Author Archives: Julia Bradley
US East Coast dockworkers strike, halting half the nation's ocean shipping
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Dockworkers on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast began a strike early on Tuesday, their first large-scale stoppage in nearly 50 years, halting the flow of about half the nation's ...
Oct 01, 2024 A worker moves shipping containers at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in, Newark, New Jersey, U.S., September 30, 2024. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs
Former Peoria radio personality experiences first hurricane with Helene
GREENVILLE, S.C. - Residents of Georgia, Florida and the Carolinas are still reeling from Hurricane Helene last week, with over 100 storm-related deaths so far. Rick Hirschmann, formerly of Midwest Co...
Sep 30, 2024 Satellite images of Hurricane Helene (National Hurricane Center)
UPDATE: West Peoria man released from custody after allegedly robbing gas station
UPDATED 6:21 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A West Peoria man has been released from custody following his arrest in connection to an armed robbery Saturday night. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office say...
Sep 30, 2024 (Peoria County Jail)
AT&T sells stake in DirecTV to TPG for $7.6 billion
(Reuters) -AT&T said on Monday it would sell its entire 70% stake in satellite TV provider DirecTV to private equity firm TPG for $7.6 billion, exiting a business marked by declining distributions...
Sep 30, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The company logo for AT&T is displayed on a screen on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., September 18, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Hezbollah says it is ready for any Israeli land invasion in Lebanon
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Hezbollah fighters are ready to confront any Israeli ground invasion of Lebanon, the group's deputy leader Naim Qassem said on Monday in his first public address since Israel killed ...
Sep 30, 2024 People clear debris from shops damaged in an Israeli strike, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Kola, central Beirut, Lebanon September 30, 2024. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices still falling
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped six cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.37 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Prices in Peoria are ...
Sep 30, 2024 Orin Zebest / CC
SpaceX capsule for stuck astronauts docks at space station
(Reuters) - A SpaceX Crew Dragon space capsule, which is due to bring home stuck astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams next year, arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, accor...
Sep 29, 2024 FILE PHOTO: NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams pose ahead of the launch of Boeing's Starliner-1 Crew Flight Test (CFT), in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., April 25, 2024. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo
Kris Kristofferson, influential singer-songwriter, dies at 88
(Reuters) -Kris Kristofferson, who became one of the most influential American singer-songwriters of his time with works such as "Me and Bobby McGee," as well as becoming a successful actor, died Satu...
Sep 29, 2024 Kris Kristofferson, tribute to Johnny Cash, New York, April 6, 1999.
UPDATE: Closing ceremony for Vietnam Traveling Memorial Sunday
UPDATE EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A closing ceremony at the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall will begin at noon Sunday. The Memorial Wall, a 3/5th scale replica of the memorial in Washington D.C., has been on...
Sep 29, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Ukraine's Zelenskiy presents 'victory plan' to Trump at New York meeting
UPDATED 2:01 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy presented his war "victory plan" to Donald Trump during a closed-door meeting on Friday, after the Republican presidential...
Sep 27, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meet at Trump Tower in New York City, U.S., September 27, 2024. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
