Author Archives: Julia Bradley
UPDATED: Peoria County Coroner says crash victim not yet pronounced dead
UPDATED 10:57 A.M. PEORIA/KNOX COUNTIES, Ill. - Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says the victim in the crash has not been pronounced dead yet. He says further testing is being conducted Wednesday ...
Apr 24, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Trump hush money trial: what we've learned so far
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York on criminal charges of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels shortly befor...
Apr 24, 2024 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump walks with his attorney Todd Blanche, as his criminal trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016 continues, at Manhattan state court in New York City, U.S., April 23, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid/Pool
Peoria considering two new TIF district agreements
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria is considering a pair of special agreements that could bring more business to the city by way of tax increment financing (TIF) districts. At Tuesday night's city council meeting,...
Apr 24, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Biden signs Ukraine aid, TikTok ban bills after Republican battle
UPDATED 10:14 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden signed a hard-fought bill into law on Wednesday that provides billions of dollars of new U.S. aid to Ukraine for its war with Russia, notch...
Apr 24, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks after signing into law a bill providing billions of dollars of new aid to Ukraine for its war with Russia, at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 24, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Biden rule grants overtime pay to 4 million US workers
(Reuters) -The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled a rule extending mandatory overtime pay to an estimated 4 million salaried workers, going even further than an Obama-era r...
Apr 23, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden walks towards Marine One with staff as he departs the White House en route to Tampa, Florida, in Washington, U.S., April 23, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
IL State comptroller welcomes ratings upgrade from Moody's
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Comptroller Susana Mendoza says bond rating agencies take notice when Illinois puts more money toward its Rainy Day and Pension Stabilization Funds. Moody's Analytics on Tuesday ch...
Apr 23, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Illinois Comptroller's Office)
UPDATE: Israel steps up strikes across Gaza, orders new evacuations in north
UPDATED 1:19 P.M. (Reuters) - Israeli strikes intensified across Gaza on Tuesday in some of the heaviest shelling in weeks, residents said, and the army ordered fresh evacuations in the north of the e...
Apr 23, 2024 A Palestinian man sits on the rubble of a house destroyed by Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the northern Gaza Strip, April 22, 2024. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Pekin passes tax hikes and fees to help with budget
PEKIN, Ill. -Pekin's City Council on Monday night passed several measures to raise taxes and fees, as the city faces a $12 million deficit. In the upcoming fiscal year, Pekin will be required to compl...
Apr 23, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: US Senate votes overwhelmingly to advance Ukraine, Israel aid legislation
UPDATED 2:11 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Billions of dollars in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan advanced in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, heading for a vote on final passage days after the Hou...
Apr 23, 2024 FILE PHOTO: View of the U.S. Capitol prior to a House of Representatives vote on legislation providing $95 billion in security assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 20, 2024. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo
Chicago officer shot and killed over the weekend
CHICAGO, Ill. - A Chicago police officer was shot and killed on his way home from work Sunday morning, yet another tragic victim of the gun violence that continues to wreak havoc on the Windy City eve...
Apr 22, 2024 Tony Webster / CC
