Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Keep pets home on Independence Day
PEORIA, Ill. -- Animal control officers say home is the safest place for pets on the Fourth of July. Becky Spencer, Director of Peoria County Animal Protection Services, said fireworks can spook pets,...
Jul 01, 2021
Former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dead at 88
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Reuters) -- Donald Rumsfeld, a forceful U.S. defense secretary who was the main architect of the Iraq war until President George W. Bush replaced him as the United States found itsel...
Jul 01, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld looks on after former U.S. President George W. Bush placed a wreath during the 18th anniversary of September 11 attacks at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., September 11, 2019. REUTERS/Al Drago
U.S. House to vote on select committee to probe deadly Capitol attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives votes Wednesday on legislation to create a new select committee to probe the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, after Senate Republicans...
Jun 30, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Pro-Trump protesters storm into the U.S. Capitol during clashes with police, during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Pritzker: State credit rating headed in the right direction
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois' credit rating is being upgraded for the first time in more than 20 years. Gov. J-B Pritzker said Tuesday, passing three balanced budgets in a row, paying off old bills a...
Jun 30, 2021 Illinois Capitol - Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Fire at Powerton in Pekin under investigation
PEKIN, Ill. -- It's unclear what caused a fire at the Powerton Plant in Pekin late Tuesday night. A Battalion Chief told news partner 25 News that firefighters were called to the plant just before 10 ...
Jun 30, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Pritzker encourages masks to help fight delta variant
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gov. J-B Pritzker is urging all Illinois residents to wear masks due to a rise in cases of the delta variant of COVID-19. Speaking Monday during an unrelated a news conference, Pr...
Jun 29, 2021 Midwest Communications
IL Secretary of State extends license renewal grace period
CHICAGO -- Illinois residents whose driver's licenses or ID cards are expiring soon won't need to rush to renew them. Secretary of State Jesse White has extended the grace period to renew licenses and...
Jun 29, 2021 Midwest Communications
With death count at 11, search for survivors of Florida collapse enters 6th day
SURFSIDE, Fla. (Reuters) -Search-and-rescue operations stretched into a sixth day on Tuesday at the site of a partially collapsed Florida condominium complex where at least 11 people were killed and a...
Jun 29, 2021 Rescue personnel work at the scene of the partially collapsed Champlain South Towers condominium in Surfside, near Miami Beach, Florida, in this undated recent photograph. Courtesy of Florida Task Force 3 / via REUTERS
U.S. warplanes strike Iran-backed militia in Iraq, Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States said on Sunday it carried out another round of air strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq and Syria, this time in response to drone attacks by the militia ...
Jun 28, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Aerial view of the United States military headquarters, the Pentagon, September 28, 2008. REUTERS/Jason Reed/File Photo
Republicans Senate negotiators ready to move forward on infrastructure after Biden walkback
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican Senate negotiators on an infrastructure deal were optimistic about a $1.2 trillion bipartisan bill on Sunday after President Joe Biden withdrew his threat to veto the ...
Jun 28, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) walks along news reporters before attending a vote, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 23, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
