Author Archives: Julia Bradley
A.J. Guyton Hired As PPS Director Of Athletics
A local basketball legend is hired by Peoria Public Schools. Peoria Public Schools has announced that A.J. Guyton, a Peoria High star who went on to play at Indiana University and for the Chicago Bull...
Julia Bradley Jul 17, 2019 Peoria Public Schools
Local Goodwill Industries Not Making Job Cuts
Don Johnson, CEO and President of Goodwill Industries of Central Illinois, based in Peoria, says his organization has not eliminated any positions for workers with disabilities. A news story focused o...
Julia Bradley Jul 17, 2019
House Vote Condemns Trump's Tweets, Draws Some GOP Support
(AP) - House Democrats have issued a remarkable rebuke against President Donald Trump, passing a resolution condemning what they called Trump's "racist comments" aimed at four liberal congresswomen of...
Julia Bradley Jul 17, 2019
Closing Arguments Expected In Penalty Phase Of Christensen Case
(AP) - Prosecutors and defense attorneys are delivering final arguments to jurors on whether a former University of Illinois doctoral student should be sentenced to death for killing a young scholar f...
Julia Bradley Jul 17, 2019
Collins: Excessive Heat Through Saturday Night
An Excessive Heat Warning has been issued for the Peoria area Wednesday afternoon through Saturday night. 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins says an Excessive Heat Warning is issued when a prol...
Julia Bradley Jul 17, 2019
Riverfront Museum Celebrates 50th Anniversary Of Apollo 11
It's the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11's launch to the moon. Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins blasted off from Kennedy Space Center on the morning of July 16, 1969. Peoria Ri...
Julia Bradley Jul 16, 2019
Car Hits Home’s Gas Line; Suspect On The Loose
(25 News) - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office is looking for the driver of a car they say severed a gas line to a house, before taking off. It happened just after 5:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 800 block o...
Julia Bradley Jul 16, 2019
Peoria Shed Damaged By Fire
Peoria firefighters were called to 920 W. Millman just after 6:30 p.m. Monday, finding a storage shed engulfed in flames. The fire spread to siding on the back of a nearby apartment building. The fire...
Julia Bradley Jul 16, 2019
PPS Board Member Resigns
A Peoria Public School Board member has resigned. During Monday's meeting, school board member Bob Davison-Aviles announced his resignation. According to the Peoria Federation of Teachers Local 780, D...
Julia Bradley Jul 16, 2019
Christensen's Sister Last To Testify For Defense
(AP) - The sister of a former University of Illinois student convicted of killing a Chinese scholar told a jury deciding whether he should be executed that he was a "very gentle person" who never rais...
Julia Bradley Jul 16, 2019