Author Archives: TJ Carson
Trump says US military may or may not deploy to Chicago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. military might deploy to Chicago and is ready to go anywhere on short notice to crack down on crime. "We can go anywhere ...
Aug 25, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during the signing of executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 25, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Men of Peoria support Manual HS students after shooting incidents near school
PEORIA, Ill. - For Jim Garner, a family connection led him to join more than 100 men Monday morning on the campus of Peoria Manual High School. "I had a granddaughter that went to Manual, so I just wa...
Aug 25, 2025 Men of the community line the sidewalk at the Peoria Manual High School entrance to show support for students, after incidents of shootings near the campus. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Juvenile facing charges after shots fired near Manual High School
UPDATED 4:00 A.M. SATURDAY PEORIA, Ill. - A 15-year-old boy is in custody after shots were fired near Manual High School. Police say officers responded to a call of four shots fired around 2:23 p.m. F...
Aug 23, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Bradley students returning to Peoria this weekend for brand new school year
PEORIA, Ill. - Thousands of new and returning Bradley University students will be coming back to Peoria this weekend before a brand new school year. Move-in weekend runs through Saturday on campus, wi...
Aug 22, 2025 (Bradley University)
Man rescued after vehicle goes into Illinois River in Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. - Multiple emergency crews rescued a man who reportedly took his pickup truck off the road in Pekin and into the Illinois River Friday afternoon. 25 News reports the incident occurred just...
Aug 22, 2025 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Wrongly deported migrant Abrego to be released soon, lawyer says
(Reuters) -Kilmar Abrego, the migrant whose wrongful deportation in March to his native El Salvador made him a symbol of President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration policies, is expected to be rel...
Aug 22, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant who lived in the U.S. legally with a work permit and was erroneously deported to El Salvador, is seen wearing a Chicago Bulls hat, in this handout image obtained by Reuters on April 9, 2025. Abrego Garcia Family/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Canada to remove many retaliatory tariffs on US goods, says Carney
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada will remove many retaliatory import tariffs on U.S. goods and intensify contacts with the United States on striking a new trade and security relationship, Prime Minister Mark ...
Aug 22, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A drone view of Stellantis's Chrysler Windsor Assembly facility in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, February 4, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo
Pritzker signs law expanding lawsuit protections for Illinois news media
Article Summary The Citizen Participation Act now explicitly protects news reporting from "strategic lawsuits against public participation." The Illinois Supreme Court had previously ruled that news r...
Aug 22, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker takes questions from the news media at the Illinois State Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Historic American documents coming to the Peoria Riverfront Museum
PEORIA, Ill. - The documents that helped shape American history will be coming to the Peoria Riverfront Museum. "The Promise of Liberty" will bring copies of documents such as the Emancipation Proclam...
Aug 21, 2025 (Peoria Riverfront Museum Facebook)
Pekin man sentenced to federal prison for attempting to entice a minor
PEORIA, Ill. - A Pekin man has been sentenced to federal prison after being found guilty earlier this year of attempting to entice a minor. 32-year-old Joseph Perkins was sentenced to ten years on Thu...
Aug 21, 2025 courtroom gavel
