Author Archives: TJ Carson
U.S. Army sergeant suspected of shooting, wounding five fellow soldiers at Fort Stewart in Georgia
ATLANTA (Reuters) -A U.S. Army sergeant is suspected of shooting and wounding five fellow soldiers with his personal handgun on Wednesday at Fort Stewart Army Airfield near Savannah, Georgia, before h...
Aug 06, 2025 Traffic enters Fort Stewart at the main entrance gate following an active shooter incident on the U.S. Army base located in Hinesville, Georgia, U.S. August 6, 2025. Richard Burkhart/USA Today Network via REUTERS.
Man found deceased in East Peoria shopping center parking lot
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A 72-year-old man was found dead in a vehicle in an East Peoria shopping center parking lot Wednesday morning. East Peoria Police says officers responded just after 10:15 A.M. to t...
Aug 06, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Pekin woman sentenced after guilty plea in murder-for-hire plot
PEKIN, Ill. - A Pekin woman accused of attempting to hire someone to murder her husband has been sentenced to prison. Court documents show that 48-year-old Allison Salinas has been sentenced to 16 yea...
Aug 06, 2025 Tazewell County Courthouse (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Money put forward to fund repairs for Riverview Plaza building
PEORIA, Ill. - Work can now move forward to repair the Riverview Plaza building in downtown Peoria. City Manager Patrick Urich says MJ Illinois's owner has placed $500,000 in an escrow account. The mo...
Aug 06, 2025 A moving truck is seen outside the Riverview Plaza building on March 11th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Disney's ESPN to acquire NFL media assets in major deal
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Walt Disney's ESPN has reached a landmark deal with the National Football League to acquire NFL Network and other media assets from the league in exchange for the NFL taking a 1...
Aug 06, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Oct 7, 2024; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; A general view of the ESPN Monday night Football logo during the first half of the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and New Orleans Saints at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-Imagn Images/File photo
Two central Illinois small businesses receive state honor
PEORIA, Ill. - Two Peoria-area small businesses have joined a club of being some of the best in the state of Illinois. Tres Rojas Winery of Washington and Sarah Beth's Homemade Dips of Hanna City rece...
Aug 05, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man indicted for role in mass shooting turned fatal in South Peoria in 2023
PEORIA, Ill. - The man accused in a fatal shooting two years ago in South Peoria has been indicted by a grand jury. 22-year-old Jyvonnie Williams was indicted on Tuesday of one count of First Degree M...
Aug 05, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Longtime ComEd lobbyist gets 1 year in prison for role in Madigan bribery scheme
Article Summary Jay Doherty, a longtime lobbyist and consultant for electric utility Commonwealth Edison, has been sentenced to a year in prison for his role in a bribery scheme aimed at former Illino...
Aug 05, 2025 Former Commonwealth Edison lobbyist and City Club of Chicago director Jay Doherty leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Aug. 5, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Chillicothe man arrested on alleged child porn distibution charges
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - A Chillicothe man has been arrested after allegedly uploading child pornography. Police Chief Jeremy Cooper says 27-year-old Kewan Hudson was arrested Tuesday after a search warran...
Aug 05, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Rivian loss bigger than expected on higher costs, lower credit income
(Reuters) -Rivian Automotive reported a higher-than-expected quarterly loss on Tuesday as disruption in supply of rare earth metals used to make parts of its electric vehicles raised costs and income ...
Aug 05, 2025 A view shows a second-generation R1S at electric auto maker Rivian's manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois, U.S. June 21, 2024. REUTERS/Joel Angel Juarez
