Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Illinois expanding Phase 1B eligibility on Feb. 25
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois is making plans to expand Phase 1B eligibility on Feb. 25, in light of a steady increase the availability of COVID-19 vaccines statewide. In a statement on Wednesday, Gov...
Feb 10, 2021 Midwest Communications
Georgia launches criminal probe into Trump efforts to overturn 2020 election result: letter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Fulton County, Georgia, are investigating Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the Southern state's 2020 presidential election results, according to a letter seen ...
Feb 10, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump looks on at the end of his speech 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/Jim Bourg
After emotional start, Democrats to outline case at Trump's impeachment trial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats begin formally making their case on Wednesday that former President Donald Trump should be convicted for inciting the U.S. Capitol siege, a day after a divided Senate ...
Feb 10, 2021 A banner reading, "Convict or be complicit" is hung over a bridge in view of the U.S. Capitol on the first day of the Senate impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump in Washington, U.S., February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Erin Scott
Pilot in Kobe Bryant crash was barred from flying into clouds, NTSB chief says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pilot in the January 2020 helicopter crash that killed retired NBA star Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others was "legally prohibited" from flying into clouds but did s...
Feb 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A mural of late Kobe Bryant, who perished one year ago alongside his daughter and seven others when their helicopter crashed into a hillside, next to a gym in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 26, 2021. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
PIA adding specialty flight to South Dakota
PEORIA, Ill. -- General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport is adding a specialty flight to South Dakota this summer. Director of Airports Gene Olson announced Tuesday that PIA will offer fl...
Feb 09, 2021 (flypia.com)
After deadly Capitol riot, Trump impeachment trial to open with fight on Constitution
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's historic second impeachment trial, on a charge of inciting last month's deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol, opens on Tuesday with a debate over the constitutiona...
Feb 09, 2021 Trucks advertising in support of convicting former U.S President Donald Trump in his upcoming second impeachment trial are seen parked on the National Mall with the U.S. Capitol Building visible behind them in Washington, U.S., February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis
The Supremes co-founder Mary Wilson dies at 76
LONDON (Reuters) - Mary Wilson, a founding member of The Supremes, has died at the age of 76, her publicist has said. Wilson died suddenly at her home in Henderson, Nevada, on Monday. A statement conf...
Feb 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Singer Mary Wilson, former member of The Supremes, waves to photographers at the 'The Story of The Supremes' exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London May 12, 2008. The exhibition opens on May 13th. REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico/File Photo
Apartment ceilings collapse due to weather-related pipe break
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters responded just before 6:30 p.m. Monday to the 5800 block of N. Summershade Circle for a collapsed ceiling in an apartment complex. Acting Fire Battalion Chief Scott...
Feb 09, 2021 (25 News)
Biden $15 minimum wage plan would cut 1.4 million jobs in 2025: CBO
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's proposal to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour by June 2025 would reduce employment by 1.4 million jobs that year and increase the U.S. budget def...
Feb 08, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People wait in line at the St. Clements Food Pantry for food during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., December 11, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
IL Rep. Krishnamoorthi pushing for safer baby food
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Do you really know what's in the baby food you feed your children? Congressman (D-IL 8th District) Raja Krishnamoorthi told WMBD's "The Greg and Dan Show", you probably don't. "Dan...
Feb 08, 2021
