Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Peoria home goes up in flames Sunday night
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria fire crews were called to the area of S. Sumner Avenue and W. Ann Street around 11:15 p.m. Sunday on reports of a house fire. Fire Battalion Chief Clint Kuhlman said fire was co...
Jul 11, 2022 liz west / CC
Peoria County Sheriff officially resigns
UPDATED 1:20 p.m. PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell has notified the Peoria County Board and County Clerk of his intent to resign as Peoria County Sheriff. The resignation took...
Jul 08, 2022 (Peoria County)
Justice Lisa Holder-White joins Illinois Supreme Court
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The first black woman to sit on the Illinois Supreme Court was sworn in Thursday. After taking the oath at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, new ...
Jul 08, 2022
U.S. job growth beats expectations; unemployment rate holds at 3.6%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth increased more than expected in June and the unemployment rate remained near pre-pandemic lows, signs of persistent labor market strength that give the Federal R...
Jul 08, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A job seeker leaves the job fair for airport related employment at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
U.S. Supreme Court 'out of control' on abortion ruling, Biden says
UPDATE: 12:16 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said the Supreme Court decision overturning the right to an abortion was an exercise in "raw political power" and signed an executive ...
Jul 08, 2022 FILE PHOTO: An abortion rights protester holds a sign as she demonstrates after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Dobbs v Women’s Health Organization abortion case, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision in Miami, Florida, U.S. June 24, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Japan ex-PM Abe dies after being shot while making a speech
NARA, Japan (Reuters) -Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving leader, died on Friday hours after he was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, shocking a country in wh...
Jul 08, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Danang, Vietnam November 11, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo
There's no A/C at Peoria City Hall
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria City Hall will be open, but without air conditioning, on Thursday, July 7, and Friday, July 8. City Hall receives its chilled air from the Peoria Civic Center, next door, which ...
Jul 07, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD
U.S. basketball player Griner pleads guilty to drugs charges in Russian court
KHIMKI, Russia (Reuters) - U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner pleaded guilty in a Russian court on Thursday to drugs charges that could see her face 10 years in prison, a Reuters journalist report...
Jul 07, 2022 U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained in March 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 7, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
U.S. weekly jobless claims rise; layoffs hit 16-month high in June
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week and demand for labor is slowing, with layoffs surging to a 16-month high in June ...
Jul 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Minneapolis police officer convicted in George Floyd's death awaits federal sentencing
(Reuters) - Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is due to be sentenced in federal court on Thursday for violating the civil rights of George Floyd, a year after a state court sent him to p...
Jul 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill presides over the sentencing hearing for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin (L), found guilty of murder in the death of George Floyd, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. June 25, 2021 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
