Author Archives: Julia Bradley
UPDATE: Two children hospitalized with minor injuries after school bus crash
UPDATE: 12:07 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- We're learning more about a traffic crash that involved a Peoria Public School bus this morning. According to Peoria Police, two of the kids on board the school bus ...
May 17, 2022 (25 News)
California church shooter upset over Taiwan-China tensions -police
(Reuters) -The man accused of killing a doctor and wounding five other people in a shooting at a Taiwanese-American church banquet in California methodically planned the attack because he was upset ov...
May 17, 2022 A police car is seen after a deadly shooting at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, California, U.S. May 15, 2022. REUTERS/David Swanson
UPDATE: PPD says missing woman is found
UPDATE: 12:08 p.m. Peoria Police now say Donita Purcell has been found and is doing well. ------------------------------- PEORIA, Ill. -- Police are asking for the public's help in finding a missing 4...
May 17, 2022 (Peoria Police Dept.)
PCCHD to begin vector surveillance for West Nile virus
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department will begin vector surveillance of mosquitoes and birds for West Nile virus beginning May 31 through October 15. Testing for West Nile will be d...
May 16, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Tractor hits power line, catches fire in El Paso
EL PASO, Ill. -- Firefighters say a tractor caught on fire after hitting a power line Sunday morning, leading to hundreds of thousands in damages. El Paso Fire Chief Neil Gauger told 25 News it happen...
May 16, 2022 (25 News)
U.S. could ratify Finnish NATO membership before August, Senate Republican leader says
HELSINKI (Reuters) -The U.S. Congress will seek to ratify Finland's application to join the Western military alliance NATO before going on holiday in August, U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConn...
May 16, 2022 Finland's President Sauli Niinisto and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell answer questions from the media after a meeting at the President's official residence Mantyniemi, in Helsinki, Finland, May 16, 2022. Lehtikuva/Roni Rekomaa via REUTERS
Churchgoers hog-tie gunman after shooting in California church kills one
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A gunman opened fire in a Southern California church during a lunch banquet on Sunday, killing one person and wounding five, before churchgoers detained the suspect and hog-tied...
May 16, 2022 Law enforcement officers are seen after a deadly shooting at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, California, U.S. May 15, 2022. REUTERS/David Swanson
Campustown Starbuck workers picketed Saturday
UPDATED 8:35 a.m. 5/15/22 PEORIA, Ill. - Something one employee of a Starbucks location in Peoria has been able to do easily before, isn't able to do now, she alleges, because one of those stores is n...
May 14, 2022 25 News
Peoria Heights Fine Art Fair returns
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. -- They're feeling artsy in the Heights this weekend. The Peoria Heights Fine Art Fair is back on Saturday after a hiatus thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. The festivities will go ...
May 14, 2022 (Peoria Heights)
Graduation Day for Bradley students
PEORIA, Ill. -- The strains of "Pomp and Circumstance" will be heard echoing through downtown Peoria on Saturday. Bradley University's commencement ceremonies are being held at the Peoria Civic Center...
May 14, 2022 MWC-Bradley Campus 2020
