Author Archives: TJ Carson
Additional charges against trio accused in fatal South Peoria shooting in June
PEORIA, Ill. - Three men are facing additional charges in a June fatal shooting in South Peoria after allegedly shooting another person in the incident. A Peoria County grand jury has indicted 20-year...
Sep 16, 2025 courtroom gavel
Kitten rescued from sewer drain by Peoria Fire
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria Fire Department crew spent part of their Tuesday morning rescuing a kitten in a sewer drain. Chief Shawn Sollberger says the kitten was in the drain in a side street off of Uni...
Sep 16, 2025 (Peoria Fire Department)
Power problems result in soft lockdown at Peoria Richwoods
PEORIA, Ill. - A power outage caused a soft lockdown at Peoria Richwoods High School Tuesday afternoon. A Peoria Public Schools spokeswoman says the lockdown was put in place to limit movement and ens...
Sep 16, 2025 (Peoria Public Schools)
Prosecutors to seek death penalty for suspect in Charlie Kirk assassination
PROVO, Utah (Reuters) - Utah prosecutors said on Tuesday they will seek the death penalty for the suspect in conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination, hours before he was due in court via vi...
Sep 16, 2025 Utah County Attorney Jeffrey S. Gray speaks during a press conference about the charges and next steps in the case of Tyler Robinson, who is suspected of fatally shooting U.S. right-wing activist and commentator Charlie Kirk, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, in Provo, Utah, U.S., September 16, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
Man arrested for allegedly trying to meet up with minor in Germantown Hills
WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. - A Lawrenceville man has been arrested in Woodford County for allegedly soliciting and trying to meet with a minor. Chief Deputy Dennis Tipsword says 32-year-old Matthew Cornes ...
Sep 16, 2025 (Woodford County Sheriff's Office)
US Border Patrol chief says 'many arrests' in Chicago immigration crackdown
CHICAGO (Reuters) -Gregory Bovino, a U.S. Customs and Border Control chief who played a prominent role in a deportation crackdown in Los Angeles, said his team has arrived in Chicago on Tuesday and ha...
Sep 16, 2025 U.S. Border Patrol Sector Chief Gregory Bovino attends a press conference, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 12, 2025. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci/File Photo
Israel says 'Gaza is burning' as it launches ground assault
JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) - Israel unleashed a long-threatened ground assault on Gaza City on Tuesday, declaring "Gaza is burning" as Palestinians there described the most intense bombardment they had...
Sep 16, 2025 Smoke rises from the evacuated Al-Ghefari tower, as it collapses after it was hit by Israeli air strikes, in Gaza City, September 15, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Peoria Heights mayor further explains intention to veto grocery tax
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - The mayor of Peoria Heights says a planned veto of a recently passed grocery tax is to help give the village an advantage. Matt Wigginton is planning to veto the one percent tax...
Sep 15, 2025 (Village of Peoria Heights)
Trump targets Memphis in law enforcement surge, eyes Chicago next
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump established a Memphis Safe Task Force on Monday modeled after the recent federal law enforcement surge in the nation's capital, as part of a broader ...
Sep 15, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump poses with Tennessee Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty, who hold a memorandum he just signed to send federal resources to Memphis, Tennessee, for a surge against local crime, as U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi applauds, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 15, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Peoria Fire assists with injured hiker in woods
PEORIA, Ill. - A man was carried for about a half-mile after suffering an injury on a Peoria-area hiking trail Saturday morning. Peoria Fire says crews were dispatched just after 9:30 A.M. to the Robi...
Sep 15, 2025 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
