Author Archives: Julia Bradley
PCCHD to begin vector surveillance for West Nile virus
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department will begin vector surveillance of mosquitoes and birds for West Nile virus beginning May 31 through October 15. Testing for West Nile will be d...
Julia Bradley May 16, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Tractor hits power line, catches fire in El Paso
EL PASO, Ill. -- Firefighters say a tractor caught on fire after hitting a power line Sunday morning, leading to hundreds of thousands in damages. El Paso Fire Chief Neil Gauger told 25 News it happen...
Julia Bradley May 16, 2022 (25 News)
U.S. could ratify Finnish NATO membership before August, Senate Republican leader says
HELSINKI (Reuters) -The U.S. Congress will seek to ratify Finland's application to join the Western military alliance NATO before going on holiday in August, U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConn...
Julia Bradley May 16, 2022 Finland's President Sauli Niinisto and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell answer questions from the media after a meeting at the President's official residence Mantyniemi, in Helsinki, Finland, May 16, 2022. Lehtikuva/Roni Rekomaa via REUTERS
Churchgoers hog-tie gunman after shooting in California church kills one
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A gunman opened fire in a Southern California church during a lunch banquet on Sunday, killing one person and wounding five, before churchgoers detained the suspect and hog-tied...
Julia Bradley May 16, 2022 Law enforcement officers are seen after a deadly shooting at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, California, U.S. May 15, 2022. REUTERS/David Swanson
Campustown Starbuck workers picketed Saturday
UPDATED 8:35 a.m. 5/15/22 PEORIA, Ill. - Something one employee of a Starbucks location in Peoria has been able to do easily before, isn't able to do now, she alleges, because one of those stores is n...
Julia Bradley May 14, 2022 25 News
Peoria Heights Fine Art Fair returns
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. -- They're feeling artsy in the Heights this weekend. The Peoria Heights Fine Art Fair is back on Saturday after a hiatus thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. The festivities will go ...
Julia Bradley May 14, 2022 (Peoria Heights)
Graduation Day for Bradley students
PEORIA, Ill. -- The strains of "Pomp and Circumstance" will be heard echoing through downtown Peoria on Saturday. Bradley University's commencement ceremonies are being held at the Peoria Civic Center...
Julia Bradley May 14, 2022 MWC-Bradley Campus 2020
Biden says baby formula shortage to ease in weeks as U.S. imports more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. baby formula shortage should improve dramatically in coming weeks, President Joe Biden and top officials said on Friday as the administration scrambled to reverse a shor...
Julia Bradley May 14, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Empty shelves show a shortage of baby formula at a CVS store in San Antonio, Texas, U.S. May 10, 2022. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee Beal
U.S. abortion rights activists start "summer of rage" with Saturday protests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Abortion rights supporters will protest in cities across the United States on Saturday, kicking off what organizers said would be "a summer of rage" if the U.S. Supreme Court ov...
Julia Bradley May 14, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Some people rallying for abortion rights, including Hannah Yost, center right, argue with a man who gave his name as Joe Green, who is anti abortion, after an anti-climb protective fence was installed outside of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., May 5, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Man pleads guilty to baby's death last year
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to the death of his child. According to court records, Zachary Yeo pleaded guilty to a single count of first...
Julia Bradley May 13, 2022 Zachary Yeo (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)