Author Archives: TJ Carson
Peoria holiday tradition continues for 137th year with Santa Claus Parade
PEORIA, Ill. - The Christmas season arrived in Peoria on a chilly and windy Friday morning with an annual tradition. The 137th edition of the Peoria Santa Claus Parade weaved its way through the stree...
Nov 29, 2024 Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus arrive in downtown Peoria to cap the 137th edition of the Peoria Santa Claus Parade. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Trump administration picks targeted with bomb threats and swatting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Several of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet and administration picks were targeted this week with actions including bomb threats and "swatting," a spokesperson for the tran...
Nov 27, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech during a tour of the Double Eagle Energy Oil Rig in Midland, Texas, U.S., July 29, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
The next school reform push in Illinois: testing and accountability
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Education officials from five statewide organizations are pushing for fundamental changes in the way student achievement is measured each year and how schoo...
Nov 27, 2024 (Capitol News Illinois File Photo)
Peoria International Airport prepared for busy Thanksgiving travel holiday
PEORIA, Ill. - Jennifer Bernitt is looking forward to escaping the cold weather of Illinois during the Thanksgiving holiday. "We're just looking for a nice flight. We like to fly together, my daughter...
Nov 27, 2024 Travelers wait in line at Peoria International Airport on November 27th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
'You know why I'm interested': Wiretaps, secretly recorded videos show Madigan recruiting business to his law firm
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - For the second time in the span of seven months, then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan called up Chicago Ald. Danny Solis after reading about a propos...
Nov 27, 2024 Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago on Oct. 21 after opening statements in his federal corruption trial. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
US weekly jobless claims decline further
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell again last week, but many laid-off workers are experiencing long bouts of joblessness, keeping the...
Nov 27, 2024 FILE PHOTO:m 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
Two injured after crash involving train in Peoria County
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - Two people suffered non-life threatening injuries after a train versus vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon. Illinois State Police say the crash happened just after 12:30 P.M. at Illi...
Nov 26, 2024 Midwest Communications
Netanyahu says he is ready to implement Israel-Lebanon ceasefire
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he was ready to implement a ceasefire deal with Lebanon and would respond forcefully to any violation by Hezbollah...
Nov 26, 2024 Israeli soldiers visit the site where a house was damaged, after Israel's military reported projectiles crossing over to Israel from Lebanon, amid hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, November 26, 2024. REUTERS/Ayal Margolin
'You shouldn't be talking like that': Madigan scolded alderman-turned-FBI mole for bringing up 'quid pro quo'
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Then-Chicago Ald. Danny Solis had already been cooperating with the FBI for a little more than a year in June 2017 when he received an unexpected voicemail from...
Nov 26, 2024 Then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan captured in a video Chicago Ald. Danny Solis secretly recorded at the direction of the FBI at the speaker’s law offices in July 2017. (Video screenshot from government exhibits shown Nov. 25, 2024)
Russia strikes Ukraine's critical infrastructure in war's largest drone attack
KYIV (Reuters) -Russian forces staged their largest ever drone attack on Ukraine overnight, cutting power to much of the western region of Ternopil and damaging residential buildings in Kyiv region, U...
Nov 26, 2024 People take shelter inside a metro station during a Russian missile attack, amid Russia's attacks on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine November 26, 2024. REUTERS/Alina Smutko
