Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Caroll Spinney, voice of Sesame Street's Big Bird, dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ironically the day "Sesame Street" received its Kennedy Center Honor, the man who gave voice to two of the most popular characters on the children's TV series has died. The Sesame W...
Dec 09, 2019 Caroll Spinney with 'Big Bird' during Florida Supercon at the Broward County Convention Center on Friday, July 13, 2018 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Photo by Michele Eve Sandberg/Invision/AP).
Car crashes into East Peoria OSF Urgo location
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- A vehicle crashed Sunday morning into the East Peoria OSF Urgo location, at 133 Spinder Drive in the Levee District. East Peoria Police said a 22-year-old woman, who was feeling i...
Dec 09, 2019
Ceremony commemorates 78th anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) - Survivors and members of the public are expected to gather in Pearl Harbor to remember those killed when Japanese planes bombed the Hawaii naval base 78 years ago and launc...
Dec 07, 2019 The USS Arizona Memorial can be seen from the Pearl Harbor National Memorial Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, in Honolulu. A U.S. sailor shot and wounded several civilian Department of Defense employees at the Pearl Harbor shipyard Wednesday before taking their own life, the military said. The shipyard is across the harbor from the Pearl Harbor National Memorial. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
Naval base shooter investigated for possible terrorism links
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - US officials investigating the deadly attack by a Saudi aviation student at the Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida are trying to determine whether it was motivated by terror...
Dec 07, 2019 AP Photo/Melissa Nelson
House fire displaces Peoria family
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called just before 9:30 p.m. Friday to a home in the 3000 block of W. Ann on reports of a fire. Crews found heavy smoke pouring out the front of the home. Peor...
Dec 07, 2019 Midwest Communications
Final suspect sentenced for Peoria teen's 2015 death
PEORIA, Ill. -- Samuel Clay Junior, 23, was sentenced on Friday to 19 years in prison, after pleading guilty to aggravated battery in connection with the 2015 shooting death of 14-year-old Tommie Fore...
Dec 07, 2019 Peoria County Jail
UPDATE: Shooter, three victims dead in military base shooting in Florida
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - The US Navy has confirmed that a shooter and three others are dead after an attack at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola. Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan said 11 people wer...
Dec 06, 2019 AP Photo/Melissa Nelson
Peoria business suffers heavy damage in fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called Thursday night to a fire at Getz Industrial Cleaning in the 1400 block of SW Jefferson Avenue. First crews on the scene arrived just after 8:45 p.m. The...
Dec 06, 2019 25 News
Pelosi OKs drafting of impeachment articles against Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the House is moving forward to draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. Pelosi delivered the historic announcement Thur...
Dec 05, 2019
Rochester bishop pushed for delay of Sheen's beatification
PEORIA, Ill. -- The beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen was delayed at the request of the bishop in Rochester, New York. The Catholic News Agency said Bishop Salvator Matano requested the delay d...
Dec 05, 2019
