Author Archives: Julia Bradley
LaGuardia controller staffing may have violated procedures on night of collision, document shows
By Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK, March 31 (Reuters) - Air traffic controller staffing at LaGuardia airport on the night an Air Canada jet collided with a fire truck may have violated the facility's proc...
Mar 31, 2026 FILE PHOTO: The wreckage of an Air Canada Express jet that collided with a ground vehicle on Monday at New York's LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York, U.S., March 24, 2026. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Garage fire causes $60K damage and injures firefighter in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to a detached garage fire on Monday evening that resulted in $60,000 damage and displacing three residents. Battalion Chief Cornell Brooks said crews arriv...
Mar 31, 2026 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Peoria firefighters rescue dog from fire Monday evening
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to a fire near Monroe and Spring Streets Monday evening that caused roughly $20,000 damage. Battalion Chief Larry Carter said crews arrived around 5:40 p.m...
Mar 31, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
Major US airports return to normal as TSA workers get paid
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) - Major U.S. airports that suffered massive disruptions for weeks after 50,000 Transportation Security Administration security officers went unpaid s...
Mar 30, 2026 Passengers wait in a TSA security checkpoint queue that stretches through Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) in Baltimore, Maryland., U.S., March 29, 2026. REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz
In Illinois, a short-term guardianship can help youths during ICE deportations
Article Summary Short-term guardianship is a process that allows another adult to become the legal guardian of a child for up to one year. This process can be a protective measure and only implemented...
Mar 30, 2026 Form CFS 44-2, also known as the short-term guardianship form, allows parents in Illinois to appoint temporary custody for their children during a crisis. (Medill Illinois News Bureau photo by Olivia Ardito)
Iran calls US peace proposals 'unrealistic', oil rises amid new missile strikes
By Alexander Cornwell, Trevor Hunnicutt and Asif Shahzad TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD March 30 (Reuters) - Iran described U.S. proposals to end a month of war in the Middle East as "unrealistic, illo...
Mar 30, 2026 Foreign Ministers Badr Abdelatty of Egypt, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, Ishaq Dar of Pakistan and Hakan Fidan of Turkey meet to discuss regional de-escalation, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in Islamabad, Pakistan, March 29, 2026. Muammer Tan/Turkish Foreign MinistryHandout via REUTERS
Trump again warns Iran to open Strait of Hormuz
WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Monday the United States was in talks with a "more reasonable regime" to end the war in Iran but repeated his warning to Tehran to open ...
Mar 30, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump talks to members of the media aboard Air Force One en route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., March 29, 2026. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Thousands attend third 'No Kings' protest in Peoria
By Angeles Ponpa PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Organizers say more than 8,000 people showed up Saturday afternoon for the third "No Kings" protest and rally on Peoria's War Memorial Drive. Across the count...
Mar 30, 2026 "No Kings" protesters lined the sidewalks on Peoria's War Memorial Drive on Saturday. (25 News)
Two people LifeFlighted after Farmington crash on Sunday
FARMINGTON, Ill. -- Two people on a motorcycle were airlifted to a Peoria hospital after a crash Sunday evening in Farmington. The crash involving a car and the motorcycle happened around 8:10 p.m. at...
Mar 30, 2026 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Peoria gas prices unchanged, as national average nears $4 mark
PEORIA, Ill. - The average price of gas in the Peoria/Pekin metro area is holding steady at $4.02 per gallon. Data from GasBuddy and AAA Illinois shows that Peoria's prices are unchanged in the last w...
Mar 30, 2026 Orin Zebest / CC
