Author Archives: TJ Carson
Two injured after being shot at Peoria apartment complex Saturday
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people were injured after being shot Saturday in Peoria. 25 News reports officers were called just after 11:45 A.M. to the Lexington Hills Apartments. Police say they found a man wi...
Nov 17, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Xi vows to work with Trump team as he meets Biden in Peru
LIMA (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed on Saturday to work with the incoming U.S. administration of Donald Trump as he held his final talks with outgoing President Joe Biden on conflicts f...
Nov 17, 2024 Joe Biden and Xi Jinping, APEC Summit, Lima, November 16, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Illinois Democrats brace for second Trump administration amid return to Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - During Donald Trump's first term as president, Gov. JB Pritzker and Democrats in the Illinois General Assembly spent much of their time enacting laws and po...
Nov 15, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks to reporters this week, taking several questions about what type of policies he will propose to address the impending administration of President Donald Trump. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Trump picks North Dakota Governor Burgum for interior secretary
PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday that North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, a wealthy former software company executive, will be his pick for interior secreta...
Nov 15, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as Doug Burgum, Governor of North Dakota, and House Speaker Mike Johnson look on, on Day 3 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 17, 2024. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo
Peoria cuts ribbon on completed Glen Avenue reconstruction project
PEORIA, Ill. - For the second time this week, the city of Peoria has cut the ribbon on a completed road construction project. At Concordia Lutheran School on Friday, city leaders officially completed ...
Nov 15, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Former Peoria County farm leader passes away
ST. LOUIS - The former head of the Peoria County Farm Bureau has passed away. An obituary for Patrick Kirchhofer says he died on Monday at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in Saint Louis, a day after he turned ...
Nov 14, 2024 (25 News)
Trump selects Robert F Kennedy Jr to lead HHS, top US health agency
NEW YORK (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday he has selected Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental activist who has spread misinformation on vaccines, to lead the Departmen...
Nov 14, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump greet each other at a campaign event sponsored by conservative group Turning Point USA, in Duluth, Georgia, U.S., October 23, 2024. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Illinois medical debt relief program erases $72M of debt thus far
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A state pilot program designed to erase medical debt for 300,000 Illinois residents has already helped thousands eliminate $72 million of debt, the governor...
Nov 14, 2024 More than 52,000 Illinois residents have been relieved of $72 million of medical debt under a state pilot program that debuted earlier this year. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Peoria County race for judge's seat on 10th Judicial Circuit still too close to call
PEORIA, Ill. - The judge's race in Peoria County's 10th Judicial Circuit is still tight and too close to call after the latest update. Democrat John Spears now holds a 55 vote lead over Republican Fra...
Nov 14, 2024
Peoria-area transportation leaders asks people to prepare for winter weather driving
PEORIA, Ill. - Winter weather is on the horizon, and Peoria-area leaders are urging people to remember how to stay safe on the roads. As part of Winter Weather Preparedness Week, officials from Peoria...
Nov 14, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
