Author Archives: TJ Carson
Public access to Peoria County's Landfill 2 to end this weekend
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - Saturday is the last day that Peoria County's Landfill Two will be open to the public. The county says that's the last day for its Free Load Program for private household waste, ...
Apr 18, 2025 (Gflenv.com)
US judge halts Trump plan for rapid deportations to third countries
(Reuters) -A U.S. judge barred the Trump administration from rapidly deporting hundreds if not thousands of migrants to countries other than their own without giving them a chance to show they fear be...
Apr 18, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Salvadoran prison guards escort alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and the MS-13 gang recently deported by the U.S. government to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, in Tecoluca, El Salvador April 12, 2025. Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Jones testifies that FBI asked him to wear a wire on hospital CEO, other lawmakers
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Federal agents asked state Sen. Emil Jones III to wear a wire against a politically connected hospital CEO and his fellow lawmakers in Springfield, the senator ...
Apr 18, 2025 State Sen. Emil Jones III leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Thursday, April 17, after finishing three days of testifying in his own defense at his corruption trial. Closing arguments are set for Monday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Woman charged with DUI in connection to fatal pedestrian crash in March in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A Shabbona, Ill. woman is facing DUI charges in connection to a fatal crash involving a pedestrian last month in Peoria. Court documents show 27-year-old Savanna Shriber was charged wit...
Apr 17, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Neighborhood House finds missing van, but needs new one
PEORIA, Ill. - The mystery of a missing vehicle for a Peoria non-profit has been solved, but its problems remain. Neighborhood House says a youth vehicle that was stolen from its van yard was found, s...
Apr 17, 2025 (25 News)
Peoria County Sheriff's Office seeking answers in homicide cold case
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office is reminding the public about a cold case in the hopes of solving a homicide from 2016. The case involves the homicide of 56-year-old John Fris...
Apr 17, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriffs Department)
Group looking to raise funds to reopen Princeville pool
PRINCEVILLE, Ill. - A non-profit is looking to bring back a beloved summer activity to Princeville. "Save the Pool" is a fundraising campaign aimed at reopening the Princeville Aquatic Center. The fac...
Apr 17, 2025 (Princeville Aquatic Center)
US Supreme Court to hear Trump bid to enforce birthright citizenship order
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court said on Thursday it will hear arguments next month over Donald Trump's bid to broadly enforce his executive order to restrict automatic birthright citizen...
Apr 17, 2025 FILE PHOTO: People walk near the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 8, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
UPDATE: Deputy sheriff's son kills two at Florida State University, police say
UPDATED 12:31 A.M. 4/18 (Reuters) -A deputy sheriff's son killed two people and wounded four others at Florida State University on Thursday before he was shot by officers and hospitalized, authorities...
Apr 17, 2025 People evacuate Florida State University (FSU) campus after a mass shooting in Tallahassee, Florida, U.S., April 17, 2025. Alicia Devine/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images via REUTERS
Pared-back 'Right to Play' bill advances in General Assembly, awaits Senate action
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois House gave its approval to legislation that would give high school athletes a limited right to compete in non-school events or on non-school te...
Apr 17, 2025 Rep. Janet Yang-Rohr urges passage of a bill to let high school athletes compete simultaneously on school teams and in non-school events during debate on the House floor Wednesday, April 9. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
