Author Archives: TJ Carson
Remains found in Peoria wooded area presumptively identified
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner says remains discovered on Tuesday belong to a man that's been missing since last September. Coroner Jamie Harwood says the remains have been presumptively ide...
Apr 02, 2026 (Peoria County Coroner)
Republicans, Pritzker point fingers over cause of rising property taxes
Article Summary Republicans are blaming Democratic policies, such as unfunded mandates on local governments and school districts, for raising property taxes while failing to provide other financial as...
Apr 01, 2026 Rep. Dan Ugaste, R-Geneva, debates a bill in the Illinois House on May 21, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
NASA launches first crewed lunar mission in half a century
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, April 1 (Reuters) - Four astronauts blasted off from Florida on Wednesday on NASA's Artemis II mission, a highstakes 10-day trip around the moon that marks the United States' ...
Apr 01, 2026 NASA's Artemis II lunar flyby mission, with the next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion crew capsule, sits on Pad 39B ahead of the launch of the Artemis II mission at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., March 31, 2026. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Peoria woman discusses experience in finding skeleton during mushroom hunting with kids
PEORIA, Ill. - A woman is recalling the grim discovery she and her kids made on Tuesday in Peoria while hunting for mushrooms. Christall Ropp and her six kids were in a wooded area near Crest Dr. and ...
Apr 01, 2026 Unidentified skeletal remains were found in SW Peoria Tuesday afternoon in the area of S. Crest Drive and W. Hill Street. (25 News)
US Congress to pass bills to fully fund Homeland Security, Republican leaders say
WASHINGTON, April 1 (Reuters) - Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday said they will take a two-pronged approach to ending the legislative deadlock over Department of Homeland Security ...
Apr 01, 2026 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the signing ceremony for an executive order on mail ballots, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., March 31, 2026. REUTERS/Evan Vucci/File Photo
Pair of teenaged boys arrested after alleged Peoria armed robbery
PEORIA, Ill. - Two teenaged boys were arrested after an alleged armed robbery Monday afternoon in Peoria. Peoria Police says officers contacted two male victims at around 2:30 P.M. in the area of Arms...
Apr 01, 2026
State Police vehicle fleet will take 18 years to replace as costs rise, ISP director says
Article Summary More than 1,000 Illinois State Police vehicles have passed the threshold for replacement, but current funding levels mean it will take 18 years to replace them all, Director Brenden Ke...
Apr 01, 2026 An Illinois State Police car is pictured outside the Illinois Capitol in Springfield during an event in 2022. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
US retail sales strong in February; rising gasoline prices will hurt spending
WASHINGTON, April 1 (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales increased by the most in seven months in February as motor vehicle purchases rebounded and temperatures warmed up, but surging gasoline prices because...
Apr 01, 2026 People walk at a Walmart store in Oceanside, California, U.S., May 15, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Trump says US may exit Iran war soon and threatens to quit NATO, as oil crisis escalates
WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM/CAIRO, April 1 (Reuters) - The United States will end its war on Iran fairly soon and could return for "spot hits" if needed, President Donald Trump told Reuters on Wednesday, hou...
Apr 01, 2026 Emergency personnel operate around a destroyed car following a targeted Israeli strike, amid escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, as the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran continues, in Beirut, Lebanon, March 31, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer
Trump signs order on mail ballots, escalating election overhaul push
WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday aimed at tightening mail-in voting rules nationwide that would direct his administration to create a list o...
Mar 31, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump attends to sign an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., March 31, 2026. REUTERS/Evan Vucci
