Author Archives: Julia Bradley
5 arrested for robbery, mob action in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called just before 9 a.m. Tuesday to the area of N. Columbus and E. Northcrest Avenues regarding an aggravated battery and robbery incident. Peoria Public Informatio...
Sep 28, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Illinois' early voting gets underway Thursday
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Early voting for the November Election is about to get underway in Illinois, at least in most areas of the state. Chicago and Cook County voters will have to wait until next month...
Sep 28, 2022 Alan Cleaver / CC
U.S. Senate headed to Thursday passage of stopgap gov't funding bill -Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate could pass a temporary government funding bill as soon as Thursday, which would avert partial government shutdowns that otherwise would begin on Saturday, Senate ...
Sep 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) arrives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. September 27, 2022. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert
Peoria natives waiting out hurricane impacts in Florida
CAPE CORAL, Fla. -- Roughly 2.5 million people in Florida are under some kind of evacuation plan awaiting Hurricane Ian's arrival. Cindy Ardis-Jenkins, a Peoria Native now living in Cape Coral, Florid...
Sep 28, 2022
Opioid crisis cost U.S. nearly $1.5 trillion in 2020 -Congressional report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic toll of the opioid addiction and overdose crisis on the United States reached nearly $1.5 trillion in 2020 alone and is likely to g...
Sep 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Tablets of the opioid-based Hydrocodone at a pharmacy in Portsmouth, Ohio, June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo
Peoria Public Library hosting "Good Neighbor Day" celebration
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Public Library is inviting residents to come celebrate "Good Neighbor Day" at Columbia Park. The Library's Jenni Davis says Wednesday evening's block party winds down their summ...
Sep 27, 2022 (Peoria Public Library)
Pritzker announces $450M UI Trust Fund payment, Republicans say 'not good enough'
CHICAGO - Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Employment Security will be making a payment of $450 million toward the remaining $1.8 billion borrowed under Title XII of the Social Security...
Sep 27, 2022 (State of Illinois)
Shooting Monday night sends one to the hospital
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called to the area of N. Orange and W. Russell Monday night on a pair of ShotSpotter alerts...indicating 30 rounds were fired. Peoria Public Information Officer Semo...
Sep 27, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
U.S. Congress scrambles to pass stopgap bill to keep government funded
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will take an initial vote on a stopgap spending measure on Tuesday to keep federal agencies running past the end of this week, while Congress continues to negoti...
Sep 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol Building is lit at sunset in Washington, U.S., December 20, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
Florida scrambles to prepare as Hurricane Ian churns toward coast
TAMPA (Reuters) - Residents across Florida scrambled to place sandbags around their homes and stockpile emergency supplies on Monday, emptying store shelves as Hurricane Ian spun toward the state carr...
Sep 27, 2022 Alicia Dhall, 18, looks down as her sister Ariana, 8, and local residents fill sandbags, as Hurricane Ian spun toward Florida carrying high winds, torrential rains and a powerful storm surge, at the Al Barnes Park in Tampa, Florida, U.S., September 26, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
