Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Park District votes down pavilion project at Donovan Park
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Park District vowed to listen to the people before voting on a proposed project at Donovan Park, and Wednesday night that's what they did. The board unanimously voted agains...
Dec 15, 2022 (Pavilion in the Park)
U.S. Senate could pass temporary funding bill as soon as Thursday -Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate could give final approval by Thursday to a one-week extension of federal government funding before the midnight Friday deadline, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schu...
Dec 14, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) attends a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., September 28, 2022. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert
U.S. soccer writer died of aneurysm at World Cup, his widow says
(Reuters) - An aortic aneurysm caused the death of Grant Wahl, an American sportswriter who collapsed and died last week while covering a World Cup match in Qatar, his widow said on Wednesday. "Grant ...
Dec 14, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - Quarter Final - England v France - Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor, Qatar - December 10, 2022 A big screen displays an image of American journalist Grant Wahl, who passed away yesterday REUTERS/Lee Smith
Tornado in Louisiana kills mother, son as huge winter storm hits U.S. heartland
(Reuters) - A mother and her young son were killed overnight when a tornado ripped through a rural town in northwest Louisiana, one of a swarm of twisters that touched down in the region as part of a ...
Dec 14, 2022 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Even lower gas prices ahead of Christmas
WASHINGTON, D.C. (FOX NEWS) -- American drivers may get a much-needed present this holiday season. The nation's gasoline prices keep falling, and may hover around $3.00 a gallon, on average, by Christ...
Dec 14, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
November CPI cools down, spelling relief for markets
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S consumer prices barely rose in November amid declines in the cost of gasoline and used cars, leading to the smallest annual increase in inflation in nearly a year, which could...
Dec 13, 2022 People shop in a supermarket as rising inflation affects consumer prices in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 13, 2022. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Fusion energy breakthrough announced by U.S. scientists
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. scientists on Tuesday revealed a scientific advance on fusion energy which, if it can make the leap from labs to commercial generation of electricity in coming decades, cou...
Dec 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Technicians use a service system lift to access the target chamber interior for inspection and maintenance at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), a laser-based inertial confinement fusion research device, at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory federal research facility in Livermore, California, United States in 2008. Philip Saltonstall/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory/Handout via REUTERS
PPS approves bid for Peoria Stadium renovations
PEORIA, Ill. -- More changes are coming to Peoria Stadium. The Peoria Public School board on Monday night, approved a $4.4 million bid to replace the stadium's track and cover the field in artificial ...
Dec 13, 2022
Pekin plans to sell acreage for new sports complex
PEKIN, Ill. -- The City of Pekin is willing to sell some it's property at a very cheap price - with the expectation a developer will build a sports complex. Monday night, Pekin City Council agreed to ...
Dec 13, 2022 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria's Family Christmas Sing returns Tuesday
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria tradition is back. The Family Christmas Sing returns after a two-year hiatus at the Peoria Riverfront Museum Tuesday night. "It started in 1947, right after World War II, in t...
Dec 12, 2022 (Peoria Riverfront Museum Facebook)
