Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Biden seals LNG deal to help EU face energy crunch amid 'Russia's brutal war'
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The United States will supply the European Union with more liquefied natural gas (LNG) to help curb its reliance on Russian fossil fuels, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday, a...
Mar 25, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden and European Council President Charles Michel shake hands, during a European Union leaders summit, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Wind Advisory until early Saturday morning (3/25-26)
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected, especially within scattered showers. * WHERE...Portions of central...
Mar 25, 2022
Ukrainian forces advance east of Kyiv as Russians fall back
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian troops are recapturing towns east of Kyiv and Russian forces who had been trying to seize the capital are falling back on overextended supply lines, Britain said on...
Mar 25, 2022 A man carries belonging out of a house that was hit by bombing in a northern district of Kharkiv as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, Ukraine, March 24, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Pekin man sentenced to prison for selling ice meth
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Pekin man has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison for methamphetamine distribution, and five years of supervised release. The U.S. Attorney's Office said on Thursday tha...
Mar 24, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Bustos: Peoria Headstart receives $3.6 million grant
PEORIA, Ill. -- Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) announced on Thursday that the Peoria Citizens Committee for Economic Opportunity, Inc. will receive $3.6 million in federal grant money for the city...
Mar 24, 2022 Baltimore County Government
COVID pandemic fuelled 2021 population drop in 73% of U.S. counties
(Reuters) - The toll of the COVID-19 pandemic was reflected in a natural decrease last year in the population of nearly three-quarters of U.S. counties versus the two previous years, the census bureau...
Mar 24, 2022 Children are seen walking to school, on the first day of lifting the indoor mask mandate for DOE schools between K through 12, in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S., March 7, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Senior Democrat decries Republican attacks on U.S. Supreme Court pick Jackson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Judiciary Committee's Democratic chairman on Thursday decried Republican attacks on U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson during her confirmation hearing w...
Mar 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies on the third day of her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC. U.S., March 23, 2022. Jabin Botsford/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
IDPH closing down community-based COVID testing sites
PEKIN, Ill. -- Illinois' community-based COVID-19 testing sites will be closing at the end of the month. According to a press release from Reditus Labs, the decision to close the sites starting March ...
Mar 24, 2022 Midwest Communications
PPD makes arrest in midday shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called to the area of NE Perry and Wayne just after 12:30 p.m. Wednesday on a ShotSpotter alert indicating multiple shots were fired. No victim was found at the scen...
Mar 24, 2022 (Peoria Co. Jail)
IL House passes bill to use federal funds to lower unemployment insurance debt
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois House Democrats Wednesday night passed SB2803. It's a plan to appropriate $2.7 billion from the American Rescue Plan toward the unemployment fund to address the state's c...
Mar 24, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
