Author Archives: Julia Bradley
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
Trump picks Pam Bondi for US Attorney General after Gaetz withdraws
(Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he would nominate former Florida Attorney General and loyalist Pam Bondi to be U.S. Attorney General, moving swiftly to replace his former...
Nov 22, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump makes a point about gun safety in schools while Attorney General Pam Bondi (R-FL) listens during a meeting with local and state officials about improving school safety at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 22, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
FBI, DHS leaders decline to testify publicly about threats facing US
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI Director Christopher Wray and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Thursday declined to appear publicly before a U.S. Senate committee to discuss national secur...
Nov 21, 2024 FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks during a meeting of the Department of Justice’s Election Threats Task Force at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S., September 4, 2024. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon
Madigan ally testifies he was rewarded with no-work contracts as 'good soldier' for speaker
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - The first time Ed Moody ever took a vacation with his wife was a decade ago, marking their 25th wedding anniversary. Prior to that, Moody used all his vacation days -...
Nov 21, 2024 Former Cook County Commissioner Ed Moody, a loyal foot soldier for ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, testified this week at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Madigan’s trial. (Capitol News Illinois illustration; courthouse photo by Hannah Meisel; Moody headshot courtesy of the Cook County Recorder of Deeds Office)
Civic Center: Special "Wicked" Pre-sale ends 11/26
PEORIA, Ill. - The musical "Wicked" is coming to the Peoria Civic Center Theater next summer, but buyers can purchase tickets during a special pre-sale through Tuesday, 11/26. Civic Center General Man...
Nov 21, 2024 (Peoria Civic Center)
Google must divest Chrome to restore competition in online search, DOJ says
(Reuters) -Alphabet's Google must sell its Chrome browser, share data and search results with rivals and take other measures - including possibly selling Android - to end its monopoly on online search...
Nov 21, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The logo for Google is seen at a Google store in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Israel, Hezbollah trade deadly blows despite ceasefire talks
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah traded deadly blows on Thursday as their war raged on despite signs of progress in U.S. ceasefire efforts, with airstrikes pounding Beirut's...
Nov 21, 2024 Smoke rises from Beirut southern suburbs after an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Ashrafieh, Lebanon, November 21, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
