Author Archives: TJ Carson
Judge to consider Trump's compliance with order over wrongly deported man
(Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Tuesday will consider her next steps on what she called the Trump administration's failure to update her on efforts to return a man illegally deported to El Salvador, in a c...
Apr 15, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Jennifer Vasquez Sura, wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant who lived in the U.S. legally with a work permit and was erroneously deported to El Salvador, looks on during a press conference with other family members, supporters and members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 9, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo
Caterpillar celebrates 100 years of business with look back
PEORIA, Ill. - An iconic Peoria company is celebrating a century of business on Tuesday. April 15th, 2025 marks the 100th anniversary of Caterpillar. The company was formed in 1925 C.L. Best and Benja...
Apr 15, 2025 (Caleb Kelch/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Homeschool bill stalls in Illinois House, but sponsor says it's still alive
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A bill that would tighten homeschooling regulations in Illinois missed a key deadline on Friday. But its sponsor, Rep. Terra Costa Howard, said it's still a...
Apr 14, 2025 Rep. Terra Costa Howard, D- Glen Ellyn, speaks to a House colleague shortly after making a speech on April 11, 2025, in favor of her bill creating new homeschool oversight in Illinois. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
US lawmakers look to boost Ukraine, sanction Russia, sources say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation on Monday to bolster Ukraine in its war with Russia, another effort to pressure the Trump administration to ...
Apr 14, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A Ukrainian serviceman walks at the site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Sumy, Ukraine April 13, 2025. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova/File Photo
Man arrested for January gun incident in Peoria's North Valley ordered held
PEORIA, Ill. - A 22-year-old man has been ordered to remain in jail after his indictment this month on weapons charges. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says Zavon Knox was ordered held unt...
Apr 14, 2025 courtroom gavel
Two people injured after weekend shooting on Peoria's South Side
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people were injured after apparently being shot early Sunday morning in Peoria's South Side. Peoria Police says officers responded to the area of Lincoln and Blaine just before 1:45...
Apr 14, 2025
US judge asks if 'constitutional crisis' looms in Tufts student's immigration case
(Reuters) -A federal judge in Vermont questioned on Monday whether the Trump administration would instigate a "constitutional crisis" by not releasing a Turkish student at Tufts University from immigr...
Apr 14, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators take part in a rally in support of Tufts PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk, after Ozturk was taken into custody by federal agents, in Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S. March 27, 2025. REUTERS/Reba Saldanha/File Photo
Sean 'Diddy' Combs pleads not guilty to expanded sex trafficking indictment
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sean 'Diddy' Combs pleaded not guilty on Monday to an expanded federal indictment charging the hip-hop mogul with five criminal counts, including racketeering and sex trafficking. ...
Apr 14, 2025 FILE PHOTO: 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party – Arrivals – Beverly Hills, California, U.S., 04/03/2018 – Rapper P. Diddy. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok/File Photo
Investigation underway after damage at PDC leads to runoff water going into creeks
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - An investigation is under way after damage at the Peoria Disposal Company led to runoff water going into creeks. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says he was called to PDC Fri...
Apr 14, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriffs Department)
UPDATED: Helicopter crashes into New York's Hudson River, all six aboard killed
UPDATED 5:33 P.M. (Reuters) - A tourist helicopter plummeted upside down into New York City's Hudson River on Thursday killing all six people on board, including a Spanish family with three children a...
Apr 10, 2025 Rescue workers and emergency personnel work at the scene of a helicopter crash on the Hudson River near lower Manhattan in New York, as seen from Newport, New Jersey, U.S., April 10, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
