Author Archives: Julia Bradley
UPDATE: Operations resume at Pere Marquette Hotel after threat
PEORIA, Ill. - An all-clear has been given after a bomb threat Thursday morning in downtown Peoria. Main Street was closed down at Jefferson for about an hour, as the Peoria Fire and Police Department...
Jan 19, 2023 (25 News)
Jacinda Ardern to step down as New Zealand prime minister
WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday made a shock announcement she had "no more in the tank" to continue leading the country and would step down no later than ea...
Jan 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses the Lowy Institute in Sydney, Australia, July 7, 2022. Dean Lewins/Pool via REUTERS
Water main break closes Washington Community High School
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- Water main repairs near Washington Community High School have cancelled classes at the school on Thursday. District Superintendent Kyle Freeman says the closure affects only the hi...
Jan 19, 2023 (Washington Community High School Facebook)
U.S. hits debt ceiling amid standoff between Republicans and Democrats
UPDATED 11:41 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government hit its $31.4 trillion borrowing limit on Thursday, amid a standoff between the Republican-controlled House of Representatives and Presiden...
Jan 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative Chip Roy (R-TX) departs after a Republican conference meeting on Capitol in Washington, U.S. January 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
U.S. retail sales post biggest drop in a year; inflation retreating
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales fell by the most in a year in December, pulled down by declines in purchases of motor vehicles and a range of other goods, putting consumer spending and the ov...
Jan 18, 2023 People ride escalator at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City, U.S., December 4, 2022. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Illinois' expanded SNAP benefits coming to an end
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Illinois' enhanced benefits in the SNAP program will end next month. Under new federal policy, the extra funds going to SNAP, or food stamp recipients will stop on February 28. So, st...
Jan 18, 2023 eddie welker / CC
Updated: Ukrainian interior minister killed in helicopter crash near Kyiv
Updated 8:50 a.m. BROVARY, Ukraine (Reuters) -Fourteen people including Ukraine's interior minister and a child were killed when a helicopter crashed in fog near a nursery outside Kyiv on Wednesday, i...
Jan 18, 2023 A view shows the site where a helicopter falls on civil infrastructure buildings, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Brovary, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, January 18, 2023. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
Walgreens removes purchase limits on children's fever medicines
(Reuters) - Pharmacy chain Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc said on Monday it has removed online-only purchase limits for its over-the-counter pediatric fever-reducing products, as supply conditions impro...
Jan 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: People walk by a Walgreens, owned by the Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 26, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
California rainstorm death toll reaches 20, Biden plans visit
(Reuters) - The parade of atmospheric rivers that pounded California for three weeks finally faded on Monday, enabling the state to begin lengthy repairs to roads and levees as the White House announc...
Jan 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The Russian River, swollen with floodwater following a chain of winter storms, flows past the town of Guerneville, California, U.S. January 15, 2023. REUTERS/Fred Greaves/File Photo
Local gas prices pushing upward again
PEORIA, Ill. -- Average gas prices in Peoria have risen a little over 10 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.46 on Monday, according to GasBuddy.com's survey of 148 gas stations in Peoria. P...
Jan 16, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
