Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Trump hands out french fries in Pennsylvania, Harris visits Georgia churches in swing-state appeals
ATLANTA/PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -With the U.S. presidential election just over two weeks away, Democrat Kamala Harris visited two churches on Sunday while her Republican rival, Donald Trump, visited an...
Oct 21, 2024 Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania, U.S. October 20, 2024. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS
US, Canadian navies sail through Taiwan Strait week after war games
TAIPEI (Reuters) -A U.S. and a Canadian warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait together on Sunday less than a week after China conducted a new round of war games around the island, with Be...
Oct 21, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A Navy miniature is seen in front of displayed Chinese and Taiwanese flags in this illustration taken, April 11, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
US envoy to hold ceasefire talks in Lebanon; Israel targets Hezbollah's finances
BEIRUT (Reuters) -U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein held talks with Lebanese officials in Beirut on Monday on conditions for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah after Israel struck branches across Lebano...
Oct 21, 2024 Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri meets with U.S. special envoy Amos Hochstein in Beirut, Lebanon October 21, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Peoria gas prices nearly unchanged as the national median price dips below $3.00
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped 0.8 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.38 a gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Prices in ...
Oct 21, 2024 Orin Zebest / CC
Drone launched at Netanyahu home in northern Israel, spokesman says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A drone was launched towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home in the northern Israeli town of Caesarea on Saturday, his spokesman said, adding that the premier was...
Oct 19, 2024 Israeli police set a roadblock on a street in Caesarea, following a drone attack from Lebanon towards Israel amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel October 19, 2024 REUTERS/Rami Shlush
Expect road closures and construction starting Monday
PEORIA, Ill. - Portions of I-474 at the Airport Road interchange will close overnight for three consecutive nights beginning Oct. 21. The closures will occur as follows, with detours posted: Oct. 21: ...
Oct 19, 2024 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond, File
ISP trooper killed in crash while on duty Friday
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - An Illinois State Police trooper was killed in a two-vehicle crash Friday in Champaign County. The trooper is identified by ISP as 28-year-old Corey Thompsen. He had worked almost fi...
Oct 19, 2024 ISP Trooper Corey Thompson was killed while on duty in Champaign County Friday afternoon. (Illinois State Police)
Harris, Trump court early voters; Usher, Lizzo on the campaign trail
(Reuters) - Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump hit the campaign trail on Saturday, pressing their case with voters from Georgia to Pennsylvania who are already starting to cast ballots...
Oct 19, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris' face appears as a video plays on a screen, during a rally at Huntington Place in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. October 18, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Several pets die in Peoria fire Friday night
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to reports of a residential fire Friday night in the 2100 block of N. Machin Avenue. Fire Battalion Chief Tom Stimeling says around 8:20 p.m., crews found ...
Oct 19, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Risk of field fires increases this harvest with windy and dry conditions
CENTRAL ILLINOIS - Farmers are being encouraged to take steps to avoid field fires during dry and breezy weather conditions. There is an elevated fire risk for Central Illinois due to an abnormally dr...
Oct 18, 2024 Chalabala / Depositphotos.com
