Author Archives: TJ Carson
Peoria approves new contract for waste and recycling collection
PEORIA, Ill. - The city of Peoria has a new agreement for waste collection services that it hopes lasts for decades to come. The city council Tuesday night approved a three-year deal with Green for Li...
Apr 10, 2025 (Gflenv.com)
US ambassador to Ukraine stepping down, State Department says
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink is stepping down from her role, a State Department spokesperson said on Thursday, in a move that injects new uncertainty into th...
Apr 10, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Bridget Brink, nominated to be U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, prepares to testify at her Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., May 10, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Fire damages homes Thursday morning in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Two homes were damaged after a fire Thursday morning on Peoria's South Side. 25 News reports the fire call came in just before 6:45 A.M. at a house on West Latrobe. Limestone Fire Prote...
Apr 10, 2025 (25 News)
At Jones trial, jury hears lawmaker bringing colleague into fold of 'personal benefits'
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - On a warm Tuesday evening in late June 2019, state Sen. Emil Jones III walked out onto the patio at a suburban steakhouse and into an hourslong dinner that woul...
Apr 10, 2025 State Sen. Emil Jones III, D-Chicago, exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Monday, April 7, after the first day of jury selection in his corruption trial. Jones is accused of agreeing to bribes from a red-light camera company and then lying to the FBI about it. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Supreme Court rules House Republicans waited too long to challenge maps
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois House Republicans waited too long to file a lawsuit challenging legislative maps drawn in 2021, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. As a re...
Apr 09, 2025 House Republican Leader Tony McCombie, R-Savanna, speaks to reporters at the Illinois Statehouse on Wednesday, April 9, 2025 after a ruling by the Illinois Supreme Court. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Ben Szalinski)
Peoria Rivermen seek back-to-back SPHL titles starting this week
PEORIA, Ill. - After a successful regular season, the Peoria Rivermen are shifting their focus to defending their President's Cup title. The Rivermen are the top seed in the Southern Professional Hock...
Apr 09, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Federal funding fully restored to Peoria public television station WTVP
PEORIA, Ill. - A dark chapter in the history of Peoria public television station WTVP has now been closed. CEO and President Jenn Gordon says WTVP received more than $1.6 million in funds from the Cor...
Apr 09, 2025 (25 News)
Bartonville men take plea deals regarding role in train derailment in November '24
PEORIA, Ill. - Two men from Bartonville have made plea deals after reportedly being involved in a train derailment last year. 20-year-old Jimmy Johnson and 18-year-old Caleb Finley were sentenced last...
Apr 09, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
US judges block Trump's Venezuelan deportations that used 1798 wartime law
NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. judges in Texas and New York dealt blows on Wednesday to President Donald Trump's effort to revive deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members under a wartime law after th...
Apr 09, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and deportations carried out by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, in New York City, U.S., February 13, 2025. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Trump temporarily lowers tariffs for most countries, raises them for China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would temporarily lower new tariffs on many countries, even as he raised them further on imports from China, in a sudden reversal...
Apr 09, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 8, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
