Author Archives: Julia Bradley
PPS board approves purchase of AI metal detectors for its three high schools
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Peoria Public Schools will be buying metal detectors using AI to find weapons after the school board Monday night approved the purchase. PPS is buying eight CEIA OpenGate AI W...
Oct 28, 2025 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
U.S. House Minority Leader Jeffries accelerates Illinois redistricting push
Article Summary As Indiana's governor called a special session to redraw the state's congressional maps, U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries urged Illinois Democrats to do the same. Jeffries' p...
Oct 28, 2025 U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries talks to reporters outside of Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch’s office in Springfield on Monday, Oct. 27. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Brenden Moore)
Peoria crews contain dryer fire at Providence Point Apartments
PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters responded to the Providence Point Apartments in downtown Peoria Monday morning on reports of a fire. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Josh Maroney says just before 10 a.m., crew...
Oct 27, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Trump gets royal welcome in Japan, China trade truce hopes rise
TOKYO (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump received a royal welcome on Monday in Japan, the latest leg of a five-day Asia trip which he hopes to cap with an agreement on a trade war truce with Chine...
Oct 27, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Japan's Emperor Naruhito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan October 27, 2025. KAZUHIRO NOGI/Pool via REUTERS
UPDATE: Victim in fatal pedestrian crash near downtown Peoria identified
UPDATED 11:22 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A 71-year-old man has been identified as the pedestrian who died in a traffic crash Monday morning near downtown Peoria. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Rudy...
Oct 27, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: Hurricane Melissa begins lashing Jamaica as 'catastrophic' Category 5 storm
UPDATED 1:27 P.M. KINGSTON/HAVANA (Reuters) -Hurricane Melissa began lashing Jamaica with violent gusts on Monday as the U.S. National Hurricane Center upgraded it to a Category 5 storm packing sustai...
Oct 27, 2025 A wave crashes, as Hurricane Melissa approaches, in the Harbour View neighbourhood of Kingston, Jamaica, October 27, 2025. REUTERS/Octavio Jones
More than 8,000 US flights delayed as air traffic control absences persist
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -More than 8,000 flights were delayed across the U.S. on Sunday as air traffic controller absences continued to disrupt travel and a federal government shutdown reached its 26th d...
Oct 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Air traffic controllers resume operations a day after Hollywood Burbank Airport operated for hours without a staffed control tower due to staffing shortages amid the U.S. government shutdown, in Burbank, California, U.S., October 7, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Cole/File Photo
Trump says he would not run for vice president in 2028
AIR FORCE ONE/TOKYO (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday ruled out running for the vice presidency in the 2028 U.S. election, an approach some of his supporters have floated to allow the R...
Oct 27, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he departs for Asia from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 24, 2025. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices drop nearly 3 cents a gallon
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have dropped nearly 3 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.11 on Monday, according to GasBuddy. AAA Illinois' average price is a penny higher. GasBuddy say...
Oct 27, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
One person in custody for arson fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. - It appears arson is to blame for a fire early Monday morning in Peoria. Crews were called just before 12:15 a.m. to a home in the area of N. University and W. Margaret. The cause of the...
Oct 27, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
