Author Archives: Julia Bradley
New bill recognizes importance of Illinois' emergency dispatchers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Emergency dispatchers would be classified as first responders under a new bill that passed the Illinois Senate this week. Senator Neil Anderson, of Moline, says it's a simple chan...
Feb 25, 2022 U.S. Department of the Interior
Key U.S. senator backs more than $10 billion to handle Ukraine crisis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Coons, who chairs the Senate subcommittee that oversees foreign aid, said on Friday he would support an emergency spending bill of $10 billion or m...
Feb 25, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol building is pictured in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
U.S. congressional panel expands probe of Trump documents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressional committee investigating former President Donald Trump's removal of classified documents from the White House has expanded its probe of the Republican's hand...
Feb 25, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally, in Conroe, Texas, U.S., January 29, 2022. REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo
Invasion could drive 5 million Ukrainians to flee abroad - U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) - Fuel, cash and medical supplies are running low in parts of Ukraine after Russia's invasion, which could drive up to five million people to flee abroad, U.N. aid agencies said on Fr...
Feb 25, 2022 People flee from Ukraine at the Hungarian-Ukrainian border after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized a military operation, in Beregsurany, Hungary, February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
Biden unveils new sanctions on Russian banks, businesses after Ukraine attack
UPDATED 1:26 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden unveiled harsh new sanctions against Russia on Thursday after Moscow launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine, imposing measures to impede Ru...
Feb 24, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Peoria crews battle early morning blaze
PEORIA, Ill. -- Crews responded around 3:30 a.m. Thursday to a house fire in the area of S. Charles and W. Hayes Streets in Peoria. En route to the scene, firefighters were told that someone may have ...
Feb 24, 2022 Midwest Communications
Styx and George Thorogood making a stop in Peoria this spring
PEORIA, Ill. -- Rock legends Styx and George Thorogood are coming to the Peoria Civic Center. The show is slated for May 10 at the Civic Center Theater. Styx's show draws from over four decades of hit...
Feb 23, 2022 Josh Hrach / CC
U.S. truckers plan pandemic protest, inspired by Canadian counterparts
ADELANTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Taking a cue from demonstrations that paralyzed Canada's capital city for weeks, U.S. truckers on Wednesday plan to embark on a 2,500-mile cross-country drive towards Wash...
Feb 23, 2022 Truckers and their supporters start to gather before a convoy leaves the following morning bound for the nation's capital to protest against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine mandates, in Adelanto, California, U.S., February 22, 2022. REUTERS/David Swanson
Jury to decide if Minneapolis police violated George Floyd's rights
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Reuters) - A jury was due to begin deliberating on Wednesday on whether three former Minneapolis police officers deprived George Floyd of his constitutional rights by failing to come ...
Feb 23, 2022 A police vehicle is seen as the Minneapolis Police Department’s fifth precinct remains fenced and barricaded as voters decide whether to abolish the police department and replace it with a new department of public safety in the wake of George Floyd's murder in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., November 2, 2021. REUTERS/Nicole Neri
PPS meeting canceled/rescheduled over crowd refusal to wear masks
PEORIA, Ill. -- Parents and teachers who wanted to talk about school masking requirements were shut out as the Peoria Public Schools board meeting was abruptly canceled and rescheduled Tuesday night. ...
Feb 23, 2022 (25 News)
