Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Daughter of ultra-nationalist Russian ideologue killed in suspected car bomb attack
(Reuters) -The daughter of an ultra-nationalist Russian ideologue who advocates Russia absorbing Ukraine was killed in a suspected car bomb attack outside Moscow, Russian state investigators said on S...
Aug 22, 2022 Investigators work at the site of a suspected car bomb attack that killed Darya Dugina, daughter of ultra-nationalist Russian ideologue Alexander Dugin, in the Moscow region, Russia August 21, 2022, in this still image taken from video. Investigative Committee of Russia/Handout via REUTERS
Senator Graham wins temporary reprieve from testifying in Trump Georgia probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An appeals court put on hold U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham's scheduled testimony for Tuesday before a grand jury in Georgia probing efforts by Donald Trump to overturn the former ...
Aug 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) asks questions to Attorney General Merrick Garland (not pictured) during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee, at the Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S., April 26, 2022. Greg Nash/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Man arrested after leading police on chase, crashing into Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. -- Crews have secured damages to a Peoria Civic Center entrance after a vehicle crashed into the building early Saturday morning. Peoria Police said around 4 a.m., officers were flagged d...
Aug 22, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
UPDATED: "Cop On Top" event raising money for Illinois Special Olympics
UPDATE: 3:09 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- There has been at least $5,300 raised as part of this year's "Cop On Top" fundraising event meant to benefit Special Olympics Illinois. Collections have been announce...
Aug 19, 2022 (Morton Police Dept.)
Biden administration readies about $800 million in additional security aid for Ukraine -sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's administration is readying about $800 million of additional military aid to Ukraine and could announce it as soon as Friday, three sources familiar with the...
Aug 19, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden pauses as he speaks during a signing ceremony for "The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, U.S. August 16, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Former Maui Jim employee indicted
PEORIA, Ill. -- A former Maui Jim employee has been charged with fraud. Earlier this week, a federal grand jury returned an indictment, charging Erica Hornof, 35, of Bradford, with three counts of mai...
Aug 19, 2022 Midwest Communications
Crews battle fire overnight in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria home suffered roughly $50,000 dollars in damages due to an early morning fire Friday. Just before 2 a.m., crews were called to the area of S. Easton Avenue and W. Humboldt Str...
Aug 19, 2022 liz west / CC
White House: U.S. to add 1.8 million doses to monkeypox vaccine supply
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will boost its supply of monkeypox vaccine by making an additional 1.8 million doses of Bavarian Nordic's Jynneos vaccine available for ordering starting Aug. ...
Aug 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Workers sit outside of D.C. Health's first monkeypox vaccination clinic, which is administering the first Jynneos vaccine doses distributed in the U.S. capital, in Washington, U.S., June 28, 2022. REUTERS/Gavino Garay
Longtime Trump executive Weisselberg pleads guilty in tax fraud scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A longtime senior executive at Donald Trump's family business pleaded guilty on Thursday to helping it engineer a 15-year tax fraud, in an agreement that will require him to testif...
Aug 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Allen Howard Weisselberg, Trump Organization former CFO, departs criminal court after a hearing for his tax evasion case in New York City, U.S., August 12, 2022. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado/File Photo
The Penguin Players take you back to the 80s this weekend
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- The Penguin Project got its start here in Central Illinois, and has spread across the nation with over 60 affiliate groups. The project gives young people with different abilities...
Aug 18, 2022
