Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Netanyahu says Gaza plan can begin before terms fully agreed - media
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli media quoted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as saying on Monday that the first phase of a U.S.-promoted plan to wind down the Gaza war, entailing a limited hostage rel...
Jun 03, 2024 A Palestinian woman stands next to a house hit in an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, June 3, 2024. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed
GasBuddy: Local gas prices continue to fall post-Memorial Day
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped 3.4 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.71 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Peoria's prices are 4...
Jun 03, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
UPDATE: Woman from Normal identified as victim in fatal Interstate 74 crash near East Peoria
UPDATED 3:38 P.M. EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A 32-year-old female from Normal has been identified as the victim in the fatal crash on Interstate 74 Friday morning near Pinecrest. Tazewell County Coroner Char...
May 31, 2024 Traffic on eastbound I-74 near the Washington Street exit was shut down Friday morning after a crash involving a semi and another vehicle. --(IDOT Camera)
US imposes visa restrictions on Chinese, Hong Kong officials, State Dept says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is imposing new visa restrictions on Chinese and Hong Kong officials over guilty verdicts in the National Security Law trial of pro-democracy organizers in Hong...
May 31, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. and Chinese flags are seen in this illustration taken, April 24, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Multi-vehicle crashes shut down eastbound I-74 Thursday night
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - Illinois State Police responded to a four-vehicle crash on I-74 near Morton Thursday night near Dee-Mac Road involving a semi and three cars. The accident happened around 8:52 ...
May 31, 2024 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Ban on 'captive audience' meetings, AI regulations among 466 bills to pass this session in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A bill banning what unions refer to as employer-sponsored "captive audience" meetings about religion and politics has cleared both chambers of the General A...
May 31, 2024 The Illinois Capitol dome is pictured through the trees in Springfield. Lawmakers adjourned their spring session this week after passing 466 bills this year. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Last two suspects wanted for Peoria Heights shooting incident arrested
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Police say all three suspects wanted for a shooting incident at a Peoria Heights gas station have now been arrested. The post on the Peoria Heights Police Department's Facebook ...
May 31, 2024 (Peoria Heights Police)
Peorian faces possible life sentence for 2021 fatal shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A second man has been convicted for a 2021 shooting that took the life of a 17-year-old Peoria Manual High School student. A Peoria County jury deliberated around an hour to find 22-yea...
May 31, 2024 22-year-old Gary Irby Mugshot (Peoria County Jail)
PPS: Woodruff Career & Technical Center expanding programs next year
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Public Schools' Woodruff Career and Technical Center is expanding, adding new courses of study and offering programs to a wider range of students starting next year. Dr. Susan Gr...
May 30, 2024 Culinary students at Peoria Public Schools' Woodruff Career & Technical Center this year had 3 first place finishers in the Skills USA State Event --(Woodruff Center Facebook Page)
Factbox-Over 196,000 still without power in Texas and Arkansas after storms
(Reuters) - More than 196,000 homes and businesses in Texas and Arkansas were still without power on Thursday after storms battered the region earlier in the week, according to meteorologists and data...
May 30, 2024 Wreckage is strewn across a property the day after a deadly series of tornados hit the central United States, in Valley View, Texas, U.S. in a still image from aerial video. ABC Affiliate WFAA via REUTERS/ File Photo
