Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Greater Peoria Honor Flight tours Washington D.C.
PEORIA, Ill. - The 30th Greater Peoria Honor Flight is scheduled to take off from Peoria International Airport early Tuesday morning, bound for Washington D.C. The plane, filled with 75 veterans and t...
Apr 30, 2024 (Greater Peoria Honor Flight)
UPDATE: Columbia threatens to suspend pro-Palestinian protesters after talks fail
UPDATED 12:49 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -Columbia University's president said on Monday that talks with pro-Palestinian protesters over the dismantling of an encampment on the Ivy League campus had fail...
Apr 29, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Students continue to maintain a protest encampment at Columbia University in support of Palestinians, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 28, 2024. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo
US lawmakers strike deal to boost aviation safety, will not raise pilot retirement age
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House and Senate negotiators said early Monday they had reached a deal to boost air traffic controller staffing and boost funding to avert runway close-call incidents, but w...
Apr 29, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Pilots from United Airlines take part in an informational picket at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., May 12, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
Biden jabs Trump in election-year roast at correspondents' dinner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden delivered an election-year roast on Saturday night at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner as protesters outside criticized his supp...
Apr 29, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks with Kelly O'Donnell as they attend the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, U.S., April 27, 2024. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Peoria crews respond to two-vehicle crash with entrapment. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to a two-vehicle accident on N. Knoxville Avenue Sunday night with entrapment. Fire Battalion Chief Ryan Calhoun says around 9:10 p.m., they found one vehi...
Apr 29, 2024 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
UPDATE: US, Britain urge Hamas to accept Israeli truce proposal
UPDATED 12:52 P.M. RIYADH (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday urged Hamas to swiftly accept an Israeli proposal for a truce in the Gaza war and the release of Israeli hostages ...
Apr 29, 2024 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a Joint Ministerial Meeting of the GCC-U.S. Strategic Partnership to discuss the humanitarian crises faced in Gaza, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 29, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool
Gaza truce or Rafah assault? Netanyahu faces political dilemma
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Far-right allies of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are raising pressure on the embattled leader to reject a new Gaza ceasefire, jeopardizing his government's stability...
Apr 29, 2024 A Palestinian child reacts in a damaged house at the site of an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, April 29, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
Dozens of tornadoes strike Oklahoma, killing at least four
(Reuters) -At least four people died, including a four-month-old baby, and scores were injured in Oklahoma this weekend after dozens of twisters swept the U.S. Southern Plains, while weather alerts on...
Apr 29, 2024 A man walks past a damaged building after it was hit by a tornado the night before in Sulphur, Oklahoma, U.S. April 28, 2024. Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman/USA Today Network via REUTERS
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices continue to drop
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have fallen almost 4.5 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.73 a gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy. Peoria prices are just about 3 cents lowe...
Apr 29, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Former Pere Marquette developers appeal sentences
PEORIA, Ill. - As expected, former Pere Marquette developers Gary Matthews and Monte Brannan have appealed their case after being convicted of fraud and money laundering. The pair were convicted of tr...
Apr 26, 2024 (25 News)
