Author Archives: TJ Carson
US Supreme Court rejects school gender-identity policy challenge
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court, turning away another case involving transgender issues, declined on Monday to hear a bid to revive a lawsuit against a public school district in Wisconsin over a po...
Dec 09, 2024 FILE PHOTO: People gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., June 29, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo
Multiple people treated after Monday morning crash involving school bus in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Multiple people were treated at a hospital after a two-vehicle crash involving a school bus Monday morning. Peoria Police says the crash occurred in the area of Adams and Krause just af...
Dec 09, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Two men stabbed after alleged fight at West Peoria bar
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - Two men suffered non-life-threatening injuries after reportedly being stabbed at a West Peoria bar this past weekend. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says deputies were called ...
Dec 09, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriffs Department)
Gas prices falling in the Peoria area
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices continue falling in the Peoria area. GasBuddy is reporting a $3.08/g average in the Peoria area Monday, down a little more than three cents in the past week. The average is 1...
Dec 09, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Rapper Jay-Z accused in lawsuit of raping 13-year-old girl
(Reuters) - An amended lawsuit filed in federal court on Sunday alleges that rap mogul Jay-Z raped a 13-year-old girl along with Sean "Diddy" Combs during a party in 2000. Jay-Z denied the allegations...
Dec 09, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Recording artist Jay-Z is pictured before the Champions League Final at Wembley Stadium, London, Britain - June 1, 2024 REUTERS/Hannah Mckay/File Photo
House on Peoria's South Side ordered demolished after Sunday morning fire
PEORIA, Ill. - A house on Peoria's South Side was ordered to be torn down after a fire Sunday morning. Peoria Fire says crews arrived at the house in the area of Shelley and Garden just before 9:30 A....
Dec 09, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
With Assad gone, new era starts in Syria as the world watches
DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Damascus stirred back to life on Monday at the start of a hopeful but uncertain era after rebels seized the capital and President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia, following 13 years...
Dec 09, 2024 People waving flags ride in a vehicle, after rebels seized the capital and ousted President Bashar al-Assad, in Qamishli, Syria December 8, 2024. REUTERS/Orhan Qereman
France says 'merci' as Notre-Dame Cathedral rises from ruins of fire
PARIS (Reuters) -The word "Merci" was projected on to the front of Paris' Notre-Dame cathedral as it reopened on Saturday, in thanks for its salvation after a devastating fire that brought the 860-yea...
Dec 08, 2024 Guest attend the service during the re-opening of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, following the 2019 fire, in Paris, France, December 7, 2024. Thibault Camus/Pool via REUTERS
Two dogs die after Chillicothe house fire
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - A Chillicothe house is a total loss after a Saturday night fire. 25 News reports three people were in the home in the area of 5th and Maple Streets when the fire started, but escap...
Dec 08, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Trump calls for immediate Ukraine ceasefire, Kyiv and Moscow cite conditions
PARIS (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump called on Sunday for an immediate ceasefire and negotiations between Ukraine and Russia to end "the madness", prompting Ukrainian President Volodymr ...
Dec 08, 2024 U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy shake hands inside the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral ahead of a ceremony to mark its re-opening following the 2019 fire, in Paris, France, December 7, 2024. LUDOVIC MARIN/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
