Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Gunfire on Peoria's south side leaves one injured
PEORIA, Ill. -- Dozens of shots were fired on Peoria's south side Wednesday night, leaving one person wounded and police searching for suspects. Around 9:15 p.m., Peoria Police responded to a pair of ...
Sep 15, 2022 Midwest Communications
Thousands form orderly queue to pay respects to Queen
LONDON (Reuters) -Thousands of mourners took their places in a queue snaking around the center of London on Thursday, recognizing without complaint that they might have to wait for hours to see the la...
Sep 14, 2022 A view shows the procession of the coffin of Britain's Queen Elizabeth from Buckingham Palace to the Houses of Parliament for her lying in state, in London, Britain, September 14, 2022. REUTERS/Marko Djurica/Pool
Morton Pumpkin Festival back for a 56th year
MORTON, Ill. -- Morton is the Pumpkin Capital of the World. And, that's very apparent during the Morton Pumpkin Festival. The town kicks off its 56th Pumpkin Festival Wednesday evening with entertainm...
Sep 14, 2022 (Morton Pumpkin Festival Facebook)
U.S. government makes contingency plans for rail shutdown
WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday made contingency plans aiming to ensure deliveries of critical goods in the event of a shutdown of the U.S. rail syste...
Sep 14, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Burlington Northern Santa Fe trains make their way through a rail yard in Chicago November 3, 2009. REUTERS/John Gress/File Photo
One hurt as package explodes at university in Boston -police
(Reuters) -A 45-year-old employee of Boston's Northeastern University was injured on Tuesday when a package delivered to the school exploded while he was handling it, police said, adding that a second...
Sep 14, 2022 An area cordoned off as Boston Police Department's Bomb Squad, Boston Emergency Management Services and other law enforcement agencies respond after a package delivered to Holmes Hall at Northeastern University exploded, in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., September 13, 2022. REUTERS/Nicholas Pfosi
Peoria crews battle apartment fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called just before 1:30 a.m. Wednesday to an apartment complex on W. Candletree Drive, near Norse Court. When fire crews arrived, they found fire on a third-fl...
Sep 14, 2022 liz west / CC
Event to raise awareness about the Madison Theater project
PEORIA, Ill. -- A $39 million project has begun in downtown Peoria. The Madison Theater Preservation Association, which now owns the historic theater, is raising awareness about what they're doing wit...
Sep 13, 2022
Monthly U.S. consumer prices unexpectedly rise in August; core inflation picks up
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Monthly U.S consumer prices unexpectedly rose in August as declining gasoline prices were offset by gains in the costs of rent and food, giving cover for the Federal Reserve to ...
Sep 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A woman shops for groceries at El Progreso Market in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C., U.S., August 19, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
King Charles heads to N.Ireland, queen's coffin to be flown to London
BELFAST/EDINBURGH (Reuters) - King Charles heads to Northern Ireland on Tuesday, leading the mourning for Queen Elizabeth in the four parts of the United Kingdom before his mother's coffin is flown to...
Sep 13, 2022 The cortege makes its way on The Mall in a nighttime rehearsal for when the coffin will be moved from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, where Britain's Queen Elizabeth will lie in state for four days, following her death, in London, Britain September 13, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs
Ukraine pushes to retake all land from Russia, calls for Western arms
ON ROAD TO BALAKLIIA, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Tuesday it aimed to liberate all of its territory after driving back Russian forces in the northeast of country in a rapid offensive, but calle...
Sep 13, 2022 A police sapper carries a cassette with anti-personnel mines POM-3 after return from the village of Udy, recently liberated by Ukrainian Armed Forces, in the town of Zolochiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
