Author Archives: TJ Carson
Cold Weather Advisory from Monday 9:00 P.M. to noon Tuesday
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 222 AM CST Mon Feb 17 2025 ILZ029-031-036>038-040>057-061>063-171630- /O.NEW.KILX.CW.Y.0005.250218T0300Z-250218T1800Z/ Peoria-Wood...
Feb 17, 2025
Michael Madigan: The Rise and Fall
"The Velvet Hammer." "Sphinx." "King of Illinois." "The Wizard of Oz." "The Real Governor of Illinois." "Himself." Michael Madigan was called all of these names and more during his five-decade career ...
Feb 15, 2025 Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan walks toward the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Zelenskiy calls for European army to deter Russia, earn US respect
MUNICH (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Saturday for the creation of a European army, arguing the continent could no longer be sure of protection from the United States an...
Feb 15, 2025 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, Germany, February 15, 2025. Sven Hoppe/Pool via REUTERS
US judges bar Musk's DOGE from Treasury, allow access to health, labor
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal judge extended a block on Elon Musk's government cost-cutting team from accessing payment systems at the U.S. Treasury Department on Friday, while another judge allowed t...
Feb 15, 2025 FILE PHOTO: People gather to protest outside the headquarters of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) after the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was charged with oversight of OPM, in Washington, U.S. February 2, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo
Three Israeli hostages freed in Gaza, Israel begins releasing 369 Palestinians in exchange
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Hamas released Israeli hostages Iair Horn, Sagui Dekel Chen and Sasha (Alexander) Troufanov in Gaza on Saturday and Israel began freeing some 369 Palestinian prisoners and d...
Feb 15, 2025 Russian-Israeli Sasha (Alexander) Troufanov, a hostage held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, speaks as he is released by Palestinian Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, February 15, 2025. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed
Pritzker must address multi-billion-dollar deficit amid federal funding uncertainty
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The relative ease of budgeting following the pandemic thanks to federal aid and strong tax revenue surpluses for the state appears to be over. Gov. JB Pritz...
Feb 14, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker delivers his annual State of the State and budget address in the Illinois House Chamber on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Judges to consider barring Musk's DOGE team from government systems
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two federal judges will consider on Friday whether Elon Musk's government cost-cutting team known as DOGE will have access to Treasury Department payment systems and potentially s...
Feb 14, 2025 FILE PHOTO: People gather to protest outside the headquarters of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) after the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was charged with oversight of OPM, in Washington, U.S. February 2, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo
US retail sales fall sharply in January
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales fell more than expected in January, likely as frigid temperatures kept consumers from automobile showrooms. Retail sales dropped 0.9% last month after an upwar...
Feb 14, 2025 FILE PHOTO: People carrying shopping bags walk inside the King of Prussia shopping mall in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, U.S. November 26, 2021. REUTERS/Rachel Wisniewski/File Photo
CityLink General Manager steps down
PEORIA, Ill. - The general manager for CityLink has stepped down from the role less than a year on the job. 25 News reports John Myers resigned on January 17th. He was appointed to the role in April o...
Feb 14, 2025 (CItyLink)
Gaza militant groups name three hostages to be released on Saturday
CAIRO (Reuters) -Palestinian militant groups in Gaza said they would release hostages Iair Horn, U.S.-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen and Russian-Israeli Alexandre Sasha Troufanov on Saturday, in accordance ...
Feb 14, 2025 Demonstrators hold signs and pictures of hostages, as relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages kidnapped during the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas protest demanding the release of all hostages in Tel Aviv, Israel, February 13, 2025. REUTERS/Itai Ron
