Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Caterpillar adjusted profit rises on higher equipment prices
(Reuters) -Caterpillar Inc reported a bigger second-quarter adjusted profit on Tuesday, as higher equipment prices helped soften the blow from elevated freight and raw material costs. Even though supp...
Aug 02, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Caterpillar Inc. equipment is on display for sale at a retail site in San Diego, California, U.S., March 3, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Peoria County Board reconsidering elected auditor's position as battle continues
UPDATED 2:14 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria County Board's Executive Committee is moving forward a potential election referendum question to to decide whether to remove the county's elected auditor's...
Jul 27, 2022 (Peoria County)
Biden tested negative for COVID, his physician says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning after getting infected with the coronavirus last week, his physician said. Biden re...
Jul 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the media as he arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S. July 20, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
U.S. Justice Department probing Trump's efforts to overturn election -Wash Post
(Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is investigating Donald Trump's actions in its criminal probe of the former president's attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat, the Washington Post repor...
Jul 27, 2022 Former U.S. President Donald Trump departs following remarks at the America First Policy Institute America First Agenda Summit in Washington, U.S., July 26, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
Gunmaker executives to testify to U.S. House hearing on mass shootings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Executives from major gun manufacturers are set to testify on Wednesday before a U.S. House of Representatives panel investigating recent mass shootings in Texas and New York. T...
Jul 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Vehicles are parked outside the U.S. Capitol building the morning the Senate returned to session in Washington, DC, U.S., July 31, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Backpack Peoria returns this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- A sure sign that school is about to start each year, is the Dream Center's Backpack Peoria event. The Center's Andy King told WMBD's "The Greg and Dan Show", the event, now in its 21st...
Jul 26, 2022 (25 News)
Walmart profit warning drags retail stocks as consumers cut spending
(Reuters) -U.S. retailers tumbled on Tuesday after a forecast cut from industry bellwether Walmart Inc stoked fears of similar warnings from a sector struggling with the impact of high inflation on co...
Jul 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Walmart's logo is seen outside one of its stores in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 20, 2018. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski/File Photo
Texas school principal suspended after Uvalde shooting
(Reuters) - The principal of the Texas elementary school where a gunman went on a rampage in May has been suspended with pay, her attorney said on Tuesday, two weeks after a damning report about lax s...
Jul 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks with Mandy Gutierrez, Principal at Robb Elementary School, where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in the deadliest U.S. school shooting in nearly a decade, during U.S. President Joe Biden's visit at the school, in Uvalde, Texas, U.S. May 29, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Illinois sees record-breaking adult-use cannabis sales in FY 2022
CHICAGO, Ill. -- A record-breaking year for adult-use cannabis sales in Illinois. The state's recreational marijuana industry racked up $1.5 billion in sales during fiscal year 2022, that ended on Jun...
Jul 26, 2022 Elsa Olofsson / CC
PPS has a new school board president
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Public Schools has a new board president. Monday night, former Vice President Martha Ross was voted to move to the top spot. Ross takes the place of now former Board President G...
Jul 26, 2022 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
