Author Archives: Julia Bradley
As tax season begins, the IRS is already getting behind. Here's what we know
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Tax season officially got underway on Monday, but issues with the IRS are already piling up. A report by the National Taxpayer Advocate - an independent watchdog group within the ag...
Jan 29, 2024 Midwest Communications
Peoria area gas prices even higher this week. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have jumped over 16 cents in the last week, averaging $3.23 on Monday, according to GasBuddy. Prices in Peoria are nearly 17 cents higher than a month ago, ...
Jan 29, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Biden backs Senate border deal, vows to 'shut down the border' when overwhelmed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Friday that the border deal being negotiated in the U.S. Senate was the "toughest and fairest" set of reforms possible and vowed to "shut down the bor...
Jan 27, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a speech during a campaign event at the Mother Emanuel AME Church, the site of the 2015 mass shooting, in Charleston, South Carolina, U.S., January 8, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
IDOT: Pothole repairs are going on statewide
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) is asking drivers to slow down and move over for road crews that are busy repairing potholes on the state's highways and interstate...
Jan 27, 2024 DDohler / CC
Explainer-What Republicans and Democrats want to do on US-Mexico border security
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. Congress are blocking emergency funding for Ukraine as lawmakers try to negotiate a deal to tighten security along the U.S.-Mexico border. WHY ARE REPUBLI...
Jan 26, 2024 The U.S.-Mexico border is seen near Sasabe, Pima County, Arizona, U.S. September 8, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/ File Photo
Peoria Rescue Ministries takes on new name and focus
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Rescue Ministries is now PATHWAY Ministries. The organization's Executive Director John Rocke says the new name aligns with a focus on long-term change, not just emergency servic...
Jan 26, 2024 Peoria Rescue Mission is changing its name to PATHWAY Ministries. This brochure shows the mission's new logo and message. (1470/100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Trump, Carroll press cases in defamation trial, jury begins deliberations
UPDATED 3:10 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump should pay the writer E. Jean Carroll "dearly" for defaming her and denying he raped her, likely in the tens of millions of dollars, Carroll's lawyer...
Jan 26, 2024 Former U.S. President Donald Trump departs for his second civil trial after E. Jean Carroll accused Trump of raping her decades ago, outside a Trump Tower in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., January 26, 2024. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
NASA's historic Mars helicopter Ingenuity grounded for good after 72 flights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NASA said on Thursday its Mars robot helicopter Ingenuity, the first vehicle to achieve powered, controlled flight on another world, has been grounded for good after flying dozen...
Jan 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Ingenuity Mars Helicopter flies over Mars in an undated illustration provided by Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Trump, Carroll to wrap up defamation trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The writer E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit against Donald Trump is likely headed for a jury on Friday, after lawyers for both sides offer final arguments on how much Trump damaged Carro...
Jan 26, 2024 E. Jean Carroll walks outside Manhattan Federal Court on the day of the second civil trial, after she accused former U.S. President Donald Trump of raping her decades ago, in New York City, U.S., January 25, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid
Loyal customer gives Schooners employees a $30K tip.
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. (25 News) - A long-time customer showed incredible generosity to the employees of Schooners in Peoria Heights. The anonymous customer gave each of the 30 employees a $1,000 check ...
Jan 26, 2024 Schooner's sign outside the restaurant on War Memorial Drive in Peoria Heights. (25 News)
