Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Peoria Heights bakery busy baking up Valentine's treats this week
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Not everyone wants flowers for Valentine's Day, but most everyone loves chocolate. Trefzger's Bakery in Peoria Heights has been preparing for Valentine's Day for over a week, ma...
Feb 13, 2024 Chocolate covered Strawberries and cupcakes for Valentines Day at Trefzgers Bakery in Peoria Heights. (Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Florist shop in the Heights buzzing ahead of Valentine's Day
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - For florists, Valentine's Day and Mother's Day are their two busiest days of the year. Prospect Florist in Peoria Heights was buzzing on Thursday, as arrangers pulled together h...
Feb 13, 2024 An assortment of colored roses ready for Valentine's Day at Prospect Florist in Peoria Heights, Illinois. (Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Referendum signs vandalized and stolen in Metamora. Here's what we know
METAMORA, Ill. - Signs supporting Metamora Grade School's tax referendum proposal were stolen over the weekend, but school board members are still hoping residents will vote in favor of a tax increase...
Feb 13, 2024 (25 News)
Yemen's Houthis strike cargo ship bound for Iran, causing minor damage
DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) -Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis fired two missiles on Monday at an Iran-bound cargo ship in the Red Sea, causing minor damage to the vessel but no injuries, U.S. military official...
Feb 13, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A cargo ship boat model is seen in front of "Red Sea" and "Houthi attacks" words in this illustration taken January 9, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
UPDATE: U.S. Senate passes Ukraine aid bill, sends to House
Updated: 5:55 a.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Democratic-led U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed a $95.34 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, amid growing doubts about the legislation's fate ...
Feb 13, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol Building is seen in Washington, U.S., August 15, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Wurm/File Photo
Israel frees two hostages, Gaza officials say airstrikes kill 67
DOHA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli rescue operation freed two Israeli-Argentine hostages held by Hamas militants in Rafah on Monday, but supporting airstrikes killed nearly 70 Palestinians in the s...
Feb 12, 2024 Fernando Simon Marman and Louis Hare, two Israeli hostages who, according to the Israeli military, were freed in a special forces operation in Rafah, Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, reunite with loved ones at the Sheba Medical Center, in Ramat Gan, Israel, February 12, 2024. Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS
Peoria car fire causes $30K in damages on Sunday
PEORIA, Ill. - A car fire in Peoria on Sunday caused $30,000 in damages after spreading to a home nearby. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Ryan Calhoun says crews responded to the fire around 11:40 a.m., f...
Feb 12, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Off-duty cops stop female shooter at Joel Osteen's Houston megachurch
(Reuters) -Two off-duty law enforcement officers in Houston took down a woman who opened fire on Sunday at Lakewood Church, one of the largest evangelical churches in the U.S. led by televangelist Joe...
Feb 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Vehicles queue to deliver supplies for Hurricane Harvey evacuees at the nondenominational Lakewood Church, founded by pastor Joel Osteen, in Houston, Texas, U.S. August 29, 2017. REUTERS/Ernest Scheyder/File Photo
Peoria area gas prices rising, expected to go even higher. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have risen 4.8 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.26 a gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Prices in Peoria are 2...
Feb 12, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Israeli PM orders military plan to evacuate Rafah and defeat Hamas
DOHA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered Israel's military on Friday to draw up a dual plan to evacuate Palestinian civilians from the crowded southern Gazan city of Rafah ...
Feb 09, 2024 Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 8, 2024. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
