Author Archives: Julia Bradley
More workers now eligible for Illinois' Earned Income Tax Credit
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- As tax filing season ramps up, one state senator is highlighting changes to the Illinois Earned Income Tax Credit. Low to moderate wage earners may be eligible for the credit, whi...
Feb 23, 2023 Midwest Communications
Florida TV journalist shot dead while reporting on a murder - police
(Reuters) -A gunman opened fire on two television journalists reporting on a murder near Orlando, Florida, on Wednesday, killing one and wounding the other before fatally shooting a 9-year-old girl an...
Feb 23, 2023 Tony Webster / CC
Massive snowstorm closes schools, grounds flights in U.S. heartland
CHICAGO (Reuters) -A major winter storm battered the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest with high winds and heavy snow on Wednesday, forcing hundreds of schools to close, grounding air travel and makin...
Feb 23, 2023 The Motz family walks through blowing snow as weather conditions worsen in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, U.S., February 22, 2023. Erin Woodiel/Argus Leader/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS
City proposes idea to finance Civic Center repairs
PEORIA, Ill. -- The City of Peoria may have a way to solve the Peoria Civic Center's money woes. The Civic Center needs $47 million for capital improvements. It's received $25 million from state of Il...
Feb 22, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Biden meets eastern NATO allies after Putin's nuclear warning
WARSAW (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden met leaders of NATO's eastern flank on Wednesday to show support for their security after Moscow suspended a landmark nuclear arms control treaty, which he c...
Feb 22, 2023 Poland's President Andrzej Duda NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg, U.S. President Joe Biden and others take part in the NATO Bucharest Nine (B9) Summit, during Biden's visit to Poland to mark the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, February 22, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Israeli troops kill 9 Palestinians in West Bank clash, medics say
NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) -Israeli troops killed nine Palestinians, including at least three gunmen and three civilians, and wounded over 90 others during a raid on a flashpoint city in the occupied...
Feb 22, 2023 Palestinians clash with Israeli forces during a raid in Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West bank, February 22, 2023. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta
Peoria Public Library workers demanding higher pay
PEORIA, Ill. -- As 2022 ended, so did the contract for Peoria Public Library employees. Now, they're negotiating for better pay as they made their voices heard at a Tuesday night's board meeting. "We ...
Feb 22, 2023 MWC-Logo Credit - Peoria Public Library
Collins: Threat of severe weather Wednesday
PEORIA, Ill. -- The calendar may say it's still winter, but there's a chance of spring-like thunderstorms on Wednesday in Central Illinois. "We could see a couple of isolated severe cells after lunch ...
Feb 22, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Biden says 'Kyiv stands strong' a year after Russia invaded Ukraine
WARSAW (Reuters) - Fresh from an unannounced visit to Ukraine, President Joe Biden rallied NATO allies in Poland on Tuesday, proclaiming "unwavering" support for Kyiv and a commitment to bolstering th...
Feb 21, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks ahead of the one year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, outside the Royal Castle, in Warsaw, Poland, February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
One killed, a dozen injured after blast at Ohio factory scatters molten debris, starts fire
(Reuters) -An explosion tore through an Ohio metals plant on Monday, scattering molten metal and debris that rained down on neighboring buildings, killing one person and injuring at least a dozen othe...
Feb 21, 2023 Firefighters stand around the rubble at the I. Schumann & Co. metals plant after an explosion at the factory in Bedford, Ohio, U.S., February 20, 2023. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk
