Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Rivian rolls 100,000th vehicle off the line in Normal
NORMAL, Ill. -- Rivian Automotive has rolled its 100,000th vehicle off the production line in Normal, Illinois. The news comes just days after the electric vehicle maker announced nearly 14,000 EVs we...
Apr 04, 2024 The 100,000th vehicle has rolled off he line at Rivian's plant in Normal, Illinois.
(Rivian Automotive Facebook)
Texas, CDC say bird flu detected in person exposed to dairy cattle
CHICAGO (Reuters) -Texas and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday reported a case of avian influenza in a person who had contact with dairy cows presumed to be infected ...
Apr 04, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Cows are walked outside the exhibition hall during the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S., October 3, 2018. REUTERS/Ben Brewer/ File Photo
Center for Prevention of Abuse helping to raise awareness about child abuse and prevention all month
PEORIA, Ill. - April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. And, preventing that abuse, whether sexual or otherwise, is part of the mission of Peoria's Center for Prevention of Abuse. "January through the e...
Apr 03, 2024 The Center for Prevention of Abuse has an ad wrapped around a CityLink bus about human trafficking. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US private payrolls post largest gain in eight months in March
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. private payrolls increased more than expected in March, pointing to continued labor market strength. Private payrolls rose by 184,000 jobs last month, the most since last Ju...
Apr 03, 2024 FILE PHOTO: People waiting in a line are seen reflected in a car window outside a newly reopened career center for in-person appointments in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud/File Photo
Cool $1 billion Powerball jackpot up for grabs
(Reuters) - Lottery players across the United States will be scurrying to purchase their Powerball tickets on Wednesday with hopes of striking it rich by winning the whopping $1.09 billion jackpot, th...
Apr 03, 2024 A Powerball lottery sign along a freeway displays the latest billion dollar prize in San Diego, California, U.S., April 2, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake
East Peoria approves $122 million budget
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - East Peoria's City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve a $122 million budget for fiscal year 2025. Some of the largest appropriated expenses in that budget are for t...
Apr 03, 2024 (Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Second channel opens around collapsed Baltimore bridge, but not for shipping
(Reuters) - Recovery teams opened a second channel enabling smaller vessels to navigate the Port of Baltimore on Tuesday but most commercial shipping remains blocked by the collapsed bridge and strand...
Apr 03, 2024 A view of continuing recovery efforts at the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in the Patapsco River in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., April 2, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Millis
UPDATE: Nine dead in Taiwan's strongest earthquake in 25 years, 50 missing
UPDATED: 7:10 A.M. HUALIEN, Taiwan (Reuters) -Taiwan's biggest earthquake in at least 25 years killed nine people on Wednesday, injuring more than 900, while 50 hotel workers were missing en route to ...
Apr 03, 2024 Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te inspects the damage following the earthquake, in Hualien, Taiwan in this Taiwan Presidential Office handout image released April 3, 2024. Taiwan Presidential Office/Handout via REUTERS
Blues Traveler and Big Head Todd & the Monsters coming to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Two bluesy bands are coming to the Peoria Riverfront this summer. Grammy Award-winning Blues Travel is co-headlining the "Blue Monsters Tour 2024" with Big Head Todd and the Monsters. T...
Apr 02, 2024 (Blues Traveler Facebook Page)
FOREIGNER bringing Farewell Tour to Peoria with Loverboy
PEORIA, Ill. - Two iconic bands...together in one night. FOREIGNER, known for its Classic Rock hits "Juke Box Hero", "Hot Blooded", "Urgent" and "Cold As Ice", is bringing its Farewell Tour to the Peo...
Apr 02, 2024 (FOREIGNER Facebook Page)
