Author Archives: TJ Carson
Power washing scam suspect identified by Peoria County Sheriff's Office
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office has identified the suspect who is allegedly behind a power washing scam in the county. The office says Stanley Dais is believed to be driving i...
Jun 12, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
West Nile virus found in Morton
MORTON, Ill. - West Nile virus has now been found in Tazewell County. The Tazewell County Health Department says a mosquito pool collected in Morton on Tuesday tested positive for the virus the next d...
Jun 12, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
CityLink makes interim general manager permanent with hiring
PEORIA, Ill. - The temporary title has been removed from the leader for CityLink and the Greater Peoria Mass Transit District. Kofi Kisseh was announced on Wednesday as the new general manager. He had...
Jun 12, 2025 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Will Stevenson)
Marines prepare for Los Angeles deployment as protests spread across US
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -California will face off with the Trump administration in court on Thursday over the deployment of U.S. troops in Los Angeles after demonstrators again took to the streets in ma...
Jun 12, 2025 U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, who were placed in an alert status over the weekend, are briefed by battalion leadership while rehearsing crowd control tactics at a base in the greater Los Angeles area, California, U.S. June 10, 2025. U.S. Marine Corps/Cpl. Logan Courtright/Handout via REUTERS
Peoria Zoo's black-handed spider money, Butch, passes away
PEORIA, Ill. - A longtime resident of the Peoria Zoo has passed away. The zoo announced on Thursday the death of its "beloved" black-handed spider monkey, Butch. Butch was 52 years old, and believed t...
Jun 12, 2025 (Peoria Zoo)
UPDATE: Tazewell County 911 back in operation
UPDATED 2:41 P.M. TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - Tazewell County says its 911 lines are back in operation. In a Facebook post just before 2:30 P.M., the county announced its lines were fixed and active, but ...
Jun 12, 2025 Abdulla Al Muhairi / CC
Peoria Park District celebrates PlayHouse turning 10 years old
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Park District is celebrating a decade of play at Glen Oak Park. The district this week is celebrating 10 years since the opening of the Peoria PlayHouse children's museum. Pa...
Jun 11, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria receives state grant to tear down abandoned and unsafe homes
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City Council has accepted a grant to help tear down abandoned and unsafe buildings in the city. Council on Tuesday night unanimously approved a $475,000 grant from the Illino...
Jun 11, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Troops in LA can detain individuals, military official says, as protests spread across US
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -U.S. troops deployed in Los Angeles are authorized to detain people until police can arrest them, their commanding officer said on Wednesday, as hundreds of Marines prepared to ...
Jun 11, 2025 U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, who were placed in an alert status over the weekend, rehearse crowd control tactics at a base in the greater Los Angeles area, California, U.S. June 10, 2025. U.S. Marine Corps/Cpl. Juan Torres/Handout via REUTERS
Trump administration moves to roll back power plant rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed to repeal Biden-administration rules meant to curb carbon dioxide, mercury and other air pollutant emissions from power plan...
Jun 11, 2025 FILE PHOTO: EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin at the EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 18, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo
