Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Amazon bringing Fulfillment Center to Peoria area
NORTH PEKIN, Ill. -- Amazon has announced it has selected a 100,000 square foot facility in the Peoria area to serve as a new Fulfillment Center. The existing warehouse, located at 1961 Edgewater in N...
Aug 10, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The Amazon logo is seen at the Young Entrepreneurs fair in Paris, France, February 7, 2018. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
New Florida flight added at PIA
PEORIA, Ill. -- Allegiant Airlines is adding a new flight out of Peoria. Early Tuesday morning, the airline announced that starting in December, it will offer non-stop service from Peoria Internationa...
Aug 10, 2021 (flypia.com)
PPS approves rapid COVID testing at primary schools
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Public Schools students will return to the classroom next week, and the district is taking steps to monitor the spread of COVID-19 in the primary schools. The PPS School Board o...
Aug 10, 2021 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
U.S. Senate Democrats push ahead two-track infrastructure votes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate was poised to pass a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill that is one of President Joe Biden's top priorities in the early hours of Tuesday morning, with De...
Aug 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The exterior of the US Capitol is seen as Senators work to advance the bipartisan infrastructure bill in Washington, U.S., August 8, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
Delta variant pushes U.S. cases, hospitalizations to 6-month high
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in the United States are at a six-month high, fueled by the rapid spread of the Delta variant across swathes of the country grappling with l...
Aug 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People wear masks as they pass through a pedestrian subway as cases of the infectious coronavirus Delta variant continue to rise in New York City, New York, U.S., July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
U.S. teachers' union shifts stance to back vaccine mandate as COVID surges
(Reuters) - COVID-19 vaccinations should be required for U.S. teachers to protect students who are too young to be inoculated, the head of the nation's second-largest teachers' union said on Sunday, s...
Aug 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A bus drops students off as classes resume after teachers received the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination, at Westwood Elementary School in Dayton, Ohio, U.S., March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Megan Jelinger/File Photo
Chicago officer shot and killed over the weekend
CHICAGO (FOX News) -- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot offered her condolences on Sunday to the loved ones of Police Officer Ella French, who was killed in Chicago on Saturday night. "Tragedy has struck a...
Aug 09, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
$1 trillion U.S. infrastructure bill inches ahead with Senate votes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Sunday took two more steps toward passing a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill by blessing the details of the largest U.S. investment in roads and brid...
Aug 09, 2021 The U.S. Capitol building is pictured in Washington, U.S., August 8, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
PPD chief wants to create a "team approach" in responding to violence
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's new Police Chief Eric Echevarria has been on the job just five days. But, he's already been out on the streets with his officers, seeing how they respond to calls involving gu...
Aug 06, 2021 City of Peoria
U.S. job growth solid in July; unemployment rate falls to 5.4%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth rose solidly in July amid demand for workers in the labor-intensive services industry, suggesting the economy maintained its strong momentum at the start of the ...
Aug 06, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A "Now Hiring" sign advertising jobs at a hand car wash is seen along a street in Miami, Florida, U.S. May 8, 2020. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
