Author Archives: TJ Carson
Gas prices steady in Peoria area as new year approaches
PEORIA, Ill. - The price at the pump in the Peoria area is up slightly as 2024 comes to an end. GasBuddy reports the average price of a gallon of unleaded Monday is $3.16/g, up 1.2 cents in the past w...
Dec 30, 2024 Orin Zebest / CC
South Korea orders airline safety probe after worst domestic crash kills 179
MUAN COUNTY, South Korea (Reuters) -South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok on Monday ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country's entire airline operation as investigators worked to i...
Dec 30, 2024 Rescues work near the wreckage of the Jeju Air aircraft that went off the runway and crashed at Muan International Airport, in Muan, South Korea, December 30, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Morton Police investigating report of adult male allegedly attempting to lure child into vehicle
MORTON, Ill. - Morton Police are asking parents to talk to their children about approaching unknown vehicles after an incident last week. Police say an unknown male was observed on December 26th in th...
Dec 30, 2024 (Morton Police)
UPDATE: US announces $5.9 billion in military, other aid to Ukraine
UPDATED 8:11 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Monday announced nearly $6 billion in additional military and budget assistance for Ukraine as President Joe Biden uses his final weeks in ...
Dec 30, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy listens to U.S. President Joe Biden speak during a Ukraine Compact meeting, on the sidelines of the NATO's 75th anniversary summit in Washington, U.S., July 11, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Jimmy Carter, former US president and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, dead at 100
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Jimmy Carter, the earnest Georgia peanut farmer who as U.S. president struggled with a bad economy and the Iran hostage crisis but brokered peace between Israel and Egypt and lat...
Dec 29, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter delivers a lecture on the eradication of the Guinea worm, at the House of Lords in London, Britain February 3, 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall/File Photo
North Korean troops experience mass casualties on Ukraine front lines, White House says
(Reuters) -North Korean forces are experiencing mass casualties on the front lines of Russia's war against Ukraine, with a thousand of their troops killed or wounded in the last week alone in Russia's...
Dec 27, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A military demonstration involving tank units and guided by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (not pictured) is held in North Korea, March 13, 2024 in this picture released on March 14, 2024, by the Korean Central News Agency. KCNA via REUTERS/File Photo
UPDATE: 34-year-old man identified as victim in fatal pedestrian crash Thursday night in Washington
UPDATED 2:36 P.M. WASHINGTON, Ill. - A 34-year-old Washington man died after being struck by a vehicle Thursday night. Washington Police and Fire responded to the incident just before 7:15 P.M. in the...
Dec 27, 2024
Peoria International Airport parking lots full during holiday travel season
PEORIA, Ill. - Holiday travelers to Peoria International Airport looking for a parking spot may be out of luck. Social media posts from the airport reports that all parking lots are full, and are aski...
Dec 27, 2024 Travelers wait in line at Peoria International Airport on November 27th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Park District planning out Summer Camp on the riverfront for 2025
PEORIA, Ill. - Discussions continue to bring one of central Illinois' biggest music festivals to the Peoria riverfront during Memorial Day weekend. Peoria Park District Executive Director Emily Cahill...
Dec 26, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD -Rick Hirschmann)
New US jobless claims slip, but people are remaining unemployed for longer
(Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits dipped to the lowest in a month last week, consistent with a cooling but still-healthy U.S. labor market that is likely ...
Dec 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
