Author Archives: TJ Carson
Peoria looking to continue job training program affected by Trump administration cuts
PEORIA, Ill. - The future of a job training program for young adults in Peoria is up in the air after funding to it was on the chopping block. Funding for PeoriaCorps is up in the air after the Trump ...
May 05, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US offers $1,000 stipend to encourage migrants to self-deport
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration will offer a $1,000 stipend and travel assistance to migrants who elect to voluntarily "self-deport" from the U.S., the Department of Homeland Security s...
May 05, 2025 Venezuelan migrants arrive after being deported from the United States, at Simon Bolivar International Airport, in Maiquetia, Venezuela, April 3, 2025. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo
Israel may seize all Gaza in expanded operation, officials say
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday an expanded offensive against Palestinian militant group Hamas would be "intensive" after his security cabinet approved pl...
May 05, 2025 Israeli tanks are positioned near the Israel-Gaza border, in Israel, March 18, 2025. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo
Rivian receives state support for new supplier park
NORMAL, Ill. - Electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian is receiving state help for a supplier park at its Normal facility. The governor's office on Monday announced an investment of $120 million for 1.2 ...
May 05, 2025 (25 News)
Pot on stove cited as cause of Peoria apartment fire Monday
PEORIA, Ill. - Unattended cooking is being cited as the cause of a Peoria apartment fire Monday morning. Peoria Fire says crews responded to an activating smoke detector at Brandywine Crossing just af...
May 05, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Jury questioning underway in Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sex trafficking trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Jury questioning got underway on Monday in Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial, which offers the hip-hop mogul the chance to challenge allegations against him but could see h...
May 05, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Sean "Diddy" Combs sits with members of his defense team Teny Geragos and Alexandra Shapiro for a conference ahead of his trial next month on sex trafficking charges, in New York, U.S., April 18, 2025, in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo
WTVP, WCBU react to executive order that could cut its federal funding
PEORIA, Ill. - Public media in the Peoria-area are reacting to a President Trump executive order that could cut a portion of their federal funding. It calls for "direct funding" to the Corporation for...
May 02, 2025 (25 News)
Senate leaders split on community college bachelor's degree proposal
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Two Democratic leaders in the Illinois Senate openly expressed their disagreement this week about Gov. JB Pritzker's proposal to allow community colleges to...
May 02, 2025 State Sen. Cristina Castro is pictured in a Senate Executive Committee hearing last year in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Illinois man, who killed Palestinian child, sentenced to 53 years for hate crime
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Illinois man was sentenced on Friday to 53 years in prison after a jury convicted him in the killing of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy and the severe wounding of his m...
May 02, 2025 courtroom gavel
UPDATE: Former Gov. George Ryan dead at 91; remembered for corruption conviction, halting death penalty
UPDATED 5:58 P.M. CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan died Friday morning at 91, more than two decades after leaving office for the last time and 12 years after hi...
May 02, 2025 Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan’s photo hangs in the Statehouse’s Hall of Governors. Ryan died Friday, May 2, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
