Author Archives: TJ Carson
Firefighters gaining control over devastating wildfire near Los Angeles
(Reuters) - Firefighters started gaining control on Friday over a stubborn wildfire near Los Angeles that destroyed at least 132 buildings and damaged 88 others, as many of the more than 10,000 people...
Nov 09, 2024 Mountain Fire, Santa Paula, California, November 7, 2024. REUTERS/David Swanson
Driver involved in fatal Peoria crash in May pleads guilty and is sentenced
PEORIA, Ill. - A Wyoming man has pleaded guilty for his role in a head-on crash in May that killed a Dunlap High School student. Court records show 25-year-old Levi Dietz pleaded guilty Thursday to on...
Nov 09, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Trump's Republicans hold narrow edge in fight for US House majority
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's Republicans held on to a narrow edge on Friday as election officials tallied the final votes that will determine control of the U.S. House of Representatives, tho...
Nov 09, 2024 Trump supporters take photographs near the U.S. Capitol building as the sun sets the day U.S. President Elect Donald Trump was declared the winner of the presidential election in Washington, U.S., November 6, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Limestone High School employee arrested after alleged inappropriate relationship with student
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - A Limestone High School employee has been arrested after an alleged inappropriate relationship between them and a student. Bartonville Police say 37-year-old Ronnie Baskin was arre...
Nov 09, 2024 (File-25 News)
After Hamas rejection of hostage deal, US asked Qatar to expel the group
WASHINGTON/DOHA (Reuters) -The U.S. has told Qatar that the presence of Hamas in Doha is no longer acceptable in the weeks since the Palestinian militant group rejected the latest proposal to achieve ...
Nov 08, 2024 An armoured vehicle drives as damaged buildings are seen in the background, amid the ongoing ground operation of the Israeli army against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the Gaza Strip, September 13, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen EDITOR'S NOTE: REUTERS PHOTOGRAPHS WERE REVIEWED BY THE IDF AS PART OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE EMBED. NO PHOTOS WERE REMOVED. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Investigators say intentionally set fire damages Peoria apartment
PEORIA, Ill. - Investigators say a Peoria apartment fire from Friday morning was reportedly intentionally set. Peoria Fire crews arrived just after 7:15 A.M. in the area of Wardcliffe and Rockwood, di...
Nov 08, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
US judge pauses Trump 2020 election case after election victory
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday set aside pending deadlines in President-elect Donald Trump's 2020 election subversion case after federal prosecutors said they were grappling with the "u...
Nov 08, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Special Counsel Jack Smith are seen in a combination of file photos in Washington, U.S., in 2023. REUTERS/Tasos Katopodis, Kevin Wurm/File Photo
US charges Iranian man in plot to kill Donald Trump, Justice Dept says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has charged an Iranian man in connection with an alleged plot ordered by Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Corps to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump, th...
Nov 08, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump addresses supporters during his rally for the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election, in Palm Beach County Convention Center, in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 6, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid/File Photo
Sentencing for man in connection to 2023 fatal Dunlap shooting delayed
PEORIA, Ill. - Sentencing for a man who pleaded guilty in September to the shooting death of a woman in Dunlap last year has been delayed. Walter Artis was to be sentenced Thursday after his plea in c...
Nov 07, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Peoria County judge's race grows, but still a razor thin margin
PEORIA, Ill. - The lead in the 10th Judicial Circuit judge's race in Peoria County has nearly doubled, but the margins are still razor-thin. After the first batch of mail-in ballots were processed Thu...
Nov 07, 2024
