Author Archives: Julia Bradley
US House seeks to bypass Republican disarray with stopgap spending bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday was poised to avert a partial government shutdown next week, even as a large number of Republicans were prepared to revolt against...
Sep 25, 2024 A seagull walks in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S., September 20, 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo
Israeli warplanes hit Lebanon again as Hezbollah takes aim at central Israel
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel unleashed more airstrikes on Lebanon on Wednesday and Hezbollah militants fired salvoes of rockets into Israel in the heaviest exchanges between the arch-foes in a ...
Sep 25, 2024 Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system operates for interceptions as rockets are launched from Lebanon towards Israel, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, as seen from Haifa, Israel, September 24, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Illinois Supreme Court rulings address FOID seizures, hospital room privacy
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois Supreme Court last week vacated a lower court ruling and reinstated a statute that authorizes the state to revoke a person's Firearm Owners Identific...
Sep 24, 2024 A statue is pictured outside of the Illinois Supreme Court chamber. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
What do we need to know about Covid-19 now?
PEORIA, Ill. - As we move into Fall, are Covid-19 numbers on the rise? Dr. Brian Curtis, with OSF HealthCare in Peoria, says not necessarily. He says the virus has definitely hit an endemic phase. "We...
Sep 24, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Oil firms evacuating US Gulf of Mexico staff as major hurricane looms
HOUSTON (Reuters) -U.S. oil producers were scrambling on Monday to evacuate staff from Gulf of Mexico oil production platforms as the second major hurricane in two weeks was predicted to tear through ...
Sep 24, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A worker climbs up to the next level of Chevron's Petronius oil platform, located 100 miles (161 km) off the coast of New Orleans, in the Gulf of Mexico June 3, 2008. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi/File photo
Pekin student facing consequences after comments about a gun
PEKIN, Ill. - A student at Rankin School in Pekin is facing discipline after making a potentially threatening comment. School administrators of the K-8 school learned last Thursday that a student had ...
Sep 24, 2024 (25 News)
Peoria Public Schools sees tip line as crime-fighting tool
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Public Schools safety officers are getting more tips since they switched to an anonymous phone app, tip411. The app can be used to report bullying, potential fights, incidents ou...
Sep 24, 2024 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Disaster declaration approved for Fulton County after July storms
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - President Biden signed a federal Major Disaster Declaration on Monday authorizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Individual Assistance program for Cook, Fulton, H...
Sep 23, 2024 (Fulton County ESDA)
Trump says he will not run again if he loses in November, 'that will be it'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Donald Trump said that he will not make a fourth consecutive run for the U.S. presidency if he loses the Nov. 5 election, saying "that will be it" in an interview rel...
Sep 23, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures at a campaign rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S., September 21, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices still dropping
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped nearly 5.5 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.43 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Peoria's pri...
Sep 23, 2024 Orin Zebest / CC
