Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Peoria's Bishop Jenky retires on 75th birthday
PEORIA, Ill. -- Bishop Daniel Jenky is retiring after 20 years, opening the doors for the Diocese of Peoria's ninth bishop. 25 News reports that Pope Francis officially accepted Bishop Jenky's resigna...
Mar 03, 2022 (25 News)
Ukraine's Zelenskyy says defense lines holding against Russian attacks
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine's defense lines were holding against the Russian attack, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his latest video on Thursday, adding there had been no respite in Mosco...
Mar 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy talks during an interview with Reuters after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo
Fights at BU follow high school basketball game
PEORIA, Ill. -- Fights broke out Wednesday night after a high school basketball playoff game in Peoria. Officers from at least three police department responded to Bradley University's Renaissance Col...
Mar 03, 2022 (25 News viewer photo)
Pritzker: Illinois pension systems should not be in business with Russia
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. J-B Pritzker is asking the state's five pension systems about divesting from any Russian companies. Across the state employee, university and teacher pension systems...
Mar 02, 2022 GotCredit / CC
Texas runoff a show of strength for progressive Democrats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Progressive Democrat Jessica Cisneros' primary challenge to U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar of Texas will go to a runoff, a show of strength by the party's left that has invig...
Mar 02, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Congressional candidate Jessica Cisneros speaks to the media before the "Get Out the Vote Rally" in San Antonio, Texas, U.S., February 12, 2022. REUTERS/Jordan Vonderhaar
More than 2,000 Ukrainian civilians killed during Russian invasion - Ukrainian emergency service
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - The Russian invasion of Ukraine has killed more than 2,000 Ukrainian civilians and destroyed hundreds of structures including transport facilities, hospitals, kindergartens a...
Mar 02, 2022 A man walks through the site of yesterday's blast targeted at the TV tower, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 2, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Deal in the works to sell Heddington Oaks
PEORIA, Ill. -- The shuttered nursing home owned by Peoria County government may soon get new life, but a deal to sell it to a local health care provider would cost taxpayers millions of dollars. 25 N...
Mar 02, 2022 (25 News)
Anger and disbelief amidst the rubble in Ukraine's Kharkiv
KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - On a residential street in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, debris was strewn all around, blood stained the ground and the bodies of people carried from destroyed homes lay ...
Mar 02, 2022 A view shows the area near the regional administration building, which was hit by a missile according to city officials, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, in this handout picture released March 1, 2022. Press service of the Ukrainian State Emergency Service/Handout via REUTERS
I-EMA: How prepared are you for severe weather?
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Do you have a storm kit? It's Severe Weather Preparedness Week, and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency wants to help keep your family safe in the event of severe storms. Get...
Mar 01, 2022 Midwest Communications
Trump appeals ruling requiring that he testify in New York probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump on Monday appealed a judge's ruling that he answer questions under oath in a civil probe by New York's attorney general into the former U.S. president's business prac...
Mar 01, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, U.S. February 26, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
