Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Ex-GOP nominee for AG Tom DeVore temporarily loses law license over inappropriate client relationship
Article Summary Tom DeVore, who unsuccessfully ran as a Republican for Illinois attorney general in 2022, will lose his law license for 60 days, per a recent Illinois Supreme Court order. During the e...
Sep 24, 2025 Former Republican Illinois attorney general candidate Thomas DeVore is pictured at the Illinois State Fair in 2022. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Benson man arrested for traveling to meet a minor for sex
WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. - The Woodford County Pro-Active unit arrested a man from Benson Monday night after he allegedly traveled to the El Paso area to meet up with a minor he met on the internet for s...
Sep 23, 2025 (Woodford Co. Sheriff's Office)
Bradley welcomes more than 1,000 new students as enrollment trends downward
PEORIA, Ill. - Bradley University's latest student census shows 1,064 new students enrolled for the Fall 2025 semester. The total includes 642 first-year students, 150 transfer students, 119 online st...
Sep 23, 2025 (Bradley University)
Trump hits Russia, backs Israel in combative UN speech
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump warned Russia he is prepared to impose strong economic measures over the war in Ukraine and rejected a global move toward recognition of a Palesti...
Sep 23, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump walks back to speak to reporters onboard Air Force One enroute to Joint Base Andrews, in Maryland, U.S. September 21, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
PPS Board considers AI metal detector systems for the district's high schools
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Public School Board reviewed several AI metal detector plans presented Monday night by the district's Director of School Safety Demario Boone. A contract with Evolv, Xtract O...
Sep 23, 2025 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
As US government shutdown nears, Trump administration mum on contingency plans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -With the U.S. government eight days from its 15th partial shutdown since 1981, Washington is in familiar territory with an important difference: President Donald Trump's administ...
Sep 23, 2025 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 27, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Commercial vehicle fire causes chain reaction of crashes on I-474
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - Illinois State Police were called to westbound I-474 and Airport Road early Monday on reports of a commercial vehicle fire. Troopers arrived just before 6 a.m., finding a Jeep ha...
Sep 22, 2025 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Luigi Mangione's lawyers urge judge to block death penalty over insurance CEO's murder
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Luigi Mangione's lawyers urged a federal judge in New York on Saturday to block prosecutors from seeking the death penalty for their client, who is charged with killing UnitedHealt...
Sep 22, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, appears at Manhattan Supreme Court in New York City, U.S., September 16, 2025. Curtis Means/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
PPS superintendent search continues with a town hall meeting this week
PEORIA, Ill. - Later this week, the public is being asked to share their thoughts on finding the next superintendent for Peoria Public Schools. PPS and search firm From The Heart International Educati...
Sep 22, 2025 (Peoria Public Schools)
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices drop less than a penny as we transition to winter gas supplies
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have dropped 0.8 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.32 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 gas stations. Prices in Peoria are 1.4 cents high...
Sep 22, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
