Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Tazewell County to save taxpayers over $110K a year on mailings
PEORIA, Ill. - Tazewell County has found a way to save a significant amount of money on some of its government bulk mailings. Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman says KnowInk, the company Tazewell Cou...
Jul 24, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Trump shooter searched online for JFK assassination, FBI director says
UPDATED 2:52 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The 20-year-old gunman who tried to kill Donald Trump did an online search of the John F. Kennedy assassination around the time he began to focus attention on t...
Jul 24, 2024 FILE PHOTO: FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies during a Senate Appropriations Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on President Biden?s proposed budget request for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 4, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Missing NY man dies after being found in rural Peoria County
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - In what the Peoria County Sheriff describes as one of the most difficult searches ever done locally, authorities have found a missing 77-year-old man from Green Island, New York....
Jul 24, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Olympics-Salt Lake City confirmed as host of the 2034 Winter Olympic Games - IOC
PARIS (Reuters) - Salt Lake City was awarded the 2034 Winter Olympic Games on Wednesday following a vote of the International Olympic Committee. The U.S. city, which hosted the 2002 Winter Games, earn...
Jul 24, 2024 Paris 2024 Olympics - IOC Session 2030 & 2034 Announcements - Le Palais des Congres de Paris, Paris, France - July 24, 2024. International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach announces the Salt Lake City Utah as the location for the Winter Olympics 2034 during the IOC Session. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Protests and politics as Israel's Netanyahu addresses US Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be greeted by deep divisions among U.S. lawmakers, a distracted U.S. public and large protests on Wednesday as he addresses the U....
Jul 24, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Families of Israeli hostages gather ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to a joint meeting of Congress, at the National Mall in Washington, U.S., July 23, 2024. REUTERS/Craig Hudson/File Photo
Victim from Tuesday morning's homicide in Peoria identified
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner has identified a 31-year-old man killed early Tuesday morning when 20 shots were fired on Peoria's southside. Coroner Jamie Harwood says the victim, Quinterius...
Jul 24, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Gordon-Booth joins fellow Democratic delegates backing Kamala Harris
PEORIA, Ill. - With the presidential election roughly 100 days away, President Biden announced on Sunday that he was dropping out of the presidential race, endorsing his vice president, Kamala Harris,...
Jul 23, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: US Secret Service chief resigns following Trump assassination attempt
UPDATED 2:17 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned after the agency came under harsh scrutiny for its failure to stop a would-be assassin from wounding for...
Jul 23, 2024 U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle enters a House of Representatives Oversight Committee hearing on the security lapses that allowed an attempted assassination of Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 22, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo
US opens probe into Delta following widespread flight cancellations
(Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department said on Tuesday that it is opening an investigation into Delta Air Lines after the carrier canceled more than 5,000 flights since Friday as it struggles ...
Jul 23, 2024 FILE PHOTO: People speak to Delta agents as they try to rebook their travel plans after long delays following cyber outages affecting airlines at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., July 22, 2024. REUTERS/Megan Varner/File Photo
Harris closes in on nomination with delegates secured, to campaign in Wisconsin
(Reuters) - Vice President Kamala Harris will campaign in the critical battleground state of Wisconsin on Tuesday for the first time as a presidential candidate after enough Democratic delegates pledg...
Jul 23, 2024 U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at her Presidential Campaign headquarters in Wilmington, DE, U.S., July 22, 2024. Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERS
