Author Archives: TJ Carson
Parts of Washington under boil order after water main break
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Portions of Washington are under a boil order at a water main break Saturday morning. Illinois American Water says the break occurred at around 8:00 A.M. A map shows the affected ar...
Dec 08, 2024 (Illinois American Water/Bing)
Syrian rebels topple President Assad, Russia says he left the country
AMMAN/BEIRUT/CAIRO (Reuters) - Syrian rebels declared President Bashar al-Assad's ouster after seizing control of Damascus on Sunday, forcing him to flee and ending his family's decades of rule after ...
Dec 08, 2024 People gather at Saadallah al-Jabiri Square as they celebrate, after Syria's army command notified officers on Sunday that President Bashar al-Assad's 24-year authoritarian rule has ended, a Syrian officer who was informed of the move told Reuters, following a rapid rebel offensive that took the world by surprise, in Aleppo, Syria December 8, 2024. REUTERS/Karam al-Masri
'There's something fishy here, don't you think?': Wiretapped calls detail Madigan confidant's confoundment over complicated land deal
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - It was the last day of the General Assembly's spring legislative session in 2018 when veteran Statehouse lobbyist Mike McClain realized his bill wasn't going an...
Dec 06, 2024 The parking lot along Wentworth Ave. in Chicago’s Chinatown neighborhood in October 2024. In 2017, then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan directed his close ally Mike McClain to work on getting the state-owned land transferred to developers who were interested in building on a portion of the lot. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
US appeals court upholds TikTok law forcing its sale
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday upheld a law requiring Chinese-based ByteDance to divest its popular short video app TikTok in the United States by early next year or face...
Dec 06, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A TikTok logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
US job growth accelerates in November; unemployment rate rises to 4.2%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. job growth surged in November after being severely constrained by hurricanes and strikes, but this probably does not signal a material shift in labor market conditions that ...
Dec 06, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A person stands near the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 2, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
Trump stands by Pentagon pick Hegseth as nomination in doubt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday reiterated his support for Pentagon nominee Pete Hegseth, citing the Ivy League-educated former Fox News host's "charisma" and callin...
Dec 06, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth meets with Senator-elect Jim Banks (R-IN) on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 5, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Annual Drive for Miracles Radiothon from 93.3 the Drive takes place Friday
PEORIA, Ill. - Each December, Midwest Communications' 93.3 The Drive rallies behind OSF HealthCare Children's Hospital in Peoria, raising money and awareness, to help the kids that are treated there. ...
Dec 06, 2024 (93.3 the Drive/Midwest Communciations)
Police scour New York for suspect, two days after UnitedHealth executive gunned down
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Armed with a growing file of clues, New York police on Friday were scouring surveillance videos and asking the public for help in finding the masked assailant who gunned down a Un...
Dec 06, 2024 FILE PHOTO: An undated New York City Police Department (NYPD) handout image obtained by Reuters on December 5, 2024, shows an individual wanted for questioning in connection with the killing of UnitedHeatlhcare CEO Brian Thompson, in an unknown location. NYPD/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Republican Senator Ernst does not yet back Trump Pentagon pick Hegseth
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, a combat veteran and sexual assault survivor, said on Thursday she is not yet ready to back Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense, d...
Dec 05, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) speaks with reporters following the Senate Republicans weekly policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 6, 2024. REUTERS/Bonnie Cash/File Photo
No injuries after Thursday morning fire in Deer Creek
DEER CREEK, Ill. - A shed was destroyed after a fire Thursday morning in Deer Creek. 25 News reports the fire was reported at around 8:30 A.M. on Lakeland Road. Morton Fire says the homeowner was home...
Dec 05, 2024 (25 News)
