Author Archives: TJ Carson
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
Peoria Public Schools board approves repurposing Quest Charter buildings
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Public School district will repurpose former Quest Charter buildings. The item was approved at Monday night's board meeting in the district's consent agenda. The former Quest...
Nov 25, 2024 (1470/100.3 WMBD)
Morton man dies after apparent fall Sunday morning
MORTON, Ill. - A Morton man is dead after reportedly falling from a structure Sunday morning. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley says 21-year-old Samson Vlahos was pronounced dead at the scene of ...
Nov 25, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Woman sentenced for role in October 2021 shooting death of Peoria teenager
PEORIA, Ill. - A 21-year-old woman will spend nine years in prison for her role in the shooting death of a Manual High School student three years ago. Court records show Tyranique White pleaded guilty...
Nov 25, 2024 courtroom gavel
Conservative group asks U.S. Supreme Court to review Mike Bost's challenge to how mail-in votes are counted in Illinois
(Capitol News Illinois) - The conservative group Judicial Watch is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a case filed by U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, R-Murphysboro, challenging Illinois' law allowing mail-i...
Nov 25, 2024 U.S. Rep Mike Bost, R-Murphysboro, speaks to reporters at the Republican National Convention in July. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Man ordered detained after allegedly killing kitten at Peoria apartment complex
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been ordered to remain in custody after his arrest for allegedly killing his girlfriend's kitten. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 34-year-old Paul Cox ...
Nov 25, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Lebanese sources: Biden, Macron set to announce Israel-Hezbollah truce
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron are expected to announce a ceasefire in Lebanon between armed group Hezbollah and Israel within 36 hours, four...
Nov 25, 2024 A view shows the moment of an Israeli strike on a building, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in the Chiyah district of Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, November 25, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Hemp growers push back against proposed new regulations
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A legislative committee and the Illinois Department of Agriculture agreed recently to delay finalizing new regulations governing hemp production amid an out...
Nov 25, 2024 Industrial hemp is pictured on a farm near Delavan. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Peter Hancock)
Man sentenced for his role in December 2022 shooting at Peoria gas station
PEORIA, Ill. - The man found guilty in a shooting at a Peoria gas station has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. 26-year-old Patrick Meyer was sentenced Monday to 38 years for Aggravated Vehicular ...
Nov 25, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
US prosecutors ask judge to dismiss 2020 election subversion case against Trump -filing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors on Monday asked a U.S. judge to drop the criminal case accusing President-elect Donald Trump of seeking to overturn his 2020 election defeat, citing his impendin...
Nov 25, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures on the day of a court hearing on charges of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to a porn star before the 2016 election, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., February 15, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
