Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Peoria County closes offices due to inclement weather Monday
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - A number of Peoria County facilities will be closed on Monday due to icy conditions on the roads. The Peoria County Courthouse, Veterans Assistance Commission, Peoria County Elec...
Jan 22, 2024
Peoria area gas prices have gone up again
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have gone up six cents a gallon in the past week, averaging $3.07 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of local stations. Prices in Peoria are just over three ...
Jan 22, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Activists "March For Life" in D.C. Friday
WASHINGTON, D.C. -A crowd of pro-life activists are expected to march on the national mall in Washington, D.C. Friday to show support for efforts to restrict abortion access. The annual rally, which c...
Jan 19, 2024 Trump White House Archived
Trump steps up attacks on Haley, courts her donors ahead of New Hampshire contest
CONCORD, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Donald Trump and his allies are going all out to deal Republican rival Nikki Haley a back-breaking blow in next week's New Hampshire primary, courting her donors, ba...
Jan 19, 2024 Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally ahead of the New Hampshire primary election, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S., January 17, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Biden administration cancels nearly $5 billion in student debt for 74,000 borrowers
(Reuters) - The Biden administration has approved debt cancellation of nearly $5 billion for an additional 74,000 student loan borrowers, the White House said in a statement on Friday. (Reporting by A...
Jan 19, 2024 The Library of Columbia University is seen as students walk the campus in New York, U.S., December 16, 2017. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/ File Photo
UPDATE: Peoria's main routes in good condition, Snowfighters move into residential areas
Updated 8:20 a.m. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's main roads for the most part are in good shape as of 8 a.m. Friday morning. Peoria Public Works' Nick McMillion says the Snowfighters are moving into the resi...
Jan 19, 2024 Peoria snowplow on the streets following the first real snow storm of 2024. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--TJ Carson)
Second impeachment hearing held on Capitol Hill for DHS' Mayorkas
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. House lawmakers on Thursday held a second and final impeachment hearing against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Fox News reports the House Homelan...
Jan 18, 2024 U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Resident escapes S. Peoria fire. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters were called to a South Peoria home Wednesday night. Crews arrived just after 9:30 p.m., finding smoke coming from the home on W. Ann Street, near S. Laramie. A resident of ...
Jan 18, 2024 Midwest Communications
US Justice Dept cites 'critical failures' in Uvalde school shooting response
(Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department found "critical failures" in the delayed police response to the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 children and two teachers, the department s...
Jan 18, 2024 Attendees hold candles during a vigil at Uvalde Memorial Park, one year after a gunman killed 19 children and two adults in Robb Elementary School, in Uvalde, Texas, May 24, 2023. REUTERS/ Evan Garcia/ File Photo
Pakistan fires retaliatory strike at Iran, stoking regional tension
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan said it used killer drones and rockets to strike separatist Baloch militants inside Iran on Thursday, in a retaliatory strike two days after Tehran said it attacked the b...
Jan 18, 2024 A man looks at a television screen after the Pakistani foreign ministry said the country conducted strikes inside Iran targeting separatist militants, two days after Tehran said it attacked Israel-linked militant bases inside Pakistani territory, in Karachi, Pakistan January 18, 2024. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
