Author Archives: Julia Bradley
PPS Board Member Resigns
A Peoria Public School Board member has resigned. During Monday's meeting, school board member Bob Davison-Aviles announced his resignation. According to the Peoria Federation of Teachers Local 780, D...
Jul 16, 2019
Christensen's Sister Last To Testify For Defense
(AP) - The sister of a former University of Illinois student convicted of killing a Chinese scholar told a jury deciding whether he should be executed that he was a "very gentle person" who never rais...
Jul 16, 2019
'It Will Not Be Easy': Dems Prepare For Their Mueller Moment
(AP) - To prepare for next week's high-stakes hearing with Robert Mueller, some Democrats are watching old video of his testimony on other matters. Others are closely re-reading the former special cou...
Jul 11, 2019
Kitchen Fire Displaces Apartment Residents In Tazewell County
(25 News)--20 people are displaced after a kitchen fire inside an East Peoria apartment complex. Officials say it began around 1 a.m. Thursday at the Tall Oaks Apartment Complex off of Briarwood, when...
Jul 11, 2019
Bustos Discusses Congressional Mission To The Middle East
Protecting U.S. troops in the Middle East. Democratic U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos (IL-17), a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, has returned from a Congressional Mission to the Mid...
Jul 10, 2019
UK Ambassador To US Quits Days After Comments Leaked About Trump
(AP) - The U.K. Foreign Office says Britain's ambassador to the United States has resigned just days after diplomatic cables criticizing President Donald Trump were leaked. Kim Darroch said in a lette...
Jul 10, 2019
Heat Advisory 11 AM-7 PM Wednesday
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a Heat Advisory, which is in effect from 11 AM-7 PM CDT Wednesday for Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford, Knox, Stark, Marshall, Fulton, McLean and Schuyler ...
Jul 10, 2019
Emmy-Winning Actor Rip Torn Dies At 88
(AP) - Award-winning television, film and theater actor Rip Torn has died at the age of 88, according to his publicist. Publicist Rick Miramontez says Torn died Tuesday afternoon at his home with his ...
Jul 10, 2019
May Was Another Record Month At PIA
Airport Director Gene Olson says the General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport has had its best May ever, with nearly 62,000 passengers traveling through its doors. That's up 2.6-percent f...
Jul 10, 2019 MWC
Slain Scholar's Mother Testifies
(AP) - The mother of a Chinese scholar who was kidnapped and killed by a former University of Illinois doctoral student has told a jury about the loss she feels. Lifeng Ye's video testimony was played...
Jul 10, 2019
