Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Inmate's murder plans foiled by PCSO staff
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County Jail inmate has been charged with trying to arrange the murder of a man he's accused of shooting back in April. A grand jury on Tuesday indicted 43-year-old Aubrae Harpe...
Aug 22, 2024 (Peoria County Jail)
Israeli tanks push deeper into Gaza, as Biden urges peace
CAIRO (Reuters) - Israeli forces pressed deeper into areas of the central and southern Gaza Strip as they battled Hamas fighters, while Palestinian health officials said on Thursday that Israeli strik...
Aug 22, 2024 An Israeli soldier gestures on a top of a tank as Israeli military vehicles manoeuvre, near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, August 21, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Peoria's Duck Race for the Center for Prevention of Abuse returns Saturday
PEORIA, Ill. - The 36th annual Duck Race benefiting Peoria's Center for Prevention of Abuse is back this weekend. The Center's Carol Merna says they have about 3,000 ducks still up for adoption, havin...
Aug 21, 2024 david010167 / Depositphotos.com
Car fire spreads to home overnight
PEORIA, Ill. - A car fire overnight in Peoria spread to a nearby home. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Ryan Calhoun says crews were called to NE Madison Avenue around midnight Wednesday morning, finding a...
Aug 21, 2024 D4E / CC
Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza after Blinken ends visit with truce deal still elusive
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli airstrikes across Gaza killed at least 50 Palestinians in the past 24 hours, Palestinian health authorities said on Wednesday, as the military said troops continued...
Aug 21, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Palestinians walk in an area damaged during the Israeli offensive, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip August 20, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File Photo
In primetime DNC speech, Pritzker leans into role of benevolent billionaire
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Cheered on by an Illinois delegation watching from the floor of the United Center, Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday night embraced an identity that's generally proven alie...
Aug 21, 2024 PRITZKER: Gov. JB Pritzker delivers his primetime address Tuesday evening at the Democratic National Convention. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
UPDATE: 15-year-old arrested after shooting Tuesday night in South Peoria
UPDATED 4:45 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A 15-year-old boy is charged with Attempted Murder and multiple weapons charges after allegedly shooting another teenager Tuesday night in South Peoria. Peoria Police ...
Aug 21, 2024 1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Obama night at the DNC: Barack, Michelle rouse crowd for Harris
CHICAGO (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama delivered a one-two punch at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night, urging Americans to back Kamala Harr...
Aug 21, 2024 Former U.S. President Barack Obama takes the stage during Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 20, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid
New state law officially bans corporal punishment in all schools
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - This year, Illinois becomes the fifth state in the nation to prohibit corporal punishment of any kind in all schools. Gov. J-B Pritzker signed into law earlier this month legislati...
Aug 20, 2024 archideaphoto / Depositphotos.com
Israeli military retrieves bodies of six hostages from Gaza
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel retrieved the bodies of six hostages from the Khan Younis area in southern Gaza, the military said on Tuesday, as negotiations continued in an effort to bring back more th...
Aug 20, 2024 A combination picture shows undated handout images of Israeli hostages Alex Dancyg, Yoram Metzger, Yagev Buchshtab, Chaim Peri and Abraham Munder and hostage Nadav Popplewell, who were kidnapped in the deadly October 7 attack by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. Courtesy of Bring Them Home Now/The Hostages Families Forum/Handout via REUTERS
