Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Mother Nature weighs on Festival of Lights attendance
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- With less than a week to go for the Festival of Lights Winter Wonderland, East Peoria's tourism director says this year's event didn't draw as many people. High attendance was see...
Dec 28, 2022 (East Peoria Festival of Lights Facebook page)
Southwest cancels thousands more flights; U.S. government vows scrutiny
(Reuters) -Southwest Airlines came under fire from the U.S. government on Tuesday after it canceled thousands of flights, and its boss, Bob Jordan, said the low-cost carrier needed to upgrade its lega...
Dec 28, 2022 Passengers arrive for their flight on Southwest Airlines as flight cancellations mount during a cold weather front as a weather phenomenon known as a bomb cyclone hits the Upper Midwest, at Midway International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. December 22, 2022. REUTERS/Matt Marton
Fighting rages in east Ukraine as Russia reaffirms demands for ending war
KYIV/BAKHMUT, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russian forces shelled and bombed towns and cities in eastern and southern Ukraine on Tuesday, a day after Russia's foreign minister said Kyiv must accept Moscow's dem...
Dec 27, 2022 Ukrainian soldiers with the 43rd Heavy Artillery Brigade fire a projectile from a 2S7 Pion self propelled cannon, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, during intense shelling on the front line in Bakhmut, Ukraine, December 26, 2022. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
Cloyd seeks reversal of Election Board's decision
PEKIN, Ill. -- Mayoral candidate Becky Cloyd is challenging the Pekin Election Board's ruling taking her off the April 4 ballot. Cloyd has been assigned a January 5 court hearing. The Pekin Election B...
Dec 27, 2022 (25 News)
Illinois American Water: Glasford will experience interruption of service
PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois American Water will be completing a critical project in Glasford this week that will require a temporary interruption in water service on Wednesday. The utility says bottled w...
Dec 26, 2022 Illinois American Water
Updated: Deadly blizzard, deemed worst in 45 years, paralyzes greater Buffalo, N.Y
(Reuters) - A powerful blizzard that paralyzed western New York over Christmas weekend has killed at least 25 people, Erie county officials said on Monday, as road and utility crews faced a long day o...
Dec 26, 2022 Snow plows clear the roads following a winter storm that hit the Buffalo region in Lancaster, New York, U.S., December 25, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Christmas tree recycling options in Central IL
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. -- You may be wondering what to do with your live Christmas tree after the holidays. Residents of Tazewell County can bring their trees to a number of drop off points December 26...
Dec 26, 2022 Kevin Krejci / CC
Migrants dropped outside VP Harris's home on blustery Christmas Eve
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Busloads of migrants were dropped over Christmas weekend near Vice President Kamala Harris' residence in Washington amid freezing temperatures, having traveled from the southwes...
Dec 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris participates in a working lunch on multilateral cooperation during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, in Washington, U.S., December 15, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Huge Berlin aquarium bursts, spilling 1,500 fish onto road
BERLIN (Reuters) -A huge aquarium in Berlin burst early on Friday, spilling 264,172 gallons of water, around 1,500 exotic fish and debris onto a major road in the busy Mitte district, emergency servic...
Dec 16, 2022 A general view of a street outside a hotel after a leak of the AquaDom aquarium in central Berlin near Alexanderplatz, Germany, December 16, 2022. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi
Twitter suspends several journalists, Musk cites 'doxxing' of his jet
(Reuters) -Twitter on Thursday suspended the accounts of several prominent journalists who recently wrote about its new owner Elon Musk, with the billionaire tweeting that rules banning the publishing...
Dec 16, 2022 FILE PHOTO: An image of Elon Musk is seen on a smartphone placed on printed Twitter logos in this picture illustration taken April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/File Photo
