Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Peoria shooting leaves one injured
PEORIA, Ill. -- One person was hospitalized after a shooting Thursday night in Peoria. It happened just before 8 p.m. in the 500 block of Haungs Avenue. Officers found a victim who with a gunshot woun...
Dec 17, 2021 (25 News)
PPD: Missing person found
UPDATE -- Friday 9:45 a.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police say missing person Andrew Bigham (20) who was last seen Thursday night , has been located and is safe. ----------------------------------- PEOR...
Dec 17, 2021 (Peoria Police Dept.)
Peoria police officer injured in hit-and-run
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria Police officer was hospitalized with minor injuries after an apparent hit-and-run in the city's North Valley early Thursday morning. Peoria Public Information Officer Semone R...
Dec 16, 2021 (25 News)
U.S. weekly jobless claims rise moderately; unemployment rolls shrinking
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased moderately last week, keeping the trend at levels consistent with tightening labor market condition...
Dec 16, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A job seeker leaves the job fair for airport related employment at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
U.S. sends final poverty-busting monthly Child Tax Credit payment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department said it distributed more than $16 billion in expanded Child Tax Credit payments on Wednesday in the final month of a COVID-19 pilot program set to e...
Dec 16, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris visits CentroNia, a bilingual early childhood education center, to highlight child tax credit programs, in Washington, U.S. June 11, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
From schools to sports, a new wave of COVID-19 disrupts U.S. life
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Universities canceled events, the National Football League reported a record number of cases, and long lines formed at New York City testing clinics as a sharp rise in COVID-19 cas...
Dec 16, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People wait in line to take coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tests at pop-up testing site in New York City, U.S., December 14, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
U.S. records most hurricane-force gusts in a single day
(Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday registered the highest number of hurricane-force gusts on record in a single day, the National Weather Service (NWS) said, days after one of the deadliest to...
Dec 16, 2021 Sparks are seen after a moving truck fell over due to high winds in Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S., December 15, 2021 in this still image obtained from a video. Video recorded December 15, 2021. Nebraska State Patrol/Handout via REUTERS
High winds cause power outages across central Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. -- High winds late Wednesday night left thousands without power in the Peoria area. Ameren Illinois reported roughly 3,000 customers in the Peoria area were in the dark at the peak of the...
Dec 16, 2021 Photo: Ameren
Update: Driver charged in head-on crash on I-74
PEORIA, Ill. -- A head-on collision on I-74 early Thursday morning left one person seriously injured in Peoria. Illinois State Police say around 1 a.m., a westbound semi-truck collided with a pickup g...
Dec 16, 2021 (25 News)
Collins: Damaging winds possible with Wind Advisory
PEORIA, Ill. -- There's a threat of damaging winds in the Peoria area Wednesday night. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins says that winds will continue to get stronger as the day p...
Dec 15, 2021 Midwest Communications
