Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Peoria gas prices down a few cents, as prices nationally are the lowest since January
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have fallen 5.3 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.32 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Prices in Peoria are 6...
Oct 28, 2024 Orin Zebest / CC
Trump headlines Madison Square Garden rally after vulgar, racist remarks from allies
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump headlined a rally at New York's Madison Square Garden on Sunday that began with a series of vulgar and racist remarks by allies of th...
Oct 28, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, in New York, U.S., October 27, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
E. coli infections tied to McDonald's burgers rise to 75, US FDA says
(Reuters) -The number of people infected by the E. coli outbreak tied to McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburgers increased to 75 from 49, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday. Of the 61,...
Oct 25, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburger, fries and a coke, are seen in an illustration picture taken in New York City, U.S., October 24, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
South Side Mission sign ups for holiday meals underway
PEORIA, Ill. - For 53 years, Peoria's South Side Mission has provided holiday meals for people in need at Thanksgiving and Christmas. The Mission's Rich Draeger says it's time now to sign up for Thank...
Oct 25, 2024 bhofack2 / Depositphotos.com
'My client is the speaker': Jury hears wiretapped calls of Madigan co-defendant, longtime friend
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - By early 2019, Mike McClain had been a fixture around the Statehouse in Springfield for the better part of 50 years, first as a Democratic lawmaker in the 1970s and t...
Oct 25, 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)
Blinken says it is imperative to reach diplomatic resolution in Lebanon
LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday there was a real sense of urgency in getting to a diplomatic resolution to end the conflict in Lebanon between Israel and Iran-a...
Oct 25, 2024 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi in London, Britain, October 25, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/Pool
Trump gains with Hispanic men, Harris up with white women, Reuters/Ipsos polls show
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Donald Trump has nearly erased Democrats' longstanding advantage among Hispanic men ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election when he will face Democrat Kamala Harris...
Oct 25, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a campaign event sponsored by conservative group Turning Point Action, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. October 24, 2024. REUTERS/Ronda Churchill
Student arrested after possible threat at Washington Community High School
WASHINGTON, Ill. - A possible safety risk to students at Washington Community High School has been resolved. In an email to families, Superintendent Kyle Freeman said school officials, along with Wash...
Oct 25, 2024 (25 News)
PPD warns public about counterfeit $100 bills in the area
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Police Department wants the public to know that counterfeit $100 bills are circulating through Peoria area businesses. Over the last few weeks, officers have taken numerous r...
Oct 25, 2024 sandsun / Depositphotos.com
ComEd exec testifies utility prepared for bankruptcy before 2011 law threw it a lifeline
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - In 2006, electric utility Commonwealth Edison was riding out the last year of a decadelong state-mandated rate freeze, which had put the company in "dire" financial s...
Oct 24, 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)
