Author Archives: TJ Carson
Illinois House GOP wants IHSA to comply with Trump transgender athlete EO
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Republicans in the Illinois House are demanding that the Illinois High School Association comply with a Trump administration executive order regarding transgender athletes. House M...
Apr 07, 2025 (Illinois High School Association)
State Sen. Emil Jones III bribery trial set to begin 2 ½ years after indictment
CHICAGO - Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday morning in the federal corruption trial of state Sen. Emil Jones III, D-Chicago, who stands accused of accepting alleged bribes from a red-light c...
Apr 07, 2025 State Sen. Emil Jones III speaks with reporters outside of the Illinois Senate chamber in January 2020. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Pope Francis makes surprise first appearance at Vatican after hospital stay
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis made his first public appearance since being discharged from hospital two weeks ago after treatment for double pneumonia, entering St. Peter's Square at the Vatica...
Apr 06, 2025 Pope Francis gestures as he appears for the first time since his return to the Vatican, in Saint Peter square, at the Vatican, April 6, 2025. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
West Peoria liquor store punished after selling alcohol to minors
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - A West Peoria liquor store has been punished after being caught selling alcohol to minors. The city's liquor commission on Thursday ruled that West Peoria Liquors must pay a one-th...
Apr 04, 2025 (25 News)
Stocks slump again after China fires back in trade war with tariffs on US goods
PALM BEACH, Florida/BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Global stock markets plummeted further on Friday after China said it would strike back at U.S. President Donald Trump with additional tariffs of 34% o...
Apr 04, 2025 A drone view shows containers at the terminals at the port in Kwai Chung in Hong Kong, China, April 3, 2025. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Neighborhood House seeking help in finding stolen van
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria non-profit is asking for help in finding a stolen van. In a social media post, Neighborhood House says an unknown person broke into its van yard and stole one of their Youth Pr...
Apr 04, 2025 (Neighborhood House)
UPDATE: Weather delays Opening Day for Peoria Chiefs, doubleheader scheduled for Saturday
UPDATED 4:41 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Baseball in Peoria will have to wait an extra day. The Chiefs announced that Friday's Opening Day game against the Quad Cities River Bandits has been postponed due to ...
Apr 04, 2025 (Peoria Chiefs)
Trump extends TikTok sale deadline by 75 days, vows to work with China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Friday extended by 75 days a deadline for Chinese technology company ByteDance to sell U.S. assets of popular short video app TikTok to a non-Chinese bu...
Apr 04, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Tik Tok logo is displayed on the smartphone while standing on the U.S. flag in this illustration picture taken, November 8, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
Teenager found guilty in death of mother in Peoria's East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County judge has found an 18-year-old guilty in the strangulation death of his mother in the East Bluff two years ago. Chief Judge Katherine Gorman on Friday found Avion Tapia ...
Apr 04, 2025 Brian Turner / CC
Rubio says US can no longer supply bulk of global humanitarian aid
BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will no longer bear the burden of providing the majority of global humanitarian aid, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday, calling on other w...
Apr 04, 2025 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio leaves after statements to reporters at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, April 4, 2025. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS
