Author Archives: Julia Bradley
UPDATE: Shooting in Peoria Wednesday night leaves two injured
UPDATED 8:40 a.m. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert Wednesday night on N. Avalon, indicating 11 shots were fired. Sgt. Amy Dotson says just after 9 p.m., officers found a w...
Nov 14, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Republicans win majority of US House seats in government sweep, Edison projects
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump's Republican Party will control both houses of Congress when he takes office in January, Edison Research projected on Wednesday, enabling him to pus...
Nov 14, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A view of the U.S. Capitol, following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's bid for immunity from federal prosecution for 2020 election subversion in Washington, U.S., July 1, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo
Local group trying to block wind farm projects in Peoria County
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - A grassroots group, "No To Peoria County Windmills", is trying to put a stop to four proposed windmill projects. Farmer Dan Hines tells WMBD's "Greg and Dan", the first project, ...
Nov 13, 2024 (Notopeoriacountywindmills.com)
'This is the way things are done in Illinois': Defense attorneys begin cross-examining star witness
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois)- The former chief lobbyist for electric utility Commonwealth Edison has spent the last week telling a federal jury how he bent over backward to accommodate hiring reque...
Nov 13, 2024 A Commonwealth Edison-branded manhole cover sits outside the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago, where former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is on trial for allegedly taking bribes from ComEd, along with other alleged acts of corruption. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
Fire closes Busy Corner Restaurant in Goodfield
GOODFIELD, Ill. - A fire early Wednesday morning has forced the Busy Corner Restaurant in Goodfield to close. The owners said in a Facebook post that thankfully, none of the staff was there at the tim...
Nov 13, 2024 D4E / CC
Lawmakers return to Springfield as projected budget deficit looms
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois lawmakers returned to Springfield Tuesday for the first time since May following news earlier this month that they're facing a projected $3.2 billion bud...
Nov 13, 2024 Sen. Chapin Rose, R-Mahomet, speaks at a news conference at the Illinois Capitol in Springfield with fellow Republican senators on Tuesday, Nov. 12. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Russia stages first missile attack on Kyiv since August, Ukraine says
KYIV (Reuters) -Blasts boomed across Kyiv on Wednesday morning after officials said Russia launched its first missile attack on the Ukrainian capital since August, forcing elderly women and small chil...
Nov 13, 2024 Firefighters work at the site where an industrial area was hit by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv region, Ukraine November 13, 2024. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv region/Handout via REUTERS
Biden, Trump to meet at White House for transition talks after Harris defeat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will host President-elect Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday for a meeting designed to demonstrate a smooth transition between administrations desp...
Nov 13, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden walks to deliver remarks on the 2024 election results and the upcoming presidential transition of power, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., November 7, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Republican Rick Scott banks on Trump ties in his bid to lead the Senate
WASHINGTON - He's a wealthy Floridian who has taken aim at fellow Republicans while pushing to consolidate power in Washington, and his name is not Donald Trump. But like the president-elect, Rick Sco...
Nov 13, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Senator Rick Scott (FL) speaks during Day 2 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 16, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
Peoria's 2025 budget passed without property tax break or grocery tax
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria residents will not get a property tax break in the budget passed by the city council Tuesday night. The $288 million FY 2025 budget does include over $43 million to cover employe...
Nov 13, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
