Author Archives: Julia Bradley
US judge threatens ICE chief with contempt, orders court appearance
Jan 27 (Reuters) - The chief judge of Minnesota's federal court ordered the acting chief of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to appear in court on Friday to personally explain why that agency ...
Jan 27, 2026 Federal agents fire munitions toward demonstrators near the site where a man identified as Alex Pretti was fatally shot by federal agents trying to detain him, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 24, 2026.REUTERS/Tim Evans
Illinois Music Education Conference returns to the Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. - The state's premier professional development event for music educators is taking place in downtown Peoria this week. Illinois Music Educators Association Executive Director Darcy Nendza...
Jan 27, 2026 (Illinois Music Education Association Facebook)
Peoria grocery store robbed at gunpoint, suspect at large
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred just before 7 p.m. Saturday at Tony's Market on NE Adams Street. An employee told officers that a man wearing a mask and a...
Jan 27, 2026
Bovino removed from his role as US Border Patrol commander at large, The Atlantic reports
Jan 26 (Reuters) - Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role as the "commander at large" for the U.S. Border Patrol and will return to his former job in California, where he is expected to retire ...
Jan 27, 2026 U.S. Border Patrol Sector Chief Gregory Bovino attends a press conference, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 12, 2025. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci
More than 548,000 US customers without power as winter storm freezes much of the US
Jan 27 (Reuters) - A severe winter storm that brought heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain left more than 548,000 homes and businesses without power across a swath of the U.S., from the Ohio Valley and...
Jan 27, 2026 A pedestrian uses his mobile phone to photograph snowfall, as Winter Storm Fern stretches across a large swath of the United States, in Brooklyn, New York City, U.S., January 25, 2026. REUTERS/Bing Guan
Israel retrieves last hostage body from Gaza in boost for Trump plan
By Alexander Cornwell JERUSALEM, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Israel has retrieved the remains of the last remaining hostage held in Gaza, the military said on Monday, fulfilling a key condition of the initial ...
Jan 26, 2026 A woman holds a picture of dead hostage Ran Gvili, as Israelis attend a rally calling for the immediate return of the remains of all hostages held in Gaza, at the Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, November 29, 2025. REUTERS/Nir Elias
US judge to consider pause to Minnesota crackdown as Trump dispatches border czar
By Brad Brooks MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 26 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday is due to consider a request to temporarily stop President Donald Trump's administration's immigration crackdown in Minnesota, fol...
Jan 26, 2026 White House border czar Tom Homan stands on stage as the crowd cheers during AmericaFest, the first Turning Point USA summit since the assassination of Charlie Kirk, in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. December 21, 2025. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
LaHood calls for 'comprehensive and transparent' investigation of 2nd deadly shooting in Minneapolis
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Dunlap) says Saturday's fatal shooting of a protester in Minneapolis by a federal border patrol agent is "deeply concerning" and "requires comprehens...
Jan 26, 2026 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Ackman donates $10,000 to Minneapolis shooting victim Alex Pretti's family, WSJ reports
Jan 26 (Reuters) - Billionaire Bill Ackman donated $10,000 to a fundraiser for the family of Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by immigration agents in Minneapolis over the weekend, the Wall Street Jo...
Jan 26, 2026 Bill Ackman, founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, attends the Milken Conference 2025 in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 6, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices down a bit, national prices on the rise
PEORIA, Ill. - Drivers are seeing a slight drop at the pump in Peoria, even as the national gas prices are higher. GasBuddy says the average price of gas in Peoria has dropped two cents a gallon in th...
Jan 26, 2026 Orin Zebest / CC
