Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Israel pummels Gaza district, evacuates town as invasion looms
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel leveled a northern Gaza district after giving families still there a half-hour warning to escape on Friday, and ordered the evacuation of the biggest Israeli town near...
Oct 20, 2023 A view of a damaged car covered in debris at the site of Israeli strikes on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip October 20, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Free screenings available on National Mammogram Day
PEORIA, Ill. - The third Friday of October each year is designated as National Mammogram Day. Carle Health Greater Peoria Oncology is offering free, walk-in cancer screenings on Friday, October 20, as...
Oct 20, 2023 Navy Medicine
UPDATE: Republican Jim Jordan revives fight after pausing campaign for US House Speaker
UPDATED 2:53 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hardline conservative Jim Jordan vowed to continue his floundering bid for speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, after his fellow Republican...
Oct 19, 2023 Speaker of the House Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry (R-NC) talks with U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), currently the top contender in the race to be the next Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, prior to a a second round of voting to try to elect a new Speaker of the House on the floor of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 18, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Ex-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell pleads guilty, could testify in Georgia case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A former lawyer for Donald Trump on Thursday pleaded guilty to aiding the former U.S. president's efforts to overturn his election defeat in the state of Georgia, agreeing to tes...
Oct 19, 2023 Sidney Powell is shown in a police booking mugshot released by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office, after a Grand Jury brought back indictments against former U.S. president Donald Trump and 18 of his allies in their attempt to overturn the state's 2020 election results in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. August 23, 2023. Fulton County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS
Fire leaves one dead, firefighter injured in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -One person is dead after a fire in Peoria Thursday morning. Peoria Fire Chief Shawn Sollberger says a passerby went to a nearby fire station just before 7 a.m., saying there was smoke co...
Oct 19, 2023 Peoria Fire and Police on scene of a fatal fire Thursday, Oct. 19 on N. Gale. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US weekly jobless claims drop to nine-month low
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell to a nine-month low last week, suggesting that strong job growth persisted in October as the labor market...
Oct 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Peoria Park District's "Lakeview Park After Dark" is back through Saturday
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Park District is ready to get you spooked, at least a little bit, with "Lakeview Park After Dark" beginning Thursday night. The Park District's Emily Cahill tells WMBD News i...
Oct 19, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD-Julia Bradley)
A spaceship floats above cars at the Peoria Park District's "Lakeview Park After Dark" event.
Ford lays off another 150 workers citing UAW strike
(Reuters) - Ford Motor said late on Wednesday it is laying off another 150 workers in Michigan because of the ongoing United Auto Workers strike, bringing the total to 2,730 workers furloughed. Ford s...
Oct 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Striking United Auto Workers (UAW) union workers picket outside the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, U.S., September 23, 2023. REUTERS/Dieu-Nalio Chery/File Photo
Trip to Israel ties Biden and US to any Gaza offensive
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - He came to bolster Israel's fight against Hamas and to offer aid to Palestinians suffering under an Israeli siege, but by flying into Tel Aviv when he did, U.S. President Joe Bi...
Oct 19, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden attends a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as he visits Israel amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 18, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Former Peoria mayor takes the stand in Pere Marquette trial
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Former Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis was on the stand Wednesday in the third day of the federal fraud and embezzlement trial of Gary Matthews and Monte Brannan. The two businessmen a...
Oct 19, 2023 (25 News)
