Author Archives: TJ Carson
State budget talks enter final week amid fears of congressional cuts
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois lawmakers have one week to pass a new state budget with little room for new spending and Congress presenting further challenges and uncertainty. Re...
May 23, 2025 Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, sits for an interview with Illinois Lawmakers’ host Jak Tichenor on Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
RNC Chairman delivers message to central Illinois GOP on how to turn area and state red
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The leader of the Republican National Committee told GOP leaders in central Illinois how to replicate national success in Illinois. Chairman Michael Whatley was the keynote speaker...
May 22, 2025 Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley speaks at the 2025 Peoria and Tazewell Counties Lincoln Day Dinner. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Bradley University names new dean for College of Education of Health Sciences
PEORIA, Ill. - Bradley University has named a new dean for its College of Education of Health Sciences. Dr. Jeffrey Wanko will begin his new role on July 15th. Wanko recently served as Associate Provo...
May 22, 2025 (Bradley University)
One person injured after shooting near former Quest Middle School
PEORIA, Ill. - One person was injured after a shooting near the former Quest Charter Academy Middle School on Thursday. Peoria Police has not released many details, but do say a male was shot and was ...
May 22, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
White House targets food, chemicals, overtreatment in childhood disease report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A commission led by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday issued a report that said processed food, chemicals, stress and overprescription of medications and va...
May 22, 2025 FILE PHOTO: An attendee wears a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) hat during a press conference announcing of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) intent to phase out the use of petroleum-based synthetic dyes in the nation's food supply, at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 22, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Man charged in South Pekin double homicide pleads not guilty
PEKIN, Ill. - The man accused of a double homicide in South Pekin last month has pleaded not guilty. 21-year-old Memphis Rue appeared in court on Thursday. He is charged with First Degree Murder in th...
May 22, 2025 (Tazewell County Sheriff's Office)
Two men alleged in central Illinois spa robberies ordered to stay in jail
PEORIA, Ill. - A pair of men allegedly connected to a string of robberies to central Illinois spas will stay in jail until trial. 25 News reports a judge on Wednesday granted prosecutors' request to h...
May 21, 2025 courtroom gavel
Trump confronts South Africa's Ramaphosa with false claims of white genocide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday with explosive false claims of white "genocide" and unfair land seizures during a tens...
May 21, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump hands over to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa copies of articles that he said showed white South Africans who had been killed, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 21, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
West Peoria mayor makes endorsement in Illinois' U.S. Senate race
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - West Peoria's mayor is joining a coalition to help a former central Illinois resident's bid for the United States Senate. Jimmy Dillon on Wednesday endorsed Raja Krishnamoorthi in ...
May 21, 2025 8th District Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi speaks in front of his Peoria household to begin his candidacy for United States Senate. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Washington city council wants more answers on amphitheater project
WASHINGTON, Ill. - The city of Washington is putting a proposed amphitheater project on the back burner, for the time being. The proposed 5,000-seat amphitheater from the Hengst Foundation would be lo...
May 21, 2025 (City of Washington--Facebook page)
