Author Archives: Julia Bradley
NASA launches test mission of asteroid-deflecting spacecraft
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A spacecraft that must ultimately crash to succeed was launched late on Tuesday from California on a NASA mission to demonstrate the world's first planetary defense system, desi...
Nov 24, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Workers pressure wash the logo of NASA on the Vehicle Assembly Building before SpaceX will send two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station aboard its Falcon 9 rocket, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., May 19, 2020. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
UPDATE: 12-year-old girl killed in Creve Coeur house fire, reportedly on her birthday
UPDATE: 4:27 p.m. CREVE COEUR, Ill -- Local police say a 12-year-old girl is dead in the wake of a devastating and tragic fire in Creve Coeur Wednesday morning. According to a post on social media, Cr...
Nov 24, 2021 (25 News)
Illinois' congressional map made official
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Gov. J-B Pritzker on Tuesday signed Illinois' new congressional map into law. The map, drawn with data from the 2020 U.S. Census, formalizes district boundaries drawn up by the state'...
Nov 24, 2021 Illinois.gov
Georgia jury to resume deliberations in Arbery murder trial
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Reuters) - A Georgia jury is expected to deliberate for a second day Wednesday on murder and other charges against three white men who chased and shot Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who ra...
Nov 24, 2021 A man holds a sign that reads “It is not ok to kill people” during a vigil for Ahmaud Arbery outside the Glynn County Courthouse as jury deliberates whether Greg McMichael, his son Travis McMichael, and William "Roddie" Bryan murdered Ahmaud Arbery, in Brunswick, Georgia, U.S., November 23, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Suspect in Wisconsin parade attack charged with homicide, court sets bail at $5 million
WAUKESHA, Wis. (Reuters) -The man accused of driving his vehicle into a traditional Christmas parade near Milwaukee made his first court appearance on Tuesday since the weekend rampage and was charged...
Nov 24, 2021 Alexandera Cimbalnik, 20, lays flowers at a memorial at Veterans Park after a car plowed through a holiday parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S., November 22, 2021. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
Children's Home seeking help to make the holidays special
PEORIA, Ill. -- Imagine having to find gifts for over 1,700 children. CEO Matt George says that's how many kids receive assistance from the Children's Home Association of Illinois each month with over...
Nov 23, 2021 Children's Home Association of Illinois
Peoria County crash claims man's life Monday night
UPDATED 2:40 P.M. PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- A Glasford man is dead following a crash southwest of Hanna City Monday night. The Peoria County Sheriff's Office responded to Eden and Smithville Roads just a...
Nov 23, 2021 Midwest Communications
P.A.C.E. announces changes to Friday's Santa Claus Parade
PEORIA, Ill. --The route of this year's Santa Claus Parade in Peoria is being modified to increase public safety following the events in Waukesha, Wisconsin on Sunday. In a Facebook post, Peoria Area ...
Nov 23, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Georgia jury set to begin deliberations in Ahmaud Arbery killing
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Reuters) - A Georgia jury is set on Tuesday to begin deliberating the fate of three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who prosecutors say was out for a Sunday ...
Nov 23, 2021 Wanda Cooper-Jones, the mother of Ahmaud Arbery, stands as attorney Ben Crump speaks with the media after closing arguments ended for the day in Brunswick, Georgia, U.S. November 22, 2021. REUTERS/Nathan Frandino
Massive fire destroys two Farmington businesses
FARMINGTON, Ill. -- Two businesses are a total loss after a Monday night fire tore through the structure in Farmington. A Fulton County official told news partner 25 News the fire started in the bar a...
Nov 23, 2021 (25 News)
