Author Archives: TJ Carson
UPDATED: Amended Salvation Army men's shelter plans approved by Peoria City Council
UPDATED 10/23 11:10 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A new men's shelter for Peoria's Salvation Army has been approved by the Peoria City Council. On Tuesday night, Council unanimously approved amended plans for a...
Oct 22, 2024 (City of Peoria/Keach Architechtural Design)
Washington Community High School asking students to keep backpacks at home over safety concerns
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Leaders at Washington Community High School are asking students to not bring their backpacks to school for the rest of the week. 25 News reports administrators are requesting that a...
Oct 22, 2024 (25 News)
Peoria organization that helps youth announces new location for safe school
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria based organization that aims to help youth get on the right path to success will have a new place to call home. Elite Community Outreach will occupy the corner of Randolph and ...
Oct 22, 2024 Elite Community Outreach Founder Carl Cannon speaks at a press conference announcing a donation of a former medical building for the organization's new safe school. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US intelligence says foreign actors could stoke post-election violence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Russia, China and Iran are intent on fanning divisive narratives to divide Americans ahead of the Nov. 5 U.S. elections and may consider fomenting violence after voters go to the...
Oct 22, 2024 FILE PHOTO: People stand inside a polling station as Georgians turned out a day after the battleground state opened early voting, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., October 16, 2024. REUTERS/Megan Varner/File photo
Peoria teenager pleads guilty to weapons and threatening a public official charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria teenager has pleaded guilty to charges involving weapons and threatening a public official. 19-year-old Taiwand Hughes pleaded guilty Monday to one count of Aggravated Discharg...
Oct 21, 2024 Taiwand Hughes Mugshot (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Ground broken on Peoria International Airport air traffic control tower project
PEORIA, Ill. - A "long awaited day" for the Peoria International Airport has arrived. The airport held a groundbreaking ceremony Monday morning for the facility's new air traffic control tower. The cu...
Oct 21, 2024 Employees of the Peoria International Airport take part in the ceremonial groundbreaking for the new air traffic control tower at PIA. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Harris courts Republican vote with Liz Cheney, Trump visits storm-hit North Carolina
MALVERN, Pennsylvania/SWANNANOA, North Carolina (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris campaigned with former Republican lawmaker Liz Cheney in Pennsylvania on Monday, as rival Do...
Oct 21, 2024 Supporters of Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump wait ahead of his campaign rally at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum in Greenville, North Carolina, U.S., October 21, 2024. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake
17th District looms large in tight battle for U.S. House
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - With less than three weeks remaining before voting ends in the 2024 election, polls have been showing Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Dona...
Oct 21, 2024 Illinois’ 17th Congressional District. (Capitol News Illinois illustration, Created with Datawrapper, base map copyright OpenStreetMap.)
UPDATE: Multiple people injured after a three shooting incidents Monday in Peoria
UPDATED 3:45 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say a 23-year-old male was treated for a gunshot wound after he was reportedly shot while walking. Police say they were informed just after 1:00 P.M. tha...
Oct 21, 2024
Gold Star families remember loved ones in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Gold Star families across central Illinois came together in Peoria on Saturday to remember their loved ones. The 10th annual commemoration hosted by America's Gold Star Families was hel...
Oct 20, 2024 (25 News)
