Author Archives: Julia Bradley
United adding non-stop service between Peoria and Denver
PEORIA, Ill. - United Airlines and Peoria's Wayne A. Downing International Airport are announcing daily, non-stop service between Denver and Peoria. Airport Director Gene Olson says the new flights wi...
Dec 19, 2024 neymanjr / Depositphotos.com
Prosecution rests in Madigan trial as defense calls witness dropped from feds' list
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - After calling 50 witnesses over the last two months, prosecutors in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal corruption trial rested their case Wednesd...
Dec 19, 2024 Ex-lobbyist Mike McClain (left), longtime confidant to former House Speaker Michael Madigan (right), are pictured in previous appearances at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago in relation to their public corruption trials. (Capitol News Illinois photos by Andrew Adams)
Georgia appeals court disqualifies prosecutor Fani Willis in Trump 2020 election case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Georgia appeals court ruled on Thursday that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified from prosecuting U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and several o...
Dec 19, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis attends a hearing on the Georgia election interference case, March 1, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Alex Slitz/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Wisconsin shooter contacted California man planning separate attack, reports say
(Reuters) - The teenage girl who killed a teacher and fellow student at her Wisconsin school this week was in contact via text message with a California man who was planning his own mass shooting, acc...
Dec 19, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Mourners gather for a candlelight vigil at the Wisconsin State Capitol building a day after a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School, in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. December 17, 2024. REUTERS/Cullen Granzen/File Photo
Amazon workers go on strike in US ahead of Christmas rush as union seeks contract talks
(Reuters) - Amazon.com workers at seven U.S. facilities walked off the job early on Thursday during the holiday shopping rush, aiming to pressure the retailer into contract talks with their union. War...
Dec 19, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A person works at the Amazon warehouse, busy on Prime Day, in Melville, New York, U.S., July 11, 2023. REUTERS/Soren Larson/File Photo
US Congress has two days to avert shutdown after Trump rejects spending bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress has two days to avert a partial government shutdown after Republican President-elect Donald Trump rejected a bipartisan deal late on Wednesday and demanded law...
Dec 19, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol building is pictured at sunset on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 22, 2019. REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File Photo
East Peoria takes final action on new police station, adopts flat property tax levy
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - East Peoria's city council members approved a contract Tuesday night to build a new police station, taking credit for holding the line on property taxes. The council voted unanimou...
Dec 18, 2024 (City of East Peoria/FGM Architects)
Feds set to rest case in Madigan trial; defense prepares to call first witnesses
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Though he wouldn't get a formal diagnosis of dementia until a few years - and one felony plea - later, former state Rep. Eddie Acevedo told FBI agents and government ...
Dec 18, 2024 Former Democratic state Rep. Eddie Acevedo and his attorney Gabrielle Sansonetti exit the Dirksen Federal Courthouse last week after being ordered to testify in ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
US House panel to release ethics report on Matt Gaetz, CNN reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House Ethics Committee has voted to release its report on former Republican Representative Matt Gaetz, CNN reported on Wednesday, saying the panel's findings could be m...
Dec 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Then-Rep. Matt Gaetz (FL) speaks on Day 3 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 17, 2024. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo
Return of NASA astronauts from space station further delayed until late March
(Reuters) - NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore's return to Earth will be further delayed until at least late March, the agency said, taking what should have been an eight-day stay on the ...
Dec 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: NASA astronauts Sunita Williams, Nick Hague, Barry Wilmore, and Donald Pettit unbox Thanksgiving meals, from the International Space Station (ISS), in this screen grab taken from a handout video, released on November 26, 2024. NASA/Handout via REUTERS/ ile Photo
