Author Archives: TJ Carson
New details emerge in Peoria's 1st homicide of 2025
PEORIA, Ill. - A detention hearing is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon for the suspect in Peoria's first homicide of 2025. 25 News reports 45-year-old Derrick Hall has not been charged with the crime...
Jan 21, 2025 (Peoria Co. Jail)
Cold Weather Advisory until Tuesday morning at 6:00 A.M.
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 144 PM CST Tue Jan 21 2025 ILZ027>031-037-038-220600- /O.EXT.KILX.CW.Y.0003.250122T0000Z-250122T1200Z/ /O.CON.KILX.EC.W.0001.000000T0000...
Jan 21, 2025
Peoria County opens doors on new Health and Human Services building
PEORIA, Ill. - Multiple Peoria County departments and services are now working in harmony under one roof. County leaders opened the new Peoria County Health and Human Services building with a ribbon c...
Jan 21, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
22 Democratic-led states sue over Trump's birthright citizenship order
BOSTON (Reuters) -Democratic-led states and civil rights groups filed a slew of lawsuits challenging U.S. President Donald Trump's bid to roll back birthright citizenship on Tuesday in an early bid by...
Jan 21, 2025 Ivan Espinoza-Madrigal, Executive Director of Lawyers for Civil Rights of Boston, speaks during a press conference about their lawsuit filed against the Trump administration's executive order that would strip birthright U.S. citizenship from the children of immigrant parents, in Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S., January 21, 2025. REUTERS/Lauren Owens Lambert
Pritzker signs bill to phase out subminimum wage for disabled workers
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed a long-awaited bill to stop Illinois organizations from paying less than the minimum wage to workers with disabilities. The b...
Jan 21, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker signs the Dignity in Pay Act at a ceremony in Chicago on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
After inauguration, Trump signs orders in front of a cheering crowd
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump moved swiftly to impose his will on the U.S. government as he reclaimed the presidency on Monday, taking steps to curb immigration, slash environmental regulations a...
Jan 20, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump shows a signed executive order as U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance looks on during a rally on the inauguration day of his second Presidential term, inside Capital One, in Washington, U.S. January 20, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Victim identified in Sunday morning fatal shooting in North Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - The victim in a fatal shooting at a Peoria apartment complex on Sunday morning has been identified. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says 37-year-old Latrista Warfield was pronounced...
Jan 20, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Reports: Bears set to hire Lions OC Ben Johnson as head coach
The Chicago Bears are closing in on a deal to hire Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson as their next head coach, according to multiple reports on Monday. Johnson will take over a Bears tea...
Jan 20, 2025 Dec 22, 2024; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson before a game against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field. Mandatory Credit: Daniel Bartel-Imagn Images/ File Photo
Trump to sign orders ending diversity programs, declare sex cannot be changed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump will immediately issue executive orders that slash diversity, equity and inclusion programs and proclaim the U.S. government will only recognize two sexes ...
Jan 20, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Stickers in the shape of a heart with a trans flag are pictured in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, U.S., March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo
Trump pledges to save America from decline, vows swift border crackdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump pledged to rescue America from what he described as years of betrayal and decline after he was sworn in as president on Monday, prioritizing a crackdown on illegal ...
Jan 20, 2025 Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th US President in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. SAUL LOEB/Pool via REUTERS
