Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Peoria crews battle early morning blaze
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria fire crews were called around 5:15 a.m. Monday to the area of W. Susan Curve Court and N. Stephen Drive on reports of a structure fire. Firefighters arrived on scene and found s...
Jul 18, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Former Trump adviser Bannon on trial for defying congressional subpoena
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jury selection begins on Monday in the criminal trial of Steve Bannon, a former presidential aide to Donald Trump, who faces charges that he defied a congressional subpoena from...
Jul 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Steve Bannon, talk show host and former White House advisor to former President Donald Trump, arrives to U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., June 15, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Report finds 'systemic failures,' poor leadership in response to Uvalde shooting
(Reuters) -A Texas legislators' probe of the Uvalde school shooting that left 21 dead blamed "systemic failures" and poor leadership for contributing to the death toll, a report released on Sunday fou...
Jul 18, 2022 Police deploy in a hallway after Salvador Ramos entered Robb Elementary school to kill 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, U.S. May 24, 2022 in a still image from police body camera video. City of Uvalde Police Department/Handout via REUTERS
Biden tells Arab leaders that U.S. is committed to region
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) -President Joe Biden told an Arab Summit on Saturday that the United States would remain firmly committed to its allies in the Middle East and was "not going anywhere" a...
Jul 16, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 16, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Peoria payment portal being upgraded this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- The city of Peoria's online payment portal for Stormwater Utility bills will undergo a system update on Saturday, July 16. Following the update, those who currently pay their bills onl...
Jul 16, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Medical examiner says Ivana Trump's death was accidental
(Reuters) - Ivana Trump, former U.S. President Donald Trump's first wife who passed away on Thursday, died as a result of an accident after suffering blunt force trauma injuries to her torso, the New ...
Jul 16, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Ivana Trump smiles at her belated birthday party at the Pangaea Soleil club during the 59th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 24, 2006. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
Biden says he will act on climate after talks collapse in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Friday he would act on his own to cut climate emissions and urged his fellow Democrats to pass the few elements of their sweeping domestic policy pac...
Jul 16, 2022 FILE PHOTO: People protest against U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) as they blockade the Grant Town Coal Waste Power Plant in Grant Town, West Virginia, U.S., April 9, 2022. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith/File Photo
HOI Fair returns next week
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's almost time for the Heart of Illinois Fair. In its 73rd year, the fair runs Tuesday through Saturday next week at Expo Gardens in Peoria. New shows include Aussie Kingdom and Rock...
Jul 15, 2022 (HOI Fair Facebook)
Democrats call for Biden action on climate after Manchin pulls support
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats and environmental groups called on President Joe Biden to take steps on his own to reduce climate emissions after Senator Joe Manchin said he would not support legisla...
Jul 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) pay respects to Hershel Woodrow “Woody” Williams, the last Medal of Honor recipient of World War II to pass away, in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda as his remains lie in honor in Washington, D.C, U.S., July 14, 2022. Tom Williams/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Griner's lawyers tell Russian court she was prescribed medical cannabis
KHIMKI, Russia (Reuters) - Lawyers defending U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner told a Russian court on Friday she was prescribed medical cannabis in the United States for a chronic injury, a Reut...
Jul 15, 2022 U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, is escorted before a court hearing in Khimki outside Moscow, Russia, July, 15, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
