Author Archives: Julia Bradley
US producer prices rise moderately in June
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. producer prices increased moderately in June, further confirmation that inflation had resumed its downward trend and strengthening the case for a September interest rate cu...
Jul 12, 2024 People display merchandise for pedestrians around Times Square, in New York, U.S., December 25, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
Peoria County rejects GFL's plan for a transfer station
PEORIA, Ill. - With Peoria's city and county landfill in Edwards getting closer to capacity, and no alternative location available, Peoria County Board members want to keep searching for an Environmen...
Jul 12, 2024 (25 News)
Sorensen calls on President Biden withdraw from the presidential race
PEORIA, Ill. - U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen (D-Moline), whose district includes areas of Central Illinois, is calling on President Joe Biden to step aside in his campaign for re-election. Sorensen, who rep...
Jul 12, 2024 (Rep. Eric Sorensen via Zoom-screenshot)
Fed seen nearing rate cuts as inflation eases
(Reuters) -Federal Reserve policymakers looking for signs that inflation is back on track to their 2% goal got that in spades Wednesday as a government report showed consumer prices unexpectedly fell ...
Jul 11, 2024 U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on "The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress," on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 9, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt
Pelosi, Clooney, Democratic senators raise new doubts about Biden
WASHINGTON/DALLAS (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden faced fresh doubts on Wednesday about his re-election chances from heavyweights Nancy Pelosi and George Clooney, who may influence other Democrati...
Jul 11, 2024 Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
NATO to back Ukraine as Biden faces growing pressure to drop out of presidential race
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NATO leaders will end their summit on Thursday with a clear focus on backing Ukraine and countering what the allies say is the growing threat Russia poses to Europe, as U.S. Pre...
Jul 11, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy shake hands on the day of signing a new security agreement between the United States and Ukraine, in Fasano, Italy, June 13, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
UPDATE: PPD investigating death of man found shot in vehicle overnight as a homicide
UPDATED 1:50 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A man is dead after apparently being shot early Thursday morning in Peoria. Peoria Police Spokesperson Semone Roth says officers were conducting a traffic stop on W. G...
Jul 11, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria man jailed on multiple gun charges
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police arrested a man on multiple weapons charges after a traffic stop early Wednesday morning. Officers stopped a vehicle driven by 20-year-old Cartel Barnett in the area of Uni...
Jul 10, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Biden, NATO set to announce Ukraine aid, stress membership pledge at summit
UPDATED 3:13 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and leaders of other NATO member states are set to announce new aid and stress a membership pledge for Ukraine at a summit in Washingto...
Jul 10, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden walks, with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, France's President Emmanuel Macron, and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban standing together behind him, as they attend NATO's 75th anniversary summit in Washington, U.S., July 10, 2024. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Federal grant will pay for more electric buses for CityLink
PEORIA, Ill. - The federal government is spending nearly $15 million on electric buses for Peoria's public transit system. Battery-powered electric buses will replace the Greater Peoria Mass Transit D...
Jul 10, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Will Stevenson)
