Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Omicron estimated at 2.9% of COVID-19 variants ; 800K COVID deaths in U.S.
(Reuters) - The Omicron variant was estimated to be 2.9% of the COVID-19 variants circulating in the United States as of Dec. 11, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preven...
Julia Bradley Dec 15, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A man is tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a mobile COVID-19 testing unit, as pedestrians make their way in the sidewalk during the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant in Manhattan, New York, U.S., December 8, 2021. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Juvenile arrested for threat at Bartonville grade school
BARTONVILLE, Ill. -- A juvenile was taken to the Peoria County Juvenile Detention Center on Tuesday after Bartonville Police were dispatched to the grade school on reports of a student threatening to ...
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U.S. House finds ex-Trump chief of staff Meadows in contempt, seeks prosecution
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump's chief of staff, Mark Meadows, could face criminal prosecution for refusing to cooperate fully with a probe into the deadly attack on the U.S. Cap...
Julia Bradley Dec 15, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump departs with White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows from the White House to travel to North Carolina for an election rally, in Washington, U.S., October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Al Drago/File Photo
U.S. Congress approves boosting debt limit to $31.4 trillion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress on Tuesday approved raising the federal government's debt limit by $2.5 trillion, to about $31.4 trillion, sending the bill to President Joe Biden to sign and ...
Julia Bradley Dec 15, 2021 The U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington, U.S., December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/Files
Rivian pickup named MotorTrend's Truck of the Year
IRVINE, Cal. -- The Rivian R1T has been named MotorTrend magazine's truck of the year for 2022. The all-electric pickup truck, made at Rivian's plant in Normal, Illinois, has a range of more than 300 ...
Julia Bradley Dec 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Rivian introduces R1T all-electric pickup truck at Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, U.S. November 27, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Limestone Community High closed Tuesday
BARTONVILLE, Ill. -- Limestone Community High School will be closed on Tuesday, following a threat to the school last week. In a Facebook post, school officials said Tuesday morning that the decision ...
Julia Bradley Dec 14, 2021 (25 News)
House panel recommends contempt charge for ex-Trump aide Meadows
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. congressional committee probing the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol voted unanimously on Monday to seek "contempt of Congress" charges against Mark Meadows, who ser...
Julia Bradley Dec 14, 2021 U.S. House Select Committee on Jan. 6th Chairman Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS), with members, including Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), meet to vote on whether Mark Meadows, who served as former President Donald Trump's chief of staff, should be cited for contempt of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. December 13, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Limestone student arrested after making threat
BARTONVILLE, Ill. -- A student at Limestone Community High School was arrested Thursday after Bartonville Police were made aware of a serious threat. Bartonville Police said on Facebook that despite p...
Julia Bradley Dec 13, 2021 (25 News)
Washington mayor shares perspective on the weekend's deadly tornadoes
PEORIA, Ill. -- It will be months before places like Mayfield, Kentucky and Edwardsville, Illinois recover from the weekend's deadly tornadoes. Six people died Friday night at an Amazon facility in Ed...
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PPD responds to armed carjacking Monday morning
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called around 6:30 a.m. Monday to the Westlake Shopping Center on reports of an armed carjacking. Peoria Public Information Officer Semone Roth with the PPD says a m...
Julia Bradley Dec 13, 2021 MWC-PPD