Author Archives: Julia Bradley
US consumer spending beats expectations in September
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending increased slightly more than expected in September, putting it and the economy on a higher growth trajectory heading into the final three months of the ye...
Oct 31, 2024 FILE PHOTO: People shop in a supermarket in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., June 10, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Lebanon, Israel could agree to ceasefire within days, Lebanese prime minister says
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon's prime minister expressed hope on Wednesday that a ceasefire deal with Israel would be announced within days as Israel's public broadcaster published what it said ...
Oct 31, 2024 Smoke billows over the UNESCO-listed port city of Tyre after Israeli strikes following Israeli military's evacuation orders, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, southern Lebanon October 28, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer
Baseball-Dodgers beat Yankees in wild World Series finale
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Los Angeles Dodgers mounted a comeback for the ages to beat the New York Yankees 7-6 in Game Five on Wednesday and win their first World Series since 2020. The Dodgers trailed ...
Oct 31, 2024 Oct 31, 2024; New York, New York, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers celebrate after winning the 2024 MLB World Series against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images
Harris and Trump court Latino voters in battleground Nevada
MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump will court Hispanic voters on Thursday trips to Nevada, the smallest of the seven swing states expected to play a deci...
Oct 31, 2024 Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S., October 30, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
ComEd execs joked Madigan co-defendant was 'double agent,' utility's former top lawyer testifies
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - For decades, electric utility Commonwealth Edison renewed its contract with top Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain - in part because of his strategic abilities, but al...
Oct 30, 2024 The Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago, where former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is on trial for bribery, racketeering, extortion and wire fraud. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
Peoria Council approves 2025 budget, votes down keeping property taxes at current rate
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's City Council Tuesday night approved the $282 million proposed budget for 2025. City Manager Patrick Urich says next year's budget puts money towards streets, sewers and stormwa...
Oct 30, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
In U.S. swing states, officials brace for conspiracy theories and violence
DETROIT (Reuters) - With the U.S. election days just away, officials in the most competitive battleground states are bracing for misinformation, conspiracy theories, threats and possible violence. In ...
Oct 30, 2024 A vote challenger watches as election clerks process absentee ballots for the presidential election and feed them into a tabulator ahead of the polls closing November 5 at the Huntington Place in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. October 28, 2024. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
Man burned in Creve Coeur fire on Monday
CREVE COEUR, Ill.. - A man suffered burns, and two cats died in a fire Monday morning in Creve Coeur. Fire Chief Roger Ristow says crews were called to a home in the 400 block of S. Highland Avenue ar...
Oct 30, 2024 Midwest Communications
Elevated Fire Danger on Wednesday (10/30)
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Lincoln IL 333 AM CDT Wed Oct 30 2024 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-310000- Knox-Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Fulton-Tazewell-McLean-Schu...
Oct 30, 2024
It's Halloween week at Soderstrom Castle on Grandview Drive
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Halloween happenings are underway at the Castle on Grandview Drive. Thea Hartzler, Estate Manager at Soderstrom Family Castle in Peoria Heights, invites families to come experie...
Oct 29, 2024 The Castle on Grandview Drive is lit up and decorated for Halloween festivities all this week. (Photo courtesy of Soderstrom Castle Facebook page)
