Author Archives: TJ Carson
Peoria-area eye practice closing its doors for good
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria-area eye doctor is closing its doors after more than four decades in business. Bond Eye Associates announced Thursday that its practice will close for good on June 27th. The ow...
May 08, 2025 (Bond Eye Associates)
Victim in fatal Dunlap multi-vehicle crash identified
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner has identified the victim in a fatal multi-vehicle crash Wednesday morning in Dunlap. Jamie Harwood says 22-year-old Ryan Todd of Dunlap was pronounced ...
May 08, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Bishop Tylka of Catholic Diocese of Peoria welcomes the election of Pope Leo XIV
PEORIA, Ill. - The head of the Catholic Diocese of Peoria says the news of the election of Pope Leo XIV is welcomed with "hearts full of joy and hope." In a statement, Bishop Louis Tylka says Pope Leo...
May 08, 2025 Bishop Louis Tylka of the Catholic Diocese of Peoria (right) leads a memorial service for Pope Francis on April 28th, 2025. (Catholic Diocese of Peoria)
UPDATE: US Cardinal Prevost elected Pope Leo XIV, first American pontiff
UPDATE: 12:30 P.M. VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -U.S. Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected in a surprise choice to be the new leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday, taking the name Leo XIV, becoming the ...
May 08, 2025 Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's Illinois stop on immigration laws called 'publicity stunt'
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Two hours in the state capital was enough for U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to criticize Illinois' immigration laws and its gov...
May 07, 2025 DHS Secretary Kristi Noem speaks in front of a house in the neighborhood where progressive activist Emma Shafer was murdered in 2023. Noem holds a binder full of pictures of people she said are “still at large” after engaging in criminal activity in Illinois. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jade Aubrey)
Former Councilman Grayeb honored at final Peoria City Council meeting
PEORIA, Ill. - Tuesday night saw the conclusion of a nearly quarter century of service on the Peoria City Council. It was the final meeting for now-former 2nd District Councilman Chuck Grayeb. Grayeb ...
May 07, 2025 Former Peoria Councilman Chuck Grayeb (right) receives a plaque at his final meeting in office on May 6th, 2025. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Black smoke signals no pope elected in first conclave vote
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday evening, signalling an inconclusive first vote by cardinals locked in the Sistine Chapel in a conclave...
May 07, 2025 Members of the clergy gather on the day the Dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re presides over the Holy Mass, celebrated for the election of the new pope, in St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, May 7, 2025. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
Fed holds rates steady, cites rising risk of higher inflation and unemployment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday but said the risks of both higher inflation and unemployment had risen, further clouding the economic outlook as the U...
May 07, 2025 FILE PHOTO: The exterior of the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building is seen in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 14, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo
UPDATE: Motorcycle rider dies after multi-vehicle crash in Dunlap
UPDATED 3:58 P.M. DUNLAP, Ill. - One person is dead after a multi-vehicle crash in Dunlap Wednesday morning. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says the crash occurred in the area of Knoxville and Ce...
May 07, 2025
Peoria Campustown restaurant announces closure
PEORIA, Ill. - A restaurant near Bradley University is closing its doors for good. In a social media post on Wednesday, the Fieldhouse in Campustown announced it has made the "difficult decision" to c...
May 07, 2025 (The Fieldhouse Facebook)
