Author Archives: TJ Carson
New Orleans attack suspect acted alone, supported Islamic State, FBI says
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A U.S. Army veteran who drove a truck into a crowd of New Year's Day revelers had pledged allegiance to Islamic State, but acted alone in the attack that killed at least 14 peo...
Jan 02, 2025 A New Orleans police vehicle blocks the entrance to Bourbon Street, near the site where people were killed by a man driving a truck in an attack during New Year's celebrations, in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., January 2, 2025. REUTERS/Octavio Jones
Shots fired at Farmington Road restaurant as new year began early Wednesday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office is investigating shots fired near a restaurant just after the new year started. Sheriff Chris Watkins says suspects in a red van traveling east on Far...
Jan 01, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria Riverfront Museum reports record weekend attendance for Muppets exhibit
PEORIA, Ill. - A lot of people want to see the Muppets in Peoria. The Peoria Riverfront Museum says nearly four-thousand people visited this past weekend, saying it's a record number of patrons. The m...
Jan 01, 2025 (Peoria Riverfront Museum)
Lewistown shooting victim identified by Fulton County Coroner
LEWISTOWN, Ill. - A 39-year-old Canton man has been identified as the victim in a fatal shooting at a Fulton County grocery store Tuesday night. Fulton County Coroner Austin Rhodes identified the vict...
Jan 01, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
US military appeals court says plea deals related to 9/11 attacks may proceed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. military appeals court has ruled that plea deals related to the man accused of masterminding the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and two accomplices can proceed after Defense Sec...
Dec 31, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A U.S. national flag and flowers are placed at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum pool on the day of the 23rd anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., September 11, 2024. REUTERS/Kent J.Edwards/File Photo
One person treated after Tuesday morning Peoria house fire
PEORIA, Ill. - One person was treated after a Tuesday morning house fire in Peoria. Peoria Fire says crews were called to the house in the area Rustic Ridge and Overbrook Drives just after 8:30 A.M., ...
Dec 31, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
East Peoria man arrested after allegedly traveling to meet minor for sexual purposes
PAXTON, Ill. - An East Peoria man has been arrested for allegedly traveling to meet with a minor for sexual purposes. The CHAOS Task Force says 52-year-old Kevin Evans was arrested in Paxton on Saturd...
Dec 31, 2024 (CHAOS Task Force)
Grand jury indicts Elmwood man accused of firing weapon, homeless man accused of hospital fire also indicted
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury has indicted an Elmwood man accused of firing a weapon into a neighborhood. 27-year-old Christopher Coulter was indicted Monday on charges of reckless dischar...
Dec 30, 2024 courtroom gavel
Trump gives US House Speaker Johnson 'complete and total endorsement'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Monday threw his support behind House Speaker Mike Johnson, who will stand for reelection to the top job this week with a slim Republican maj...
Dec 30, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to the media following the passage of a spending legislation to avert a government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 20, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Trump loses appeal of E. Jean Carroll $5 million defamation verdict
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a $5 million verdict that E. Jean Carroll won against Donald Trump when a jury found the U.S. president-elect liable for sexually abusing a...
Dec 30, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, U.S., on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Jeenah Moon/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
