Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Louisville to hold vigil as family says shooter had mental health issues
(Reuters) - Louisville will hold a vigil on Wednesday for those who were killed and wounded in this week's shooting at a downtown bank by an employee who his family said suffered from mental health is...
Apr 12, 2023 Community members attend a vigil at Crescent Hill Presbyterian Church following a mass shooting at Old National Bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., April 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jeffrey Dean
U.S. Republican Senator Tim Scott explores possible presidential run
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. Senator Tim Scott launched a presidential exploratory committee on Wednesday, taking a key step toward running for president in 2024 and challenging former Presid...
Apr 12, 2023 U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) arrives at the Senate floor to take part in consideration and a vote on a bill to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force against Iraq on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 21, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Some Peoria Co. races still too close to call
PEORIA, Ill. -- A week after Election Day, some races in Peoria County still aren't final. The Peoria County Election Commission says the 1st District School Board race and others in Illini Bluffs and...
Apr 12, 2023 Midwest Communications
Kentucky police video shows desperate rush to stop mass shooting, save lives
(Reuters) - The desperate rush by a rookie policeman and his training officer to bring a mass shooting at a Kentucky bank to a halt was captured in spare but dramatic detail in footage from their body...
Apr 12, 2023 Two police officers advance upon the suspect of a mass shooting lying on the ground at Old National Bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. April, 10, 2023 in a still image from police body camera video. The video was digitally obscured at source. Louisville Metro Police Department/Handout via REUTERS
Louisville shooter legally purchased rifle - police
(Reuters) - The 23-year-old bank employee who shot dead five colleagues and wounded nine other people at his workplace in Louisville on Monday legally purchased the rifle, Louisville Police Chief Jacq...
Apr 11, 2023 View of barricade tape as police deploy at the scene of a mass shooting outside an Old National Bank branch near Slugger Field baseball stadium in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. April, 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jeffrey Dean
Peoria Papa John's robbed at gunpoint
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police say a gunman robbed a Papa John's Pizza location near Bradley University Monday night. Police were called just after 8:30 p.m. to the restaurant near the corner of N. Bou...
Apr 11, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Blickenstaff's Peoria area properties for sale
PEORIA, Ill. -- Central Illinois developer Kim Blickenstaff's KDB Group is selling several local properties he renovated, then scaled back on, laying off workers in January. A pair of realtor websites...
Apr 11, 2023 (Courtesy Mark Davis)
TN Democratic lawmakers expelled over gun control protest hope to reclaim seats
(Reuters) - Two Tennessee Democrats who were expelled from the Republican-dominated state House of Representatives last week over their participation in a gun control protest said on Sunday that they ...
Apr 10, 2023 Former lawmaker Justin Pearson attends an Easter Sunday service at the Church on the River in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. April 9, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht
Juvenile injured in Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police are investigating a shooting Saturday afternoon that left a juvenile injured. The shooting happened just before 4 p.m., when officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert in ...
Apr 10, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Intel leak has U.S. officials bracing for impact at home and abroad
WASHINGTON(Reuters) - The U.S. national security community is grappling with fallout from the release of dozens of secret documents, including the impact on sensitive information-sharing within the go...
Apr 10, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The Pentagon is seen from the air in Washington, U.S., March 3, 2022, more than a week after Russia invaded Ukraine. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
