Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Biden pushes new $1.75 trillion spending plan in last-minute Congress visit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden made a last-minute trip to Congress on Thursday to push a new $1.75 trillion framework for economic and climate change spending, after weeks of squabblin...
Oct 28, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden campaigns for Democratic candidate for governor of Virginia Terry McAuliffe at a rally in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. October 26, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
IL House joins Senate in repealing parental notification of abortion
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois may soon no longer have a parental notification of abortion law. The House has joined the Senate in voting to repeal the act, which requires a provider to inform a minor'...
Oct 28, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Democrats at odds over 'billionaires tax' to fund sweeping Biden agenda
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Senior Democrats in the U.S. Congress were at odds on Wednesday over a proposal to tax billionaires' assets to help pay for President Joe Biden's social and climate-change agenda...
Oct 28, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol dome is seen in Washington, U.S., December 17, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott
CAT sees increases in third quarter financial report
DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Caterpillar continues to see increases in its 2021 third quarter financial report. In a statement early Thursday morning, Big Yellow said Sales and Revenues were $12.4 billion. That...
Oct 28, 2021 REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Juvenile shot Wednesday night in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- A juvenile was shot Wednesday night in Peoria's East Bluff. Police were called around 7:30 p.m. to the 700 block of E. Corrington Avenue after a ShotSpotter alert indicated nine rounds...
Oct 28, 2021 (25 News)
Sheriff says Alec Baldwin's gun fired live lead projectile
SANTA FE, N.M. (Reuters) -Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said on Wednesday authorities have recovered a live lead projectile that was fired from the firearm used by actor Alec Baldwin in the acc...
Oct 27, 2021 People attend a vigil for late cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was fatally shot on the film set of "Rust", in Burbank, California, U.S. October 24, 2021. Picture taken October 24, 2021. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
Reckless homicide charge filed for fatal street racing crash
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria man has been charged with reckless homicide for a woman's death following a street racing crash in early September. According to court records, Darien Davis was driving at a h...
Oct 27, 2021 (Peoria County Jail)
U.S. Senate Democrat unveils 'billionaires tax' for Biden agenda
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. billionaires would pay tax on unrealized gains from their assets to help finance President Joe Biden's emerging social-policy and climate-change legislation, according to a...
Oct 27, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden departs after delivering an update on his administration's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building's South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 2, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
New eating concept coming to Peoria's Keller Station
PEORIA, Ill. -- What is "The Noshery"? Becky and Darren Frye are breaking into the hospitality industry with the new concept of eating out in Peoria. "The Noshery" is part of a new food hall inside Ke...
Oct 26, 2021 (The Noshery--Facebook page)
PPD called to stabbing incident Tuesday morning
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded just after 8:30 a.m. Tuesday to reports of a stabbing in the area of Virginia and Wisconsin. Peoria Public Information Officer Semone Roth said the male victim ...
Oct 26, 2021 MWC-PPD
