Author Archives: Julia Bradley
PPD will be out looking for drunk drivers on NYE
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police are asking those celebrating New Year's Eve to plan ahead so they can make it home in one piece. Before the countdown, PPD suggests making a plan with your fellow partygo...
Dec 31, 2022 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Former Pope Benedict dies aged 95 in Vatican monastery
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Former Pope Benedict, who in 2013 became the first pontiff in 600 years to resign, died on Saturday aged 95 in a secluded monastery in the Vatican where he had lived since step...
Dec 31, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI waves as he arrives to attend a mass for the beatification of former pope Paul VI in St. Peter's square at the Vatican October 19, 2014. REUTERS/Tony Gentile/File Photo
Suspect in murder of four Idaho students arrested in Pennsylvania
UPDATED 2:46 P.M. (Reuters) -A 28-year-old suspect wanted in the killings of four University of Idaho students six weeks ago was arrested in Pennsylvania early on Friday, authorities said. Pennsylvani...
Dec 30, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The Sigma Chi fraternity house, where victim Ethan Chapin was a member, is pictured after four University of Idaho students were found killed in their residence on November 13 in Moscow, Idaho, U.S., November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson
UPDATE: U.S. House committee releases Trump tax returns he sought to keep secret
UPDATED 11:56 A.M. (Reuters) -Democrats in Congress released six years of Donald Trump's tax records to the public on Friday, disclosing documents the former president long sought to keep secret and d...
Dec 30, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Ways and Means Committee staff members transport boxes of documents after a committee meeting to discuss former President Donald Trump's tax returns on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 20, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
UPDATE: Stabbing interrupts dinner service at Bartonville restaurant, one arrested
UPDATED 11:21 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. -- One person was sent to the hospital after an apparent employee altercation in Bartonville late Thursday afternoon. It happened along West Garfield Avenue around 5:30...
Dec 30, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Southwest promises refunds as airline sees 'certain' financial impact
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Southwest Airlines promised to reimburse passengers for expenses such as hotels and car rentals in addition to refunding tickets after it canceled thousands of flights due to a m...
Dec 30, 2022 Southwest Airlines passengers wait in line at the baggage services office after U.S. airlines, led by Southwest, canceled thousands of flights due to a massive winter storm which swept over much of the country before and during the Christmas holiday weekend, at Dallas Love Field Airport in Dallas, Texas, U.S., December 28, 2022. REUTERS/Shelby Tauber
U.S. weekly jobless claims ticked higher last week
(Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits edged higher last week but remain in a range indicating the U.S. job market remains tight, even as the Federal Reserve w...
Dec 29, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Russia fires barrage of missiles at Ukraine's major cities
KYIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russia fired scores of missiles into Ukraine early on Thursday, targeting Kyiv, the northeastern city of Kharkiv, and other cities in a massive aerial bombardment that sent pe...
Dec 29, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during a joint news conference with Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala (not seen), as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine October 31, 2022. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi
Hoos reacts to SAFE-T Act ruling
UPDATED 12:03 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. -- The Pretrial Fairness Act, part of Illinois' Safe-T-Act legislation, was ruled unconstitutional late Wednesday -- and a local prosecutor says Peoria County must abid...
Dec 29, 2022 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Buffalo, N.Y., digs out from deadly blizzard; warming could bring rain, slush
BUFFALO, N.Y. (Reuters) -Storm-weary road crews and residents of western New York state struggled on Tuesday to dig out from a deadly weekend blizzard, with snow still falling and forecasts for rapid ...
Dec 28, 2022 A front loader removes snow from street following a winter storm in Buffalo, New York, U.S., December 27, 2022. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario
