Author Archives: TJ Carson
Bradley University receives state grant for improvements
PEORIA, Ill. - Bradley University is receiving help from the state for work around campus. The university announced Monday it has received a $2 million grant for capital improvements. The money comes ...
Jun 30, 2025 (Bradley University)
US revokes visas for Bob Vylan after music duo's Glastonbury chants
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has revoked visas for members of Britain's Bob Vylan punk-rap duo after they led chants during their set at the Glastonbury music festival in England over the w...
Jun 30, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Bob Vylan hold the Best Alternative Music Act Award during the 25th MOBO Awards in London, Britain November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo
Peoria Pizza Works planning to reopen after fire
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - A Peoria Heights restaurant is vowing to come back after a fire damaged its building earlier this month. In a post on its website, Peoria Pizza Works says, as of Friday, the res...
Jun 30, 2025 Fire at Peoria Pizza Works in Peoria Heights early Friday. (1470 and 100.3 WMBD/Greg Batton)
Jury in Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sex trafficking trial starts deliberating
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The jury in Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial began its deliberations on Monday, after hearing dueling narratives from prosecutors and defense lawyers last week about wheth...
Jun 30, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Prosecutor Emily Johnson questions rapper Kid Cudi as he testifies at Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, New York, U.S., May 22, 2025 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo
National speculation helps 'get more for the people of Illinois,' Pritzker says
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker began his third campaign for governor on Thursday, but much of the buzz around his 2026 campaign announcement focused on 2028. Pritzker mad...
Jun 27, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker holds a branded craft “JBeer” on stage at a Springfield campaign kickoff event alongside local state Sen. Doris Turner. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jade Aubrey)
Furry bandit causes power outage in Mason County small town
SAN JOSE, Ill. - An animal is the cause of a power outage in a Mason County town. Ameren says around 300 customers lost power in San Jose after a raccoon made contact with equipment inside a substatio...
Jun 27, 2025 (Ameren Illinois)
Pekin to end city-provided school bus services next year
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin is getting out of the school bus business. The city council on Monday voted to terminate agreements with Districts 108 and 303 next year and end its school bus services. City Manag...
Jun 27, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US Supreme Court lets parents opt kids out of classes with LGBT storybooks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday in favor of Christian and Muslim parents in Maryland who sued to keep their elementary school children out of certain classes when storyboo...
Jun 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Pride flags are used to celebrate Pride Month at the Stonewall National Monument at Christopher Park adjacent to The Stonewall Inn, in the Greenwich Village section of New York City, New York, U.S., June 23, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File photo
US Senate Republicans see delays as they face patch yawning budget hole on Trump bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top U.S. Republicans confronted a yawning budget hole in their sprawling tax-cut and spending bill on Friday, signaling that they could miss President Donald Trump's July 4 deadl...
Jun 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Visitors to the U.S. Capitol rest in the shade on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
US Supreme Court preserves key element of Obamacare preventive care
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday preserved a key element of the Obamacare law that helps guarantee that health insurers cover preventive care such as cancer screenings and HIV pr...
Jun 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A sign on an insurance store advertises Obamacare in San Ysidro, San Diego, California, U.S., October 26, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
