Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Apartment fire causes $200K in damages in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called to the Schlarman House apartments on NE Madison around 9:15 Wednesday night. Fire was found in a second-floor apartment with the sprinklers going off. I...
Apr 06, 2023 D4E / CC
Former U.S. VP Pence will not appeal ruling requiring his testimony in Jan. 6 probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will not appeal a judge's ruling that requires him to testify to a grand jury about conversations he had with former President Donald Trump...
Apr 06, 2023 Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence delivers remarks, in part addressing his opposition to a grand jury subpoena for testimony about efforts to overturn then-President Donald Trump's 2020 reelection loss, to the Coolidge Presidential Foundation conference at the Library of Congress in Washington, U.S. February 16, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Tornado kills 5 after tearing through southeastern Missouri
(Reuters) -Five people were killed in a predawn tornado that ripped through southeastern Missouri on Wednesday, shearing off roofs, splintering trees and taking down power lines in devastated Bollinge...
Apr 06, 2023 A view of damaged homes in the aftermath of a tornado, after a volatile storm system tore through the South and Midwest on Tuesday and Wednesday, in Glenallen, Missouri, U.S. April 5, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
Long track tornado from Tuesday night storms
FULTON COUNTY, Ill. -- National Weather Service survey teams spent Wednesday surveying tornado damage in several Fulton county communities. The preliminary findings indicated a tornado on the ground f...
Apr 06, 2023 (National Weather Service)
Morning fire damages garage in East Peoria
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Firefighters responded Wednesday morning to a fire in a detached garage on Esser Street, near Pleasant and Loren Streets, in East Peoria. East Peoria Fire Chief Bobby Zimmerman sa...
Apr 05, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE - Trump, facing criminal charges, calls for defunding the FBI
UPDATED 10:45 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on his fellow Republicans in Congress to slash funding for the U.S. Justice Department and the FBI, going on...
Apr 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on the day of his court appearance in New York after being indicted by a Manhattan grand jury following a probe into hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., April 4, 2023. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Hours after arraignment, Trump claims election interference
PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump said on Tuesday night, hours after being charged in court, that he was the victim of election interference and he lashed out at New York p...
Apr 04, 2023 Former U.S. President Donald Trump walks amid crowd on the day of his court appearance in New York after being indicted by a Manhattan grand jury following a probe into hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., April 4, 2023. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo
U.S. job openings lowest in nearly two years in February
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job openings in February dropped to the lowest level in nearly two years, suggesting that the labor market was cooling. Job openings, a measure of labor demand, decreased 6...
Apr 04, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A "now hiring" sign is displayed outside Taylor Party and Equipment Rentals in Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S., September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Finland joins NATO, Russia warns of counter-measures
HELSINKI/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Finland formally joined the NATO military alliance on Tuesday in a historic policy shift brought on by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, drawing a threat from Moscow of "coun...
Apr 04, 2023 Finnish and Nato flags flutter at the courtyard of the Foreign Ministry, ahead of Finland's accession to NATO, in Helsinki, Finland, April 4, 2023. Lehtikuva/Antti Hamalainen via REUTERS
Polling places open for April elections
PEORIA, Ill. -- Polls are open statewide Illinois for April elections until 7 p.m. Tuesday. With a significant increase of people voting by mail permanently, lines at your polling place likely aren't ...
Apr 04, 2023 Midwest Communications
