Author Archives: TJ Carson
Israel officially informs UN of end to relations with Palestinian relief agency
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has officially notified the United Nations that it was cancelling the agreement that regulated its relations with the main U.N. relief organization for Palestinian refugee...
Nov 04, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A damaged sign is pictured at the headquarters of UNRWA, following an Israeli raid, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City, July 12, 2024. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas/File Photo
UPDATE: 22-year-old victim in fatal shooting near Peoria apartment complex identified
UPDATED 6:08 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The victim in a fatal shooting Monday morning in Peoria has been identified. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says 22-year-old Clay Megan suffered a gunshot wound t...
Nov 04, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Boeing workers vote on wage deal that could end strike
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Boeing U.S. West Coast factory workers will hold a vote on an improved contract offer on Monday that could end a seven-week strike and restart jet production at the troubled planem...
Nov 04, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Boeing factory workers gather on a picket line during the first day of a strike near the entrance of a production facility in Renton, Washington, U.S., September 13, 2024. REUTERS/Matt Mills McKnight/File Photo
Gas prices take a sharp decline in Peoria area
PEORIA, Ill. - The price at the pump in Peoria is falling. GasBuddy reports a $3.26/g average for unleaded in the Peoria area today. The average is 6.4 cents lower than a week ago, 7.9 cents lower tha...
Nov 04, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
U.S music supremo Quincy Jones, who worked with Sinatra and Jackson, dies aged 91
(Reuters) - Quincy Jones, the man known simply as "Q," was a huge influence on American music in his work with artists ranging from Count Basie to Frank Sinatra and reshaped pop music in his collabora...
Nov 04, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Legendary American producer Quincy Jones poses during a ceremony to rename a concert hall to his name and celebrate his 85th birthday during the opening night of the 52nd Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland, June 29, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
Trump and Harris campaigns race to get the vote out on eve of US election
RALEIGH, North Carolina/DETROIT (Reuters) - A presidential election unlike any other in U.S. history enters its last full day on Monday with Donald Trump, Kamala Harris and their campaigns scrambling ...
Nov 04, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris are seen in a combination of file photographs taken in New York City October 17, 2024 and in Chandler, Arizona, U.S., October 10, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid & Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
17th Congressional District Republican challenger makes final push to Peoria voters
PEORIA, Ill. - With under a week to go until Election Day, the Republican challenger in Illinois' 17th Congressional District is making a final push in Peoria. Joe McGraw (R-Rockford) visited the Peor...
Oct 30, 2024 Former judge Joe McGraw (R-Rockford) speaks to voters at the Peoria County GOP headquarters. He is the Republican candidate in Illinois' 17th Congressional District. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Biden says 'garbage' comment not aimed at all Trump supporters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's attempt to call out racist remarks by a speaker at a campaign rally for presidential candidate Donald Trump backfired when Trump and other Republicans...
Oct 30, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a visit to Dundalk Marine Terminal in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., October 29, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
By the numbers: Unions lead the way on funding state elections in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - This year in Illinois, there are no statewide elections. There are no fights over a Supreme Court seat. There are no constitutional amendments. At the State...
Oct 30, 2024 Senate Minority Leader John Curran, House Minority Leader Tony McCombie, Gov. JB Pritzker, House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch and Senate President Don Harmon. (Capitol News Illinois illustration by Andrew Adams)
UPDATE: Peoria County files charges against alleged gang members for two year spree of violence
UPDATED 2:42 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are touting their role in an investigation into members of an alleged gang that were indicted Tuesday. Police say the investigation over the past two yea...
Oct 30, 2024 Peoria County State's Attorney Jodi Hoos. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
