Author Archives: Julia Bradley
UnityPoint Health's Red, White & Boom returns on July 4th
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's been two years since we've been able to gather on the riverfront for UnityPoint Health's Red, White and Boom! Midwest Communications-Peoria General Manager Mike Wild told WMBD's "...
Mar 23, 2022 Midwest Communications/Scott Sternberg
Biden's Brussels trip to highlight new Russia sanctions, NATO posture plans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and his European counterparts will announce new sanctions against Russia and new measures to tighten existing sanctions during his trip to Brussels this ...
Mar 23, 2022 FILE PHOTO: 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/File Photo
Tornado rips through New Orleans, destroying homes; one dead
(Reuters) -A tornado blasted through New Orleans on Tuesday, killing at least one person, destroying homes and knocking down power lines, media reported, in another setback for an area that has yet to...
Mar 23, 2022 Debris is strewn across the ground in the Arabi neighborhood after a large tornado struck New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. March 22, 2022. REUTERS/Kathleen Flynn
Council waives right to buy the Spirit of Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) -- The City of Peoria is allowing the Spirit of Peoria's owner to sell the boat instead of exercising its right of first refusal for a possible sale. Following an emotional deba...
Mar 23, 2022 (25 News)
Peoria Symphony Orchestra hires new leader
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Symphony Orchestra has hired a new Executive Director, Anthony Marotta, who will officially begin leading the orchestra on Tuesday, April 26. Marotta has worked for the Boul...
Mar 22, 2022 Peoria Symphony Orchestra/Ernest Rawlins Photography
U.S. Supreme Court pick Jackson rejects Republican criticism on crime
UPDATED 11:55 a.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden's U.S. Supreme Court nominee, on Tuesday rejected Republican claims that she has been overly lenient toward some cri...
Mar 22, 2022 Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, as her husband Patrick Jackson listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 22, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Miami Beach declares curfew after spate of gun violence
(Reuters) - The city of Miami Beach declared a curfew from Thursday until Monday in response to gun violence and raucous spring break crowds that have stretched public services beyond their capacity t...
Mar 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A police vehicle is seen next to people enjoying spring break, ahead of an 8pm curfew imposed by local authorities amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Miami Beach, Florida, U.S., March 27, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
White House warns U.S. companies about 'preparatory' Russian hacking
(Reuters) - Senior White House cybersecurity official Anne Neuberger said on Monday that important U.S. companies that provide critical infrastructure should improve their cyber defensive posture beca...
Mar 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A general view of the White House in Washington, U.S., October 2, 2021. REUTERS/Al Drago/File Photo
Eastern Europe struggles to cope as Ukraine refugee exodus hits 3.5 million
WARSAW/BUCHAREST (Reuters) - More than 3.5 million people have fled abroad from the war in Ukraine, United Nations data showed on Tuesday, leaving Eastern Europe scrambling to provide them with care, ...
Mar 22, 2022 A nun comforts a woman after fleeing from Ukraine to Romania, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the border crossing in Siret, Romania, March 21, 2022. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
Lawsuit: Reditus CEO "looted" company for personal gain
PEKIN, Ill. -- Indicted on six-year-old federal tax fraud charges last week, the CEO of Reditus Labs is being accused of far more. An ongoing Tazewell County civil lawsuit filed in 2021 accuses Aaron ...
Mar 22, 2022 (Reditus Labs)
