Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Nikki Haley calls for new Republican leadership as she launches 2024 bid
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) -Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley said on Wednesday it was time to move past "stale ideas" and called for a new generation of leaders at the first stop of her campaign for...
Feb 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former Trump administration U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley campaigns for Georgia Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Herschel Walker at a rally with supporters in Hiram, Georgia, U.S. November 6, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
U.S. retail sales post biggest gain in nearly two years
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales increased by the most in nearly two years in January after two straight monthly declines as Americans boosted purchases of motor vehicles and other goods, poin...
Feb 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Thanksgiving Day holiday shoppers line up with television sets on discount at the Target retail store in Chicago, Illinois, November 28, 2013. REUTERS/Jeff Haynes/File Photo
Cyr: A deal in the works to keep Rivermen at the Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. -- Denis Cyr led the Peoria Rivermen to the city's first professional hockey championship in 1984-85. Now the Peoria City Council member is leading the Rivermen, the Peoria Civic Center a...
Feb 15, 2023 (Peoria Rivermen)
Arson suspected in Peoria fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Fire destroyed a home in Peoria early Tuesday night, and it appears it was intentionally set. Investigators said the fire on N. Linn Street, between W. Arcadia and W. Republic, was ars...
Feb 15, 2023 (25 News)
Two people shot in Peoria late Tuesday night
PEORIA, Ill. -- Two people were wounded in shootings that happened Tuesday night in North Peoria. Peoria Police Spokesperson Semone Roth says officers were initially called to N. University and Coving...
Feb 15, 2023 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Peoria ready to rework Sully's spot downtown
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria appears ready to move forward with a privately funded, multi-million dollar hotel project where Sully's now sits empty. The plan, approved Tuesday night, is to spend just over $...
Feb 15, 2023 (25 News)
Free tax prep help available throughout Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The State of Illinois' Department of Revenue is offering free tax help to those who need it. DOV Spokesperson Maura Kownacki says the help is available to eligible taxpayers strug...
Feb 14, 2023 Midwest Communications
Michigan State gunman's motive eludes authorities but mental health issues emerge
UPDATED 1:19 P.M. EAST LANSING, Mich. (Reuters) -Authorities on Tuesday said they have "no idea why" a 43-year-old gunman killed three Michigan State University students and wounded five in the latest...
Feb 14, 2023 Police walk around Berkey Hall after a shooting on the Michigan State campus in East Lansing, Michigan, U.S., February 14, 2023. Nick King/Lansing State Journal/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS
Teen girls seeing 'dramatic' rise in poor mental health - U.S. CDC
(Reuters) -Nearly three in five high school girls reported feeling sad or hopeless in 2021, representing a 60% increase over the past decade, and fared worse than boys of the same age across nearly al...
Feb 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: School buses line up outside Woodrow Wilson Senior High School as students return to in-person classes in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 30, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Haley announces 2024 Republican presidential bid, marks Trump's first challenger
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley said on Tuesday that she will seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, putting her at odds with one-time boss Donald Trump,...
Feb 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Nikki Haley, the former Governor of South Carolina and Ambassador to the UN, stumps for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin (R-VA), during a campaign event in McLean, Virginia, U.S., July 14, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
