Julia Bradley

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PEORIA, Ill. – Home sales in the Peoria area were down six percent in the first quarter of the year, compared to the same time in 2024.   Peoria Area Association of Realtors President Chris Hilton tells WMBD’s “Greg and Dan”, though local inventory is low, homes that are priced right are moving. “We’re having multiple offers on properties. We’re getting over asking price, considerably over asking price on homes,” Hilton says.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter died on Thursday at his New Hampshire home, the court said in a statement on Friday. He was 85. Justice Souter was appointed to the court by President George H.W. Bush in 1990 and served 19 years on the court before he retired in 2009. “Justice David Souter served our Court with great distinction for nearly twenty years.

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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Leo XIV on Friday celebrated his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel where he was elected less than 24 hours earlier and prayed that his historic papacy can help the Catholic Church be a beacon illuminating “the dark nights of this world”. Leo, the former Cardinal Robert Prevost and the first U.S. pope, looked serene as he said the Mass in the famous, frescoed chapel with the same cardinals who chose him to be the 267th pontiff and the successor to Pope Francis.

5 days ago | wmbdradio.com | Ben Szalinski |Julia Bradley

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Illinois state parks saw more visitors in 2024 than any point in the past 15 years, according to new data from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Illinois’ 290 state parks and 56 historic sites recorded more than 41 million visitors last year, which was the most in 15 years, following several significant capital projects to upgrade and improve many of the parks.

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SPRINGFIELD – Two state-run health care programs that extend Medicaid-like coverage to noncitizens may have provided significant financial benefits for Illinois hospitals. That’s according to preliminary results of an ongoing study at the University of Chicago that suggests the programs corresponded, at least in part, to a 15% reduction in the amount of bad debt Illinois hospitals incurred each year since the programs have been in full effect.