Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Downtown Peoria hotel up for auction, hospitality leaders hope for its continued success
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - There's a rich history behind the Mark Twain Hotel and Packard Plaza in Downtown Peoria. One that's lasted nearly 100 years. However, the plans to put the property up for auct...
Sep 08, 2023 (25 News)
Huckabee to speak at Salvation Army event next week in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Former Arkansas Governor and former GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is coming to Peoria next week. He's slated to be the keynote speaker for the Salvation Army Women's Auxiliar...
Sep 07, 2023 (Mike Huckabee Facebook Page)
Blinken hails Kyiv's pushback against Russia in visit clouded by attack
By Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey Ukraine has made important progress in its counteroffensive against Russia's invasion, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday during a visit overshadowed by a ...
Sep 07, 2023 Emergency services work following an attack on the city of Kostiantynivka in eastern Ukraine, September 6, 2023, according to presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak, in this still image from video obtained from social media. Volodymyr Zelenskiy via Telegram/via REUTERS
Biden rejects conditions of plea deal for Sept. 11 attacks defendants
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has rejected several conditions sought by five Guantanamo Bay prisoners as part of a deal with federal prosecutors that would see them plead guilty to conspiring i...
Sep 07, 2023 FILE PHOTO: In this image reviewed by the U.S. Military, members of a legal defence team walk at a U.S. military war crimes court at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba June 5, 2008. REUTERS/Brennan Linsley/Pool/File Photo
UPDATE: US prosecutors to seek Hunter Biden indictment by Sept. 29 -court filing
UPDATED 4:08 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors said in a court filing on Wednesday they will seek an indictment of President Joe Biden's son, Hunter, by Sept. 29 in his tax and firearms cas...
Sep 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs federal court after a plea hearing on two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
UPDATE: Judge rejects Trump bid to delay New York fraud trial
UPDATED 1:37 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -A New York state judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump's bid to delay a scheduled Oct. 2 trial in state Attorney General Letitia James' civil fraud lawsuit acc...
Sep 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Windham, New Hampshire, U.S., Aug. 8, 2023. REUTERS/Reba Saldanha/File Photo
Blinken visits Ukraine in show of support as counteroffensive grinds on
KYIV (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Kyiv on Wednesday in a gesture of support for Ukraine as its three-month-old counteroffensive against Russian forces grinds on with only ...
Sep 06, 2023 Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba greets US Secretary of State Antony Blinken before a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kyiv, Ukraine on September 6, 2023. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit on September 6, 2023, where he was due to announce more than a billion dollars in fresh aid to Ukraine. Blinken's visit -- his fourth during Moscow's assault -- comes as Kyiv has touted some successes this week in its offensive to push back Russian forces. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/Pool via REUTERS
Peoria Honor Flight heads to Washington, D.C. Wednesday
PEORIA, Ill. - The Greater Peoria Area Honor Flight left for Washington, D.C. early Wednesday morning. Luke Rosenbaum, president of the honor flight, tells WMBD's "Greg and Dan", 74 local veterans are...
Sep 06, 2023 (File-Craig Collins/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio gets 22 years in Jan 6 case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A former leader of the right-wing Proud Boys group, Enrique Tarrio, was sentenced to 22 years in prison on Tuesday for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, t...
Sep 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Members of the far-right Proud Boys, including leader Enrique Tarrio (C), rally in support of U.S. President Donald Trump to protest against the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Washington, U.S. November 14, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
UPDATE: Peoria County Jail inmate captured. Here's what we know
UPDATED 6:05 a.m. PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- The Peoria County Sheriff's Office says around 5 a.m. Wednesday, Cory Bragg was arrested after fleeing police in a stolen truck that he took from Plank Road in...
Sep 06, 2023 Cory Bragg (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
