Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Biden on Friday to visit Mississippi town devastated by tornado
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will visit Rolling Fork, Mississippi, on Friday after the town was devastated by a tornado last week that killed 26 people, the...
Mar 30, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden walks after getting off Marine One to board Air Force One, after surveying storm-damaged areas of California's central coast, in Moffett Federal Airfield, Santa Clara County, California, U.S., January 19, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Canton man arrested on child porn charges
CANTON, Ill. -- A Canton man has been arrested for alleged production and possession of child pornography. Illinois State Police took 24-year-old Jonathan E. Allard into custody on Wednesday after a w...
Mar 30, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Illinois State Police)
US weekly jobless claims rise moderately; fourth-quarter GDP trimmed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose moderately last week, showing no signs yet that tightening credit conditions were having a material impa...
Mar 30, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A job seeker leaves the job fair for airport related employment at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
UPDATE: Pope Francis in much better health after antibiotics, Vatican says
UPDATE: 1:59 P.M. VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis has seen a marked improvement in his health after receiving an infusion of antibiotics for an infectious bronchitis, the Vatican said in an upbea...
Mar 30, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis speaks during a general audience at St Peter's Square, Vatican City, March, 29, 2023. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS
Update: Nine killed in crash of two US Army helicopters in Kentucky
UPDATED: 1:19 P.M. (Reuters) -Nine soldiers were killed in a crash of two medical evacuation Black Hawk helicopters during a routine nighttime training mission over Kentucky, the U.S. Army said on Thu...
Mar 30, 2023 A general view of the site after helicopters crashed in Trigg County, Kentucky, U.S., March 29, 2023. WKDZ Radio/Handout via REUTERS
Memorial for Nashville shooting victims: 'Our hearts are broken'
NASHVILLE (Reuters) -First lady Jill Biden joined a memorial vigil in Nashville on Wednesday for the three children and three adults shot to death this week at a Christian day school, including two ed...
Mar 30, 2023 An aerial view of the Covenant School which was the site of a deadly shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
Small plane crashes near Lincoln church
LOGAN COUNTY, Ill. -- A small plane went down near a church in Lincoln Wednesday night injuring an unknown number of people on the plane. Lincoln Mayor Tracy Welch told 25 News the crash happened abou...
Mar 30, 2023 (Lincoln Daily News)
UPDATE: Severe thunderstorms hit Peoria-area Friday afternoon
UPDATED 3:31 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A tornado was confirmed near Eureka Friday afternoon as severe storms made their way through central Illinois. The National Weather Service reports the tornado was pai...
Mar 30, 2023 Midwest Communications
Security authority discusses tactics to make schools safer from attacks
PEORIA, Ill. -- Following a deadly mass shooting in Nashville, Tennessee on Monday, school security is top of mind. 28-year-old Audrey Hale, a former student of Covenant School, a private Christian sc...
Mar 29, 2023 (Metropolitan Nashville Police Department via Facebook)
Tennessee governor says his wife, 2 school shooting victims were friends
NASHVILLE (Reuters) - Mourners will gather at a vigil on Wednesday to grieve the three children and three adults shot to death this week at a Nashville Christian school, as Tennessee's governor reveal...
Mar 29, 2023 View of signs placed by children from St. Paul Christian Academy along the street in remembrance after a deadly shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. March 28, 2023. REUTERS/Austin Anthony
