Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Hurricane Ian slams South Carolina after deadly march across Florida
UPDATED 5:22 P.M. FORT MYERS, Fla. (Reuters) -A resurgent Hurricane Ian slammed into the South Carolina coast on Friday afternoon, making another landfall after a deadly march across the Florida penin...
Sep 30, 2022 Workers remove storm shutters from a restaurant after Hurricane Ian caused widespread destruction in Cape Coral, Florida, U.S., September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Alleged animal abuser back in jail
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins confirms that a man charged in connection with an animal cruelty case has been arrested. Watkins says Nicholas Prince, of Dunlap, was arreste...
Sep 30, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Uvalde school district, others face first lawsuit over mass shooting
(Reuters) - Parents of three children who survived the Uvalde, Texas school shooting have sued the school district, several former officials, the company that manufactured the gun used in the rampage ...
Sep 30, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Weathered signs, candles and stuffed animals remain at a memorial outside Robb Elementary School the day after the video showing the May shooting inside the school released, in Uvalde, Texas, U.S., July 13, 2022. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee Beal/File Photo
John Mellencamp announces 2023 tour with stop in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- On Thursday, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened a new permanent exhibit honoring the music of John Mellencamp. Mellencamp confirms he's going back out on the road in 2023, kicking o...
Sep 29, 2022 Andrea Sartorati / CC
Queen Elizabeth died of 'old age', death certificate shows
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth died of old age, according to her death certificate, which was published by the National Records of Scotland on Thursday. Elizabeth, Britain's longest-reig...
Sep 29, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The coffin of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, is seen here entering St George VI Chapel at Windsor Castle, September 19, 2022. PO Phot Dave Jenkins/Pool via REUTERS
UPDATED: Sheriff's Office charges husband in West Peoria double homicide
UPDATE: 9:42 p.m. WEST PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria county deputies are identifying a man now charged in the deaths of his wife and step-child found shot to death inside a West Peoria home early Thursday. D...
Sep 29, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Smith & Wesson marketed to 'would-be mass shooters,' Highland Park victims claim
(Reuters) - Survivors of a mass shooting in July that killed six people and injured dozens in a Chicago suburb sued gunmaker Smith & Wesson Brands Inc on Wednesday, accusing it of deliberately mar...
Sep 29, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Attendee inspect Smith and Wesson firearms at the National Rifle Association's (NRA) annual meeting, in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S., April 28, 2019. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo
Grammy-winning rapper Coolio dies in Los Angeles at 59
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Grammy-winning rapper Coolio died on Wednesday after being found unresponsive at a friend's Los Angeles home, the New York Times reported. He was 59. Coolio, born Artis Leon Ive...
Sep 29, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Singer Coolio performs before a panel discussion on his new Oxygen Network reality series "Coolio's Rules" at the NBC Universal summer 2008 press tour in Beverly Hills, California July 20, 2008. REUTERS/Fred Prouser
Trump objects to verifying list of property seized from Florida estate - court filing
(Reuters) - Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are resisting a federal judge's instruction to submit a sworn declaration on whether they believe the government's list of property taken from Tru...
Sep 29, 2022 FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of former U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home after Trump said that FBI agents raided it, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. August 15, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
Peoria crews battle residential fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called early Thursday morning to the area of W. Garden and S. Idaho for a report of smoke in a residence. First crews on scene found a working fire in the back...
Sep 29, 2022 liz west / CC
