Author Archives: TJ Carson
Victim in rural East Peoria fatal fire identified
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - The victim in a fatal fire Monday in rural East Peoria has been identified. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley says 65-year-old Mark Evans was pronounced dead at the scene ...
Mar 11, 2026 Midwest Communications
Illinois Supreme Court weighs challenge to state gun restriction
Article Summary A Cook County man is challenging a state law that prohibits people convicted of any felony from ever owning or possessing a firearm. The U.S. Supreme Court held in 2022 that gun regula...
Mar 10, 2026 The Illinois Supreme Court is considering a challenge to a state law that prohibits people with any felony conviction from owning or possessing a firearm. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Grand jury indicts two 18-year-olds allegedly involved in violent car chase
PEORIA, Ill. - The two 18-year-olds alleged to have been behind a violent car chase through Peoria last month have been indicted by a grand jury. Daviere Dillard was indicted on Tuesday for Attempt Fi...
Mar 10, 2026 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Israeli strikes hit near Beirut as envoy says disarming Hezbollah could end war
BEIRUT, March 10 (Reuters) - Israel's military pounded the Lebanese capital's southern suburbs with air strikes on Tuesday and its troops pushed deeper into the country's south, as an Israeli envoy sa...
Mar 10, 2026 Smoke rises after an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, Lebanon, March 10, 2026. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
East central Illinois teenager passes away at Peoria hospital after baseball injury
PEORIA, Ill. - An Edgar County teenager has died in a Peoria hospital after reportedly being injured during baseball practice. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says 15-year-old Bentley Wolfe of Chr...
Mar 09, 2026 (Peoria County Coroner)
Peoria Manual returns to boys' basketball state finals
STERLING, Ill. - Peoria Manual is returning to the state's biggest stage in boys' basketball. The Rams punched their ticket Monday night to the IHSA Class 2A state finals, after a convincing victory o...
Mar 09, 2026 (Peoria Manual High School)
Peoria Police granted access to Peoria Public Schools security cameras
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police has been granted access to security cameras at Peoria Public Schools. After the topic was tabled last month, the PPS board unanimously approved the agreement in its consen...
Mar 09, 2026 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Trump says war could be over soon, as Iran rallies behind new hardline leader
DUBAI/JERUSALEM/DORAL, Florida, March 9 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday predicted the war in the Middle East could be over soon, even as Iran's hardliners staged a show of loyalty to...
Mar 09, 2026 A picture of Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is displayed on a screen in Tehran, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 9, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
Pekin mayor says data center project will not move forward
PEKIN, Ill. - A proposed data center project for the city of Pekin will not move forward. During Monday night's city council meeting, Mayor Mary Burress made the announcement via a prepared statement,...
Mar 09, 2026 (City of Pekin)
Two men charged with terrorism after homemade bomb thrown at anti-Islam protesters in New York
NEW YORK, March 9 (Reuters) - Two men accused of igniting homemade bombs at a chaotic anti-Islam protest outside the New York City mayor's mansion told police they were inspired by Islamic State, the ...
Mar 09, 2026 A man identified as Emir Balat is detained by police officers during a rally to stop public Muslim prayer outside the Gracie Mansion official residence of Mayor Zohran Mamdani in New York City, U.S., March 7, 2026. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
