Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Georgia prosecutor seeks testimony from ex-Trump aides in election probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Georgia prosecutor investigating former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election is seeking to compel testimony from his former chief of...
Aug 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO - White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to reporters following a television interview, outside the White House in Washington, U.S. October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Al Drago
Washington Chief warns residents about "storm scammers"
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- Storm damage brings scammers out in droves. Washington Police Chief Mike McCoy says his department has fielded a number of calls this week about people going door-to-door, offering...
Aug 25, 2022 Midwest Communications/University of Illinois Extension
Russia confirms Independence Day strike, Kyiv says it killed 25 civilians
KYIV (Reuters) - Russia's Defense Ministry said on Thursday its forces had struck a railway station in eastern Ukraine, confirming an attack which Kyiv says also hit a residential area and killed 25 c...
Aug 25, 2022 People stand next to a residential house destroyed by a Russian military strike, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Chaplyne, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine August 24, 2022. REUTERS/Dmytro Smolienko
S. Pekin business goes up in flames
SOUTH PEKIN, Ill. -- Part of Rt. 29 was shut down early Thursday morning due to a fire in South Pekin. Officials told 25 News Moore's Motorworx caught fire, and was engulfed in flames by the time crew...
Aug 25, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Uvalde school board fires police chief criticized for shooting response
LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) -The Uvalde, Texas, school board on Wednesday fired the school district's embattled police chief for his much-criticized handling of the response to a shooting rampage that ki...
Aug 25, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Privacy barriers and bike racks maintain a perimeter at a memorial outside Robb Elementary School, after a video was released showing the May shooting inside the school in Uvalde, Texas, U.S., July 13, 2022. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee Beal
South Side Mission receives $250K donation
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's South Side Mission received a $250,000 check from the Gilmore Foundation on Wednesday. The donation will fund youth outreach programming, recreation rooms, classes and a new y...
Aug 25, 2022 (South Side Mission)
Children's Home of Illinois needs foster parents
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's a hard, but important job. The Children's Home Association of Illinois is in need of new foster parents to take in kids that have nowhere else to go. The Home's Interim President ...
Aug 24, 2022 (Children's Home Association of Illinois via Facebook)
Agency identified 700-plus pages of classified records at Trump's home
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Archives discovered more than 700 pages of classified documents at Donald Trump's Florida home in addition to material seized this month by FBI agents, accordi...
Aug 24, 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
Moderna seeks FDA nod for booster shot aimed at Omicron BA.4, BA.5
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc on Tuesday sought U.S. authorization for its COVID-19 booster shot tailored against the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of Omicron and said if cleared it would be ready to deliver th...
Aug 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A vial and a syringe are seen in front of a displayed Moderna logo, in this illustration taken, November 27, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Peoria ratifies contract with union firefighters
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters will get a raise, after a vote from City Council Tuesday night. Members of Peoria Firefighters Local 50 will get 2% pay increases this year, plus a $4,000 signing b...
Aug 24, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
