Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Hurricane Fiona threatens Bermuda while on course to batter Canada
HAMILTON, Bermuda (Reuters) - Hurricane Fiona threatened the Atlantic island of Bermuda on Friday, passing west of the British territory on its northward trek toward Nova Scotia while packing the pote...
Sep 23, 2022 Increasing wind pushes waves towards the south shore before the arrival of Hurricane Fiona in Bermuda September 22, 2022. REUTERS/Nicola Muirhead
Peoria Fine Art Fair returns this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's Fine Art Fair will showcase a wide range of artists on the riverfront this weekend. "We have hundreds of applications that come in, in January...then we put them through a jur...
Sep 22, 2022 (Peoria Art Guild)
U.S. vets among those freed in Russian/Ukrainian prisoner swap
KYIV/RIYADH (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hailed as "superheroes" the senior Ukrainian commanders, including those who led the dogged defense of Mariupol, who were freed by Russia as part ...
Sep 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addresses Ukrainians about the prisoners of war (POWs) swap, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv Ukraine, in this handout picture released September 22, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
Pritzker calls for pair of legislators to resign
UPDATED 11:46 a.m. CHICAGO, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is calling for the resignation of two Democratic state legislators in response to misconduct allegations against them. Pritzker's full sta...
Sep 22, 2022 (File-State of Illinois)
U.S. appeals court says Trump criminal probe can resume classified records review
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department can resume reviewing classified records seized by the FBI from former President Donald Trump's Florida home pending appeal, a federal appellate court...
Sep 22, 2022 Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 3, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Overnight shooting in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called to the area of Spring and NE Adams Streets around 12:45 a.m. Wednesday on reports of multiple gunshots. Peoria Public Information Officer Semone Roth said an ...
Sep 22, 2022 Midwest Communications
Residents asked to vote on Peoria Co. flag designs
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- The Peoria County Board is asking residents to vote for their favorite county flag design. Voting is going on through October 2nd online. Residents without internet access can v...
Sep 21, 2022 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Update: Man shot near Taft Homes dies
UPDATED 3:44 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A former Peoria man is the victim of the city's 18th homicide of the year. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says preliminary autopsy results on Christopher Tillman,...
Sep 21, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
U.S. mortgage interest rates reach 6.25%, highest level since October 2008
(Reuters) - The average interest rate on the most popular U.S. home loan climbed to its highest level since October 2008, Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) data showed on Wednesday. Rising mortgage r...
Sep 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A "For Rent, For Sale" sign is seen outside of a home in Washington, U.S., July 7, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo
Fed forecasts may show fraying faith in soft landing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - How much faith Federal Reserve officials still have in prospects for a "soft landing" as they take aggressive action to quash the highest inflation in 40 years will be revealed ...
Sep 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Board building on Constitution Avenue is pictured in Washington, U.S., March 19, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
