Author Archives: TJ Carson
Judge orders Trump administration to preserve Yemen attack plan messages
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump's administration to preserve messages sent on the Signal messaging app discussing attack plans against the Houthis in Yeme...
Mar 27, 2025 Signal app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Despite Trump order, Illinois won't require voter proof of citizenship
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois voters casting ballots in the April 1 consolidated elections will not be required to show proof of U.S. citizenship, despite an executive order issued this week by President Don...
Mar 27, 2025 People voting in Springfield during the 2024 general election in November. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Man arrested for allegedly causing crash in Tennessee that killed central Illinois father-son duo
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A father and son from central Illinois were killed in a chain reaction crash early Thursday morning in Nashville, Tennessee. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department says the cr...
Mar 27, 2025 (Metropolitan Nashville Police Department)
Trump withdraws his pick to be UN envoy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had withdrawn his pick to be ambassador to the United Nations because the Republicans need to maintain their slim majority in the ...
Mar 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Woman arrested in South Peoria after one shot fired
PEORIA, Ill. - A woman was arrested on weapons charges after one shot was fired in South Peoria Wednesday evening. Officers arrived at the area of Garden and Madison Park Terrace just after 6:45 P.M.,...
Mar 27, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US weekly jobless claims edge lower
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits slipped last week, while the jobless rate appeared to have held steady in March. Initial claims for sta...
Mar 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Investigation underway after fire at West Peoria home
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - The cause of a fire at a West Peoria home is under investigation. 25News reports the fire was called in at around 11:30 A.M. to a house in the area of West Laura and North Cedar. F...
Mar 26, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US appeals court upholds block on Trump deportation of some Venezuelans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld a lower court's temporary block on the Trump administration's deportation of some Venezuelan immigrants under a little-used 18th century ...
Mar 26, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Salvadoran police officers escort alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua recently deported by the U.S. government to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, as part of an agreement with the Salvadoran government, in Tecoluca, El Salvador, in this handout image obtained March 16, 2025. Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Peoria mayoral candidates make final pitches to voters at Kiwanis
PEORIA, Ill. - The candidates for Peoria mayor are making their final push to win the hearts and minds of voters before the April 1st consolidated election. On Wednesday afternoon, incumbent mayor Rit...
Mar 26, 2025 Peoria Councilman John Kelly (left) and Mayor Rita Ali (right) participate in a debate before the April 1st consolidated election at a meeting of the Peoria Kiwanis group on March 26th, 2025. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Two arrested on weapons and drug charges in Woodford County
WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. - Two people, including an assistant in the Peoria County State's Attorney's Office, were arrested after a traffic stop near El Paso early Wednesday morning. The Woodford County ...
Mar 26, 2025 courtroom gavel
