Author Archives: Julia Bradley
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices still dropping ahead of Thanksgiving holiday
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped 2.2 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.12 on Monday, according to GasBuddy. Prices in Peoria are 19.7 cents a gallon lower than a mo...
Nov 25, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
UPDATE: Israel moving towards Hezbollah ceasefire but issues remain, spokesperson says
UPDATED: 7:25 A.M. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel is moving towards a ceasefire in the war with Lebanon's Hezbollah but there are still issues to address, the government said on Monday, while the Israel...
Nov 25, 2024 Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs, after an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, seen from Baabda, as Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport is pictured in the background, Lebanon November 24, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
PPS leader Kherat named Illinois Superintendent of the Year
CHICAGO, Ill. - Peoria Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat has been named the 2025 Illinois Superintendent of the Year. The Illinois Association of School Administrators (IASA) c...
Nov 23, 2024 (Peoria Public Schools Facebook)
Man seriously injured in East Bluff shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Police say a man suffered life-threatening injuries in a shooting early Saturday morning in Peoria's East Bluff. PPD Spokesperson Semone Roth says officers responded to a ShotSpotter al...
Nov 23, 2024
Hyundai recalls over 145,000 electrified US vehicles on loss of drive power
(Reuters) - South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motor is recalling about 145,235 electrified vehicles in the United States due to a loss of drive power, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration sa...
Nov 23, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Hyundai displays the new Ioniq 6 vehicle at the 2022 Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Trump taps Scott Bessent for Treasury, capping long drama over choice
(Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump on Friday said he will nominate prominent investor Scott Bessent as U.S. Treasury secretary, ending days of twists that saw high profile candidates pitted again...
Nov 23, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Key Square Group founder Scott Bessent speaks at a campaign event for Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump in Asheville, North Carolina, U.S. August 14, 2024. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake/File Photo
Arson suspected in fire that injured a Peoria firefighter
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria firefighter was injured while fighting a fire that appears to have been intentionally set Friday night. Crews responded to a fire call around 7:15 p.m. Friday to a vacant home ...
Nov 23, 2024 Midwest Communications
Ex-Chicago Ald. Danny Solis, who secretly recorded Madigan for FBI, takes witness stand
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - It's been a month since the jury in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal corruption trial last heard the name of star government witness Danny Soli...
Nov 22, 2024 The Dirksen Federal Courthouse is pictured in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
East Peoria's 40th Festival of Lights kicks off this weekend
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - East Peoria's Festival of Lights is celebrating 40 years, kicking things off this weekend with the Parade of Lights Saturday night. East Peoria's Jill Peterson says this year's par...
Nov 22, 2024 (East Peoria Festival of Lights Facebook page)
US Northwest avoids 'bomb cyclone' but deluged by 'atmospheric river'
(Reuters) - The northwestern U.S. avoided getting hit by a second "bomb cyclone" on Thursday when the storm's fury came up short of forecasts, but an ongoing "atmospheric river" deluged northern Calif...
Nov 22, 2024 A ferry sails along East River during a rainy day in New York City, U.S. November 21, 2024. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
