Author Archives: TJ Carson
Two Peoria-area boys' high school basketball teams to compete for state titles this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Just like the past weekend for the girls' basketball state finals, the Peoria-area will have two chances to win a state championship in the boys' state finals. Both Peoria Manual and Pe...
Mar 12, 2025 (Peoria Manual Facebook)
Trump threatens further tariffs as EU, Canada retaliate for those already in place
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to escalate a global trade war with further tariffs on European Union goods, as major U.S. trading partners said they would retaliate for tra...
Mar 12, 2025 Workers install steel rods at a construction site in Miami, Florida, U.S., March 11, 2025. REUTERS/Giorgio Viera
Illinois Central College planning to end student housing after spring semester
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The future of student housing at Illinois Central College in East Peoria is up in the air. The college's Student Housing LLC is not leasing any housing for the complex after the Sp...
Mar 12, 2025 (Illinois Central College)
US consumer inflation slows in February; tariffs expected to boost prices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. consumer prices increased moderately in February as higher shelter costs were partially offset by cheaper airline fares, giving the Federal Reserve room to keep interest rat...
Mar 12, 2025 FILE PHOTO: People shop in a supermarket as rising inflation affects consumer prices in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 13, 2022. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
US House Republicans pass stopgap bill to fund government
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a stopgap bill to keep federal agencies funded past Friday, averting a partial shutdown beginning this w...
Mar 11, 2025 U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) arrives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 11, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
UPDATE: Tremont apartment fire victim identified
UPDATED 3/12 9:48 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The victim who died in a Tremont apartment fire Monday has been identified. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says 69-year-old Richard Hayden was pronounced dea...
Mar 11, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Grand jury indicts man accused of Valentine's Day robbery at Peoria apartment complex
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury has indicted a man for his alleged role in a Valentine's Day armed robbery. 24-year-old Anthony Morris was indicted Tuesday on one count each of Armed Robbery...
Mar 11, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Partisan politics infiltrating non-partisan local Illinois elections
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - It's been just four months since the last election concluded, but another election is on the horizon in Illinois: the April 1 elections for school boards an...
Mar 11, 2025 Lisa Hernandez, a state representative and chair of the Democratic Party of Illinois, speaks to members of her party at a Democratic National Convention delegation breakfast. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Man injured after shooting on Peoria's South Side
PEORIA, Ill. - A man was injured after a shooting Tuesday afternoon in Peoria. Peoria Police say officers responded after eight shots were fired just before 1:30 P.M. in the area of Hayes and Griswold...
Mar 11, 2025
Goodfield-based theater asking for help after weekend theft of money and a safe
GOODFIELD, Ill. - A local theater is asking for help after a theft from this past weekend. In a social media post, The Barn Three in Goodfield says the theft occurred between midnight Saturday and 8:3...
Mar 11, 2025 (The Barn III Facebook)
