Author Archives: Julia Bradley
UPDATE: Peoria carjacking leaves two women injured, suspect arrested
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have announced charges in connection with a violent carjacking and alleged attempted robbery that happened late Monday. Officers say a man identified as 51-year-old Murra...
Apr 19, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Gordon Lightfoot's coming back to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- He's known for songs like "If You Could Read My Mind," "The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald", "Sundown" and "Carefree Highway". Famed singer-songwriter and musician Gordon Lightfoot is ...
Apr 18, 2022 Blake Handley / CC
Police hunt for Pittsburgh party shooters who killed 2, injured several
(Reuters) - Police were searching for the shooters who opened fire at a house party in the East Allegheny neighborhood of Pittsburgh that left two young people dead in the early hours of Sunday. The t...
Apr 18, 2022 Midwest Communications
Missiles strike Lviv, bodies in streets of Mariupol
LVIV/KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian authorities said missiles struck the western city of Lviv on Monday, killing seven, and explosions rocked other cities as Russian forces kept up their bombardments afte...
Apr 18, 2022 A man walks near a residential building destroyed during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 17, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Family of Black man killed by Michigan police demands criminal charges
(Reuters) - The family of an African refugee killed by a Michigan police officer during a traffic stop demanded on Thursday that authorities dismiss the officer from the force and file criminal charge...
Apr 15, 2022 Protesters march around the block surrounding the Grand Rapids Police Department in response to the killing of Patrick Lyoya by a city police officer in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S., April 13, 2022. Picture taken April 13, 2022. Cody Scanlan/Holland Sentinel/USA TODAY via REUTERS
U.S. Capitol rioter who said he followed Trump's orders found guilty
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A jury on Thursday convicted an Ohio man who claimed he was following former President Donald Trump's orders when he looted items from U.S. Capitol during last year's riot, hand...
Apr 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump react to tear gas during a clash with police officers in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Light up the Murray Baker Bridge to help keep it lit
PEORIA, Ill. -- You've probably seen the light show on the Murray Baker Bridge while driving around downtown Peoria or East Peoria at night. Maybe you've wondered what the colors signify, or who's in ...
Apr 14, 2022 (City of Peoria)
Elon Musk targets Twitter with $41 billion cash takeover offer
(Reuters) -Elon Musk took aim at Twitter with a $41 billion cash offer on Thursday, with the Tesla CEO and billionaire entrepreneur saying the social media giant needs to be taken private to grow and ...
Apr 14, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk talks at the Automotive World News Congress at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan, January 13, 2015. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
U.S. gives Ukraine $800 million more in military aid, adds heavy weapons
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden announced an additional $800 million in military assistance to Ukraine on Wednesday, expanding the scope of the systems provided to include heavy artille...
Apr 14, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden discusses the United States' response to Russian invasion of Ukraine and warns CEOs about potential cyber attacks from Russia at Business Roundtable's CEO Quarterly Meeting in Washington, DC, U.S., March 21, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Texas governor snarls border traffic, buses migrants in effort to pressure White House
(Reuters) -A federal-state dispute over U.S. immigration policy heated up on Wednesday, as the White House lambasted Texas' governor over state inspections that have snarled truck traffic from Mexico,...
Apr 14, 2022 Trucks wait in a queue to cross into the United States as Mexican truck drivers block the Jeronimo-Santa Teresa International Bridge connecting the city of Ciudad Juarez to Santa Teresa, Nuevo Mexico, to protest truck inspections imposed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico April 12, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
