Author Archives: TJ Carson
Illinois House panel advances bill to strengthen homeschooling oversight
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - After nearly three hours of debate before a packed hearing room, a House committee on Wednesday voted to advance a bill that would impose new requirements o...
Mar 19, 2025 A woman holds a sign, which is just one of the many signs held by the thousands of people who gathered in the Statehouse on Wednesday to oppose a bill relating to homeschoolers. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jade Aubrey)
Severe weather rolls through central Illinois Wednesday afternoon
PEORIA, Ill. - Central Illinois was mostly unscathed during a round of severe weather Wednesday afternoon. Multiple tornado warnings were issued for Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford, and Fulton Counties, bu...
Mar 19, 2025 (Courtney Pierce/Midwest Communications)
Trump, Zelenskiy pledge in phone call to work for end to war in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy agreed on Wednesday to work together to end Russia's war with Ukraine, in what the White House described a...
Mar 19, 2025 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) wrapped with national flags pose for a photo as they return after a swap, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location in Ukraine, March 19, 2025. REUTERS/Alina Smutko
Fed keeps policy rate outlook intact amid projected growth slowdown, temporary inflation jump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, as expected, but U.S. central bank policymakers indicated they still anticipate reducing borrowing costs by half a pe...
Mar 19, 2025 FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve building is seen in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
Israel says it has launched new ground operation in Gaza
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Wednesday its forces have resumed ground operations in the central and southern Gaza Strip, as a second day of airstrikes killed at least 38 Pa...
Mar 19, 2025 Israeli soldiers work on their tank near the Israel-Gaza border, March 19, 2025. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Former Reditus CEO accused of receiving contraband in jail
PEORIA, Ill. - The former CEO of Reditus labs is accused of receiving contraband in the Peoria County Jail. 25 News reports Aaron Rossi has been indicted on charges relating to it, a week after a Peor...
Mar 19, 2025 (25 News)
NASA astronauts 'Butch and Suni' return to Earth after drawn-out mission in space
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule on Tuesday with a soft splashdown off Florida's coast, nine months after their faulty Boeing...
Mar 18, 2025 Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, two veteran NASA astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station for nine months, wave at the hatch of a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule before closing the hatch in preparation for undocking from the ISS to begin their return to Earth March 17, 2025 in this still image taken from video. NASA/Handout via REUTERS
Peoria bar owner sued for allegedly not paying song license fees
PEORIA, Ill. - The owner of a Peoria bar is being sued for allegedly playing unlicensed music. Martini's on Water Street is one of 15 venues or establishments across the country being sued by the Amer...
Mar 18, 2025 (Martini's on Water Facebook)
Israel warns more to come as airstrikes kill over 400 in Gaza after two months of truce
JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli airstrikes pounded Gaza and killed more than 400 people on Tuesday, Palestinian health authorities said, shattering nearly two months of relative calm since a ceasef...
Mar 18, 2025 Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a residential building in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip March 18, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Illinois' community colleges see nearly 9% spike in spring enrollment
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Enrollment at Illinois community colleges grew to more than 285,000 in the spring semester this year, an 8.9% increase over a year ago and the largest sprin...
Mar 18, 2025 The spring 2025 enrollment report shows enrollment at community colleges in Illinois grew at a record pace compared to a year ago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
