Author Archives: Julia Bradley
New additions to Red, White & BOOM lineup
PEORIA, Ill. -- UnityPoint Health Red White and BOOM will have a new lineup of events leading into the launch of the fireworks display on July 4th. Starting at 9:10 p.m., the 182nd Airlift Wing of the...
Julia Bradley Jun 30, 2022
Ketanji Brown Jackson is sworn in as first Black woman on U.S. Supreme Court
UPDATED 1:08 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in on Thursday as a U.S. Supreme Court justice, making history as the first Black woman on the nation's top judicial body while ...
Julia Bradley Jun 30, 2022 Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is sworn in as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jackson’s husband Patrick Jackson holds the Bible at the U.S. Supreme Court that was broadcast online from the Supreme Court building in Washington, June 30, 2022. Supreme Court of the United States/via Reuters
West Bluff church closer to demolition
PEORIA, Ill. -- The long-abandoned Hale Memorial Church at Main and High Streets in Peoria is a step closer to demolition. The city's Historic Preservation Commission, which met in special session Wed...
Julia Bradley Jun 30, 2022 (25 News)
Illinois Fire Marshal announces retirement
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois State Fire Marshal Matt Perez is announcing his plans to retire, effective at the end of the month. Perez has served over 7 years as the State Fire Marshal and over 37 ye...
Julia Bradley Jun 29, 2022 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region
Russian missiles rain down on Ukraine as West pledges enduring support
KYIV (Reuters) - Russian forces struck targets in the Mykolaiv region of southern Ukraine on Wednesday and intensified attacks on fronts across the country as NATO members met in Madrid to plan a cour...
Julia Bradley Jun 29, 2022 A view of the explosion as a Russian missile strike hits a shopping mall amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a location given as Kremenchuk, in Poltava region, Ukraine in this still image taken from handout CCTV footage released June 28, 2022. CCTV via Instagram @zelenskiy_official/Handout via REUTERS
FDA advisers recommend change to COVID vaccine composition for fall
(Reuters) -Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday recommended a change in the design of COVID-19 booster shots this fall in order to combat more recently circulating variants of ...
Julia Bradley Jun 29, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are pictured at a booster clinic for 12 to 17-year-olds in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, U.S., January 9, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo
Two Mexicans charged after death of 51 migrants in sweltering Texas truck
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) -At least 51 migrants have died after being trapped inside a sweltering tractor-trailer truck found abandoned in Texas, authorities said on Tuesday, as two Mexican nationa...
Julia Bradley Jun 29, 2022 Law enforcement officers work at the scene where people were found dead inside a trailer truck in San Antonio, Texas, U.S. June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee Beal
U.S. to press Turkey as Finland, Sweden hope for NATO breakthrough
HELSINKI/MADRID (Reuters) - NATO hopefuls Finland and Sweden voiced optimism on Tuesday that Turkey might lift its veto over their stalled bid to join the military alliance at a summit in Madrid, wher...
Julia Bradley Jun 28, 2022 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez visit the NATO summit venue in Madrid, Spain June 28, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman
'Stacks of bodies': 46 dead migrants found in truck in Texas
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) -The bodies of 46 dead migrants were discovered inside a tractor-trailer on Monday in San Antonio, Texas, city officials said, in one of the most deadly recent incidents of human...
Julia Bradley Jun 28, 2022 Law enforcement officers work at the scene where people were found dead inside a trailer truck in San Antonio, Texas, U.S. June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee Beal
Driver hospitalized after single-vehicle crash overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighters were called to a single-vehicle accident just after 12 a.m. Tuesday in the area of W. Republic and Knoxville Avenue. Battalion Chief Lore Baxter said a two-door cou...
Julia Bradley Jun 28, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
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