Author Archives: TJ Carson
Former graduate student pleads guilty to murders of four Idaho students
BOISE, Idaho (Reuters) -A man charged with stabbing four University of Idaho students to death in 2022 pleaded guilty on Wednesday to first-degree murder in a deal with prosecutors that spares the for...
Jul 02, 2025 Bryan Kohberger, charged in the murders of four University of Idaho students, appears at the Ada County Courthouse, in Boise, Idaho, U.S., July 2, 2025. Kyle Green/Pool via REUTERS
Multiple vehicles burglarized Wednesday morning in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating after more than a dozen vehicles were broken into early Wednesday morning. Officers were flagged down just after 3:00 A.M. near Knoxville and Hines, afte...
Jul 02, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: South Peoria baby's cause of death revealed, 41-year-old charged in his death
UPDATE 1:02 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The cause of death for a seven-month-old South Peoria baby who died on Tuesday has been identified. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Eland Davis suffered abusiv...
Jul 02, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Peoria Hispanic festival canceled over deportation concerns
PEORIA, Ill. - A showcase of Hispanic culture along the Peoria Riverfront will not be happening this year. 25 News reports that the Peoria Park District has canceled Fiesta en El Rio over concerns fro...
Jul 02, 2025 (Fiesta en el Rio/Peoria Park District)
Gov. Pritzker signs into law two bills aimed at healthcare costs at OSF Healthcare
PEORIA, Ill. - New state laws to help people's healthcare costs were signed into law in downtown Peoria on Tuesday. Governor J.B. Pritzker put his signatures on the Prescription Drug Affordability Act...
Jul 01, 2025 Gov. J.B. Pritzker is joined by area legislators and community leaders to sign two bills into law at OSF Healthcare's downtown Peoria headquarters. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Public Schools to require clear backpacks for 2025-26 school year
PEORIA, Ill. - Clear bookbags will now be the standard for Peoria Public Schools middle and high school students. The school board approved requiring clear bags at its meeting this Tuesday afternoon, ...
Jul 01, 2025 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
US Senate passes Trump's sweeping tax-cut, spending bill, sends to House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate passed President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill on Tuesday, signing off on a massive package that would enshrine many of his top prior...
Jul 01, 2025 A view of the U.S. Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers President Donald Trump's sweeping spending and tax bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 29, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
Peoria bank ATM burglary under investigation
PEORIA, Ill. - An investigation is underway after an ATM was damaged at a Peoria bank this past weekend. Peoria Police says multiple alarms went off Sunday just before 3:00 A.M. at the Busey Bank on K...
Jun 30, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
TAPS breaks ground on Rainbow Bridge Project
PEKIN, Ill. - Work is now underway in Tazewell County to build a place for people to remember beloved pets who have moved on to the afterlife. Pekin city leaders joined the Tazewell Animal Protective ...
Jun 30, 2025 (Tazewell Animal Protective Society)
Illinois to roll out direct admissions program for most state universities
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois students won't need to fill out applications for most state universities to be admitted - if they have high enough grades. With his signature, Gov. JB ...
Jun 30, 2025 A cyclist passes in front of the library at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. It is one of nine state universities that will begin offering direct admission to qualifying Illinois students. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
