Author Archives: TJ Carson
Peoria County deputies search Dunlap apartments for home invasion suspect
DUNLAP, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office is seeking a man wanted on numerous charges after a search of an apartment complex turned up empty. Sheriff Chris Watkins says 34-year-old Adonnis Den...
Jul 07, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriffs Department)
Man killed after firing at US Border Patrol station in Texas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A 27-year-old Michigan man was shot dead by U.S. Border Patrol agents after opening fire with an assault rifle on a U.S. Border Patrol station in the southern Texas city of McAll...
Jul 07, 2025 REUTERS
Teenager third person arrested in connection to June shooting death in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A 17-year-old male is the third person arrested in connection to a homicide from last month in South Peoria. Peoria Police says the teen was arrested Monday afternoon for First Degree M...
Jul 07, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Raw sewage leak in Washington affects Farm Creek
WASHINGTON, Ill. - The city of Washington says it has identified a raw sewage leak that is affecting a tributary that leads to Farm Creek. In a Facebook post, it says there is no risk to the municipal...
Jul 07, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man pleads guilty to shooting death of girlfriend in South Peoria home in 2024
PEORIA, Ill. - A 19-year-old has pleaded guilty to the shooting death of his girlfriend last year in a South Peoria home. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says Nathaniel Archuleta pleaded g...
Jul 07, 2025 Photo: Peoria County Sheriff's Office
Planned Parenthood sues Trump administration over planned 'defunding'
(Reuters) -Planned Parenthood sued the Trump administration on Monday over a provision in President Donald Trump's sweeping domestic policy bill that would prevent its health centers from receiving Me...
Jul 07, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Activists for Planned Parenthood demonstrate as the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in South Carolina's bid to cut off public funding to Planned Parenthood, in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 2, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo
UPDATE: Two people injured in fireworks accidents
UPDATE - PEORIA, Ill. - Two people were taken to a hospital after fireworks related injuries in Peoria. One man suffered what fire officials described as serious traumatic injuries around 11:30 a.m. F...
Jul 04, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Hamas leaders to discuss Gaza truce proposal as Trump awaits reply
TEL AVIV/CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas leaders were due to discuss what U.S. President Donald Trump has called a "final proposal" for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza on Friday evening, two sources from the Islami...
Jul 04, 2025 A Palestinian looks on at the site of Thursday's Israeli strike that damaged and destroyed residential buildings, at Shati (Beach) refugee camp, in Gaza City, July 4, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Purple Heart returned to family of Peoria native
DECATUR/PEORIA, Ill. - A purple heart belonging to a Peoria-native is back in its rightful home. At a ceremony in Decatur on Wednesday, State Treasurer Michael Frerichs returned the heart to the broth...
Jul 04, 2025 (State of Illinois)
Choose Greater Peoria Red, White, and BOOM set to celebrate America on Friday night
PEORIA, Ill. - The largest fireworks show in the state of Illinois, and one of the largest in the country is set to kick off on the evening of the 4th of July. Choose Greater Peoria Red, White, and BO...
Jul 03, 2025 An image from the 2022 "Red, White, and Boom" show along Peoria's riverfront. (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
