Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Trump calls for giving healthcare money 'directly to the people' as shutdown talks drag on
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Saturday urged Republican senators to redirect federal money used to subsidize health insurance costs under the Affordable Care Act toward direct paymen...
Nov 08, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during an event to announce a deal with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to reduce the prices of GLP-1 weight‑loss drugs, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 6, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
UPS, FedEx ground MD-11 fleets after deadly Louisville crash
(Reuters) -UPS and FedEx said on Friday they have grounded their combined fleet of more than 50 McDonnell Douglas MD-11 cargo planes following a crash in Louisville, Kentucky this week that killed at ...
Nov 08, 2025 Smoke rises from the wreckage of a UPS MD-11 cargo jet after it crashed on departure from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky. Jeff Faughender/USA Today Network
Elite Re-Entry Program participants want to help keep at-risk kids out of trouble
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Students got to hear stories from Peoria County jail inmates on Friday, as part of a program organizers hope will keep kids out of trouble. Boys ages 12-16 who struggle with b...
Nov 08, 2025 Elite's Re-Entry Program participants spoke to at-risk students Friday at the Peoria County Jail. (25 News)
In shutdown fight, fiscal hawks in US Congress push for flat spending
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican fiscal hawks in Congress are making a new pitch in the struggle to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history: Continue to spend at the same rate as last year...
Nov 08, 2025 A commercial aircraft flies over Washington, more than a month into the continuing U.S. government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 6, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
US hit with second day of flight cuts as shutdown drags on
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. airlines and travelers slogged through a second day of flight cuts across the country on Saturday as the government shutdown was expected to drive more cancellations in the ...
Nov 08, 2025 American Airlines flights stage at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport as the Trump administration warns of impending cuts to commercial airline operations more than a month into the continuing U.S. government shutdown in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., November 7, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
Peoria County: Lane closures begin Monday on Glasford Road
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - Soil boring work on Glasford Road, from US Route 24 to Main Street, will begin on Monday, November 10. Peoria County officials say the work is expected to take two weeks, requiri...
Nov 08, 2025 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond, File
Carle Health offering free lung cancer screenings on Saturday
PEORIA, Ill. - Carle Health Proctor and Carle Health Pekin hospitals will be holding no-cost lung cancer screenings on Saturday (November 8). Thanks to support from Carle Health Center for Philanthrop...
Nov 08, 2025 (Carle Health)
US airlines scramble to deal with first day of 4% flight cuts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. airlines on Friday scrambled to cut 4% of flights at 40 major airports after the government imposed an unprecedented cut to air travel citing air traffic control safety conc...
Nov 07, 2025 An airliner, making it's approach, flies past flags at the base of the Washington Monument, as flight delays surge from the government shutdown which entered its 30th day, in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 30, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
PPS: Wraparound Center provides food to families in need as shutdown continues
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - As the government shutdown continues into the 38th day, the Wraparound Center at Peoria Public Schools is reminding the community about services it offers to those in need. In...
Nov 07, 2025 Peoria Public Schools' Wraparound Center is located at Trewyn Middle School. (25 News)
Price cuts help more Americans start weight-loss drugs but maybe not stay on them
LONDON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A Trump administration deal to cut prices for popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound will allow millions more Americans to give them a try, but the cost may s...
Nov 07, 2025 A combination image shows an injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly's weight loss drug, and boxes of Wegovy, made by Novo Nordisk. REUTERS/Hollie Adams/Brendan McDermid/Combination/
