Author Archives: TJ Carson
Man charged on six counts of Residential Burglary in Peoria
UPDATED: 4:55PM PEORIA Ill. - The Springfield man arrested on Tuesday on multiple burglary charges, will remain in jail until his trial. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 34-year-old Ke...
Feb 13, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Kennedy to clear final Senate hurdle in bid for top US health job
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine critic who endorsed President Donald Trump after abandoning his own presidential bid, inched closer to becoming U.S. secretary of Health and Hum...
Feb 13, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. President Trump’s nominee to be secretary of Health and Human Services, testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 30, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Lawsuits with Trump administration stretching Illinois attorney general's resources
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced this week he has joined yet another multistate lawsuit against the Trump administration, this time over its ...
Feb 11, 2025 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is pictured on the Illinois House floor in May 2023. He told Capitol News Illinois he plans to brief the General Assembly about the cost of the state’s ongoing lawsuits against Trump administration policies. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Trump presses Jordan to take in Palestinians from Gaza; king opposes displacement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump on Tuesday pressed Jordan's King Abdullah to take in Palestinians who would be permanently displaced under the president's plan for the U.S. to take over the Gaza S...
Feb 11, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Jordan's King Abdullah, as Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein sits, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 11, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
Teen driver in Chillicothe fatal crash in January facing charges
MARSHALL COUNTY, Ill. - The driver of a crash last month in Marshall County that claimed the life of a Chillicothe girl has been charged for their role in it. Marshall County State's Attorney Patrick ...
Feb 11, 2025 (Marshall County)
UPDATE: Netanyahu says Israel will end Gaza ceasefire if hostages not returned on Saturday
UPDATED 12:10 P.M. CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that if Hamas did not release Israeli hostages by noon on Saturday a fragile ceasefire in Gaza w...
Feb 11, 2025 A Palestinian man carries a water container as he walks towards his shelter, set up amidst the rubble of his house, on a rainy day, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip February 11, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Peoria and Pekin Salvation Armies reach Tree of Lights campaign goals
PEORIA, Ill. - The goals for the Peoria and Pekin Salvation Army's 2024-25 Tree of Lights campaign have been reached. The Salvation Army announced Monday night that the Peoria campaign just reached it...
Feb 10, 2025 (Salvation Army)
UPDATE: Trump pardons Blagojevich 5 years after commutation cut prison time short
UPDATED 2/11 10:16 A.M. WASHINGTON, D.C. (Capitol News Illinois) - President Donald Trump on Monday granted a full pardon to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted on 18 corruption co...
Feb 10, 2025 Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his wife Patti outside their Chicago home shortly after Blagojevich receiving a full pardon from President Donald Trump. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
US judge says Trump administration violated order lifting spending freeze
(Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday said President Donald Trump's administration violated a court order lifting a broad freeze on federal spending and directed the government to immediately release any...
Feb 10, 2025 A reporter leaves the White House after the daily briefing, in Washington, U.S., January 31, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
US judge keeps his block on Trump federal buyout plan in place for now
BOSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge kept his block on President Donald Trump's buyout plan for federal employees in place on Monday and said he would consider imposing it for a longer period of...
Feb 10, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 31, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
