover from the Hurricane Ian during a visit that includes a meeting with Gove...
Julia Bradley Oct 05, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a reception to celebrate the Jewish New Year, in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Country music star Loretta Lynn dies at 90
(Reuters) - Loretta Lynn, the coal miner's daughter and moonshiner's wife who became one of American country music's biggest stars and a leading feminist, died on Tuesday at the age of 90, her family ...
Julia Bradley Oct 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Musicians Kacey Musgraves and Loretta Lynn perform "You're Lookin' at Country" during the 48th Country Music Association Awards in Nashville, Tennessee November 5, 2014. REUTERS/Harrison McClary
White Bison at Wildlife Prairie Park dies
PEORIA, Ill. -- Tatanka, a rare white bison at Wildlife Prairie Park, has died. Park CEO Roberta English says staff noticed the bison didn't come up for his regular feeding on Saturday, September 24th...
Julia Bradley Oct 04, 2022 (25 News)
Trump sues CNN claiming defamation, seeks $475 million in punitive damages
(Reuters) -Former U.S. president Donald Trump sued CNN for defamation on Monday, seeking $475 million in punitive damages and claiming the network had carried out a "campaign of libel and slander" aga...
Julia Bradley Oct 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he attends a rally in Warren, Michigan, U.S., October 1, 2022. REUTERS/Chery Dieu-Nalio/File Photo
17th District debate fills the house at Bradley
PEORIA, Ill. -- It was a full room at Bradley University's Alumni Center on Monday night for a debate between Illinois' 17th congressional district hopefuls. Republican candidate Esther Joy King has a...
Julia Bradley Oct 04, 2022 (25 News)