Author Archives: Julia Bradley
May Was Another Record Month At PIA
Airport Director Gene Olson says the General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport has had its best May ever, with nearly 62,000 passengers traveling through its doors. That's up 2.6-percent f...
Jul 10, 2019 MWC
Slain Scholar's Mother Testifies
(AP) - The mother of a Chinese scholar who was kidnapped and killed by a former University of Illinois doctoral student has told a jury about the loss she feels. Lifeng Ye's video testimony was played...
Jul 10, 2019
Understanding Illinois' Recreational Cannabis Law
On January 1, 2020, recreational marijuana will be legal in Illinois. Attorney Rodney Nordstrom was instrumental in getting a medical marijuana dispensary location in Peoria five years ago. He tells W...
Jul 09, 2019
Court Rules Trump Can't Ban Critics From His Twitter Account
(AP) - A federal appeals court says President Donald Trump can't ban critics from his Twitter account. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled Tuesday. A three-judge panel agreed with...
Jul 09, 2019 Midwest Communications
Texas Billionaire H. Ross Perot Dies At 89
(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...
Jul 09, 2019
Slain Scholar's Father To Testify In Death Penalty Hearing
(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...
Jul 09, 2019
Reversing Course, Billionaire Tom Steyer Launches Democratic Presidential Bid
(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...
Jul 09, 2019
U.S. Women's Soccer Team Embraces Off-The-Field Activist Role
(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...
Jul 09, 2019
Winning Lucky Day Lotto Ticket Sold In East Peoria
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...
Jul 09, 2019
Prosecutor Urges Death Penalty For Christensen
(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...
Jul 08, 2019
