Author Archives: TJ Carson
Kremlin says it's working on Ukraine peace after Trump says he's 'pissed off' with Putin
MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Monday that Russia and the United States were working on ideas for a possible peace settlement in Ukraine and on building bilateral ties despite U.S. President Do...
Mar 31, 2025 Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Atomflot enterprise, which oversees icebreaker projects, in Murmansk, Russia March 27, 2025. Sputnik/Sergei Karpukhin/Pool via REUTERS
Pentagon's Hegseth says US command in 'warrior' Japan being upgraded to deter China
TOKYO (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described Japan on Sunday as indispensable for tackling Chinese aggression and said implementing of a plan to upgrade the U.S military command in t...
Mar 30, 2025 US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the Prime Minister’s office in Tokyo. March 30, 2025. Stanislav Kogiku/Pool via REUTERS
Israeli PM Netanyahu vows to pressure Hamas after ceasefire proposal
JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Sunday to step up pressure on Hamas in Gaza while continuing negotiations to secure the release of hostages and working...
Mar 30, 2025 A Palestinian woman visits the grave of her relative at a cemetery, on the first day of Eid al-Fitr that marks the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip March 30, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
One arrested after early Saturday morning shooting at Peoria apartment complex
PEORIA, Ill. - One person was arrested after a shooting at a Peoria apartment complex early Saturday morning. Peoria Police say officers responded to the Lexington Hills Apartments just before 12:30 A...
Mar 30, 2025
Singapore-based IV manufacturer officially buys Pekin land for new production facility
PEKIN, Ill. - The sale of land in Pekin's Riverway Business Park to a Singapore-based medical manufacturer was made official on Friday. Mayor Mary Burress and Epic Medical CEO Freddie Lee signed a doc...
Mar 28, 2025 Pekin Mayor Mary Burress and Epic Medical CEO Freddie Lee show a land purchase agreement after both parties signed it, on March 28th, 2025. The land at Pekin's Riverway Business Park will be used to develop Epic's first facility in the United States. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US judge blocks Trump from fast-tracking deportations to third-countries
BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal judge on Friday blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from deporting migrants to countries with which they had no existing relationship without giving them a...
Mar 28, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Venezuelan migrants walk following their arrival on a flight after being deported from the United States, in Caracas, Venezuela, March 28, 2025. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo
Trump, Carney say they had a productive call; Canadian tariffs still coming
WASHINGTON/OTTAWA (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday had a conversation that both men described as productive, although the Canadian leader said Ottawa wou...
Mar 28, 2025 Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives to a press conference to discuss a response to U.S. President Donald Trump's new tariffs, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada March 27, 2025. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo
Bradley University set to move forward with developing former Avanti's location
PEORIA, Ill. - The former Avanti's location near Bradley University will soon be razed, as the university moves forward with plans to develop a green space there. The university announced on Friday it...
Mar 28, 2025 (25 News)
US VP Vance lands in Greenland as new government calls for unity
NUUK, Greenland (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President JD Vance landed in Greenland on Friday at a time when President Donald Trump is renewing his insistence that Washington should take control of the semi-a...
Mar 28, 2025 Flags of Greenland fly outside Katuaq Cultural Center in Nuuk, Greenland, March 28, 2025. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
Peoria man sentenced to federal prison after guilty plea to distributing methamphetamine
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to distributing methamphetamine. 31-year-old Romel Turner pleaded guilty in August of 2024 ...
Mar 28, 2025 courtroom gavel
