Author Archives: TJ Carson
GOP lawsuit seeks to end 'gut-and-replace' legislation
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A group of Republican lawmakers filed a lawsuit this week that seeks to nullify legislation they say would indelibly alter both the business and legal lands...
Jun 18, 2025 Senate President Don Harmon, left, and House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch are named as defendants in a lawsuit challenging passage of a bill that would make a significant change in state law regarding corporate liability. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Peter Hancock)
Teen to spend 14 years in prison in death of mother in Peoria's East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager will spend more than a decade in prison for the strangulation death of his mother in Peoria's East Bluff two years ago. 25 News reports 19-year-old Avion Tapia will spend the...
Jun 18, 2025 courtroom gavel
Fed keeps rates steady but pencils in two cuts by end of 2025; Powell sees 'meaningful' inflation ahead
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. central bank held interest rates steady on Wednesday and policymakers signaled borrowing costs are still likely to fall in 2025, but Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell ...
Jun 18, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 7, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Iran leader rejects US demand for surrender; Trump says patience has run out
DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected Donald Trump's demand for unconditional surrender on Wednesday, and the U.S. president said his patience had run out, ...
Jun 18, 2025 A drone photo shows the damage over residential homes and at the impact site following missile attack from Iran on Israel, in Rishon LeZion, Israel, June 14, 2025. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Tornado Warning for southern Tazewell County until 1:45 P.M.
Tornado Warning ILC107-125-179-181845- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0071.250618T1817Z-250618T1845Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Tornado Warning National Weather Service Lincoln IL 117 PM CDT Wed Jun 18 20...
Jun 18, 2025
US Supreme Court upholds Tennessee law banning youth transgender care
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court backed a Republican-backed ban in Tennessee on gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors on Wednesday in a setback for transgender rights that c...
Jun 18, 2025 FILE PHOTO: People gather and react outside the U.S. Supreme Court on the day it heard arguments over an appeal by U.S. President Joe Biden's administration of a lower court's decision upholding a Republican-backed ban in Tennessee on gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, in Washington, U.S., December 4, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Coroner identifies body found in box truck in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - The identity of the body found in a box truck in Peoria last week is now known. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says the body is of 73-year-old Edward DeArcos of Peoria. DeArcos' bo...
Jun 18, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Tornado Watch in effect until 4:00 P.M.
TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 432 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 945 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2025 TORNADO WATCH 432 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ILC001-005-009-011-...
Jun 18, 2025
Bartonville man ordered to remain in jail after allegedly abusing his baby
PEORIA, Ill. - A Bartonville man will remain in the Peoria County Jail after being charged this past weekend for allegedly abusing his two-month-old baby. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office s...
Jun 17, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Teenager to be tried as adult in connection to February shooting that injured 9-year-old
PEORIA, Ill. - A 15-year-old will be tried as an adult in connection to a shooting from February that injured a nine-year-old boy. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says Javon Smith was also...
Jun 17, 2025 courtroom gavel
