Author Archives: Julia Bradley
CityLink to offer shuttle service to PIA and Peoria Co. Jail
PEORIA, Ill. - CityLink will be offering shuttle service to Peoria International Airport and the Peoria County Jail due to road construction in the area. Beginning January 2, Illinois Route 116 Harmon...
Dec 30, 2025 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Will Stevenson)
US strikes drug boat loading facility in Venezuela, Trump says
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, Dec 29 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. had "hit" an area in Venezuela where boats are loaded with drugs, marking the first known time Washingt...
Dec 30, 2025 U.S. and Venezuelan flags appear in this illustration taken December 2, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Trump administration sues Illinois over state law limiting federal immigration actions
Article Summary The Trump administration filed a lawsuit seeking to nullify a new state law that allows Illinois residents to sue federal immigration agents who arrest them in or near courthouses or i...
Dec 30, 2025 The federal courthouse for the Southern District of Illinois is pictured in East St. Louis. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Peter Hancock)
State grants allow small Illinois farmers to develop local food-sharing networks
Article Summary Past recipients of Illinois' Local Food Infrastructure Grant say the investment has had ripple effects, allowing them to share knowledge and equipment with other local food producers. ...
Dec 22, 2025 Sola Gratia farm manager John Williams pulls leaves from a cabbage while standing in the farm’s last rows of outdoor leafy greens for the season. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)
With no winner Saturday night, Monday's Powerball jackpot hits $1.6 billion
URBANDALE, Ia. - The Powerball jackpot is still growing after no one won the top prize Saturday night. The winning numbers were: 4,5, 28, 52, 69...with a Powerball of 20. Monday night's jackpot sits a...
Dec 22, 2025 (Powerball)
Car bomb kills Russian general in Moscow, investigators say
MOSCOW, Dec 22 (Reuters) - A Russian general was killed by a car bomb in southern Moscow on Monday, Russian investigators said, adding that they suspected Ukrainian special services could have been be...
Dec 22, 2025 The damaged Kia Sorento lies at the scene where Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Russian General Staff's army operational training directorate, was killed in a car bomb in Moscow, Russia, December 22, 2025. REUTERS/Anastasia Barashkova
Justice Department restores Trump photo to public database of Epstein files
NEW YORK, Dec 21 (Reuters) - A photo of U.S. President Donald Trump that had been removed from the cache of Jeffrey Epstein files released by the Department of Justice was restored on Sunday after off...
Dec 22, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he makes an announcement about lowering the cost of drug prices, at the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 19, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
PFD: Arson to blame for fire Sunday night in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Arson appears to be to blame for a fire late Sunday night in Peoria. Fire Battalion Chief Mike Ralston said crews were called to a home on W. Columbia Terrace, between N. Bourland and M...
Dec 22, 2025 Midwest Communications
Finalists for PPS superintendent job will participate in town hall meetings
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Public Schools' Board of Education has chosen two finalists for the superintendent's job. Those finalists will meet with the public at two town hall meetings in January. PPS says...
Dec 22, 2025 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices still dropping ahead of the Christmas holiday
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have dropped 7.7 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $2.85 on Monday, according to GasBuddy. Peoria's prices are 30.7 cents lower than last month and 29.2 ce...
Dec 22, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
