Author Archives: TJ Carson
Man sentenced for being in possession of explosive devices at Pekin traffic stop
PEORIA, Ill. - A Marquette Heights man will spend at least four years in prison after he was found with a stolen weapon and explosives during a traffic stop last year. 25 News reports 35-year-old Dalt...
Mar 07, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US job growth picks up in February; unemployment rate rises to 4.1%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth picked up in February and the unemployment rate edged up to 4.1%, but growing uncertainty over trade policy and deep federal government spending cuts could erode...
Mar 07, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A hiring sign is seen in a cafe in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., August 5, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
West Peoria liquor store cited again for allegedly selling to minors
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - Despite a change in ownership in January, a West Peoria liquor store is still having the same problems. 25 News reports West Peoria Liquors, formerly known as Express Liquors, was ...
Mar 07, 2025 (25 News)
EU leaders agree on defence surge, support Zelenskiy after US aid freeze
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European leaders on Thursday backed plans to spend more on defence and continue to stand by Ukraine in a world upended by Donald Trump's reversal of U.S. policies. The European Un...
Mar 07, 2025 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, European Council President Antonio Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speak to the media as they attend a European Union leaders special summit to discuss Ukraine and European defence, in Brussels, Belgium March 6, 2025. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq
Peoria man sentenced after guilty plea for attempting to entice a minor online
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man will spend more than eleven years in prison after attempting to entice a minor online. The Department of Justice says 43-year-old Joshua Michael Williams will also have ten...
Mar 07, 2025 courtroom gavel
Hundreds rally at the Capitol to oppose homeschool bill
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Hundreds rallied Thursday at the Capitol in Springfield to voice their opposition to a bill that would require oversight of families who homeschool their ch...
Mar 07, 2025 Homeschool advocates rally at the Illinois Statehouse to oppose legislation that would impose more oversight of parents who school their children at home. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jade Aubrey.)
Peoria Notre Dame dominates to punch ticket to 2A girls' basketball state championship game
NORMAL, Ill. - A dominating performance has put the Peoria Notre Dame girls' basketball team one game away from back-to-back state championships. The Irish defeated Mount Carmel, 61-35, in the IHSA Cl...
Mar 06, 2025 (Peoria Notre Dame)
Pope Francis stable, Vatican says, daily updates will stop
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis, battling pneumonia in hospital for nearly three weeks, remained stable on Thursday and did not have any new episodes of respiratory crisis, the Vatican said. In a...
Mar 06, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Nuns hold rosaries as they pray near the statue of late Pope John Paul II outside Gemelli Hospital, where Pope Francis continues his treatment, in Rome, Italy, March 5, 2025. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/File Photo
UPDATE: Some Democrats censure Rep. Al Green over Trump outburst as party seeks path forward
UPDATED 2:42 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ten Democrats joined Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday in voting to censure one of their own, Representative Al Green, for shouting d...
Mar 06, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Rep. Al Green (D-TX) is escorted out after shouting during U.S. President Donald Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress, in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 4, 2025.
Trump exempts some automakers from Canada, Mexico tariffs for one month
WASHINGTON/OTTAWA (Reuters) -President Donald Trump will exempt automakers from his punishing 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico for one month as long as they comply with an existing free trade agreemen...
Mar 05, 2025 An employee polishes the 2025 Ford Maverick Hybrid pickup truck during the Los Angeles Auto Show, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 21, 2024. REUTERS/Daniel Cole/File Photo
