Author Archives: Julia Bradley

(AP) - H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who twice ran for president, has died. Family spokesman James Fuller says Perot died early Tuesday. He was 89. Perot rose from Depressio...

(AP) - Jurors who will decide whether a former University of Illinois doctoral student should be executed for the kidnapping and brutal slaying of a Chinese scholar are hearing about what the victim m...

(AP) - Billionaire activist Tom Steyer is joining the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, reversing course after deciding earlier this year that he would forgo a run. Steyer made the anno...

(AP) - Setting itself apart from other great American sports teams, the U.S. women's soccer team is embracing a front-line role in social-justice causes even as it savors a fourth World Cup victory. T...

Illinois Lottery officials say if you purchased a Lucky Day Lotto ticket at the Short Stop at 3322 Meadow Avenue in East Peoria Saturday, check your numbers. You may have won $150,000. A winning ticke...

(AP) - A prosecutor told a federal jury that convicted a former University of Illinois doctoral student last month in the kidnapping and killing a Chinese scholar deserves the death penalty because th...

Peoria Firefighters were called to 1923 W. Garden just before 1:30 a.m. Monday, on reports of a house fire reported by a passerby. Crews first on the scene found fire and heavy smoke coming from all f...

The Jefferson Street entrance to the Peoria County Courthouse will be closed starting Monday for drainage work and site improvements. County officials say the project is expected to take two months to...

The Peoria County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting that happened in West Peoria late Sunday morning. Sheriff Brian Asbell says deputies responded to reports of shots fired in the 100 block...

The Catholic Diocese of Peoria announced Pope Francis has formally approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen. The Pope's attribution gives the Diocese the ...