Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Suspect in Canada stabbing spree dies soon after arrest
TORONTO (Reuters) -The suspect sought by Canadian authorities in a weekend stabbing spree that killed 10 people in and around an indigenous reserve was arrested on Wednesday, then lapsed into unexplai...
Sep 08, 2022 Mark Arcand, brother of Bonnie Burns, who was killed on Sunday at James Smith Cree Nation, holds up a photo of them at a news conference in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, September 7, 2022. REUTERS/Valerie Zink
No deal for Peoria teachers after mediation goes late into the night
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Federation of Teachers and representatives of Peoria Public Schools negotiated until 1:30 a.m. Thursday, but the two sides were unable to reach an agreement. "We are incredi...
Sep 08, 2022 (Peoria Federation of Teachers)
Memphis police say four dead after 19-year old's shooting spree
(Reuters) -Four people were dead and three wounded after a 19-year old man went on a shooting spree in Memphis, Tennessee, the city's police department said in a media briefing early on Thursday. Memp...
Sep 08, 2022 Memphis police officers work at one of multiple crime scenes they believe were committed by a man driving around shooting in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. September 7, 2022. Christine Tannous/USA Today Network via REUTERS
Local riders prepare for 16th St. Jude Ride to Memphis
PEORIA, Ill. -- Roughly 200 motorcycles will head south to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Thursday morning, many of them from the Peoria area. St. Jude Rides was started in Peoria 16 years ago ...
Sep 07, 2022 (Photo courtesy of Dave Gauf)
Trump ex-adviser Bannon faces state indictment in New York - Washington Post
(Reuters) -Steve Bannon, a prominent associate of former U.S. President Donald Trump, is expected to face a new criminal indictment and surrender to state prosecutors on Thursday, the Washington Post ...
Sep 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump's White House chief strategist Steve Bannon gestures as he departs after he was found guilty during his trial on contempt of Congress charges for his refusal to cooperate with the U.S. House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., July 22, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
East Peoria gives update on Bob Michel Bridge project
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- The massive rehabilitation of the Bob Michel Bridge won't cost local taxpayers a massive amount, but we have a better idea following action at the East Peoria City Council meeting...
Sep 07, 2022 (25 News)
Document seized from Trump home described foreign govt's nuclear capabilities -Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A document describing a foreign government's military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities, was found in the FBI's search last month of former President Donald Trump's Fl...
Sep 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 3, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Second victim of Lasalle Co. explosion identified
ROCKFORD, Ill. -- The Winnebago County Coroner has identified a second victim of a home explosion Saturday in LaSalle County. Coroner Richard Ploch says 57-year-old Michele Waters died Saturday aftern...
Sep 07, 2022
Pekin Marigold Festival celebrates its 50th year this week
PEKIN, Ill. -- The Marigold Festival is always held the weekend after Labor Day, in the Marigold Capital of the World...Pekin, Illinois. Amy McCoy, with the Pekin Chamber of Commerce, says this is a m...
Sep 06, 2022 (Pekin Chamber of Commerce)
U.S. says Russia is buying artillery ammunition from N.Korea -report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. intelligence has assessed that Moscow is buying millions of artillery shells and rockets from North Korea, the New York Times reported, on the heels of reports that the Russ...
Sep 06, 2022 Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the Russian Land Forces Oleg Salyukov drive Aurus cabriolets during a military parade on Victory Day, which marks the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
