Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Emergency crews respond to rollover crash near Mapleton
PEORIA, Ill. - Police and firefighters were called to the scene of a fiery crash on Rt. 24 Wednesday night, just east of Rt. 9, near Mapleton. Rt. 24 was shut down in both directions for a little over...
Jun 20, 2024 (25 News)
There are plenty of ways to explore and keep cool at Peoria Riverfront Museum
PEORIA, Ill. - If you're looking for fun things to do this week indoors, look no further than the Peoria Riverfront Museum. Renae Kerrigan, the Museum's Curator of Science and Planetarium Director, sa...
Jun 19, 2024 "Sharks" exhibit will be on display through Labor Day Weekend at Peoria Riverfront Museum. (Peoria Riverfront Museum Facebook)
Peoria County Sheriff investigating attempted kidnapping in Bellevue
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office is investigating a possible attempted kidnapping. In a release, Sheriff Chris Watkins says deputies were called around 7 p.m. Tuesday to the 50...
Jun 19, 2024
On US-Mexico bridge, two sides of Biden border crackdown
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - A group of migrants walked into Mexico on Saturday against pedestrian traffic on the international bridge between El Paso and Ciudad Juarez minutes after being deport...
Jun 19, 2024 Venezuelan migrant Yenny Cisneros sits with her daughter, and other migrants after being admitted into the United States using the CBP One app, outside a shopfront in El Paso, Texas, U.S., June 14, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Hay
At least one dead due to New Mexico wildfires, thousands evacuated
(Reuters) - At least one person died due to the wildfires in New Mexico which have also led to the evacuation of thousands of people and damaged hundreds of structures, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham...
Jun 19, 2024 A USDA Forest Service hotshot firefighter returns from battling the blaze and assisting with evacuations caused by the South Fork Fire in Ruidoso, New Mexico, U.S. June 17, 2024. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee Beal
Biden, Clintons raise over $8 million at fundraiser in critical Virginia
MCCLEAN, Virginia (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's re-election effort raised $8.1 million at a fundraiser on Tuesday in Virginia, where Biden, joined by former President Bill Clinton and former ...
Jun 19, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden, former U.S. Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton participate in a discussion moderated by Stephen Colbert, host of CBS's "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert", during a campaign fundraising event at Radio City Music Hall in New York, U.S., March 28, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Explainer-What is Juneteenth and how are people marking the day?
(Reuters) - Juneteenth, a day that marks the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans, is always observed on June 19 each year. It became a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, following the signing of a bil...
Jun 19, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A man holds a Juneteenth flag as people gather to celebrate Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in Texas, two years after the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves elsewhere in the United States, in Galveston, Texas, U.S., June 19, 2022. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare//File Photo
Trump decries state of economy in Wisconsin city where his promise of jobs fell short
RACINE, Wisconsin (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sought to present himself as the best candidate for the U.S. economy at a Tuesday rally in Racine, Wisconsin, where a local ...
Jun 19, 2024 Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a campaign event, in Racine, Wisconsin, U.S. June 18, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Baseball legend Willie Mays, all-around great of America's pastime, dead at 93
(Reuters) -Willie Mays, the Hall of Fame centerfielder whose all-around skills made him one of greatest baseball players of all time, died on Tuesday at the age of 93, Major League Baseball announced....
Jun 19, 2024 May 7, 2021; San Francisco, California, USA; San Francisco Giants retired center fielded Willie Mays (24) celebrates his 90th birthday with fans at Oracle Park before the start of the game against the San Diego Padres. Mandatory Credit: Neville E. Guard-USA TODAY Sports
UPDATE: Russia's Putin and North Korea's Kim sign mutual defence pact
UPDATED 3:16 P.M. SEOUL (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a deal with North Korea's Kim Jong Un on Wednesday that included a mutual defence pledge, one of Russia's most significant mo...
Jun 19, 2024 Russian President Vladimir Putin is welcomed by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un upon his arrival at an airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this image released by the Korean Central News Agency June 19, 2024. KCNA via REUTERS
