Author Archives: TJ Carson
Peoria Park District expresses "regret" for comments made about Juneteenth celebration at board meeting
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Park District says it is expressing "regret" over comments made during a discussion at its meeting last week. In a statement released Thursday, the park district says it was ...
Oct 10, 2024 (Peoria Park District)
Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sex trafficking trial set for May 2025
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sean "Diddy" Combs will stand trial on federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges starting on May 5, 2025, a U.S. judge decided on Thursday during the hip-hop mogul's third c...
Oct 10, 2024 File photo: Sean "Diddy" Combs sits during a bail hearing in federal court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., September 18, 2024 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File photo
Voters consider ballot questions on reproductive health, tax reform, election interference
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Lawmakers in Illinois are asking voters to weigh in on three hot-button issues on their ballots this year: election interference, income taxes and reproduct...
Oct 10, 2024 A sample ballot from Danville depicts the advisory questions that will appear on Illinois ballots this year. (Capitol News Illinois image)
Peoria woman pleads guilty in July death of infant son from apparent overdose
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman has pleaded guilty in connection to the apparent overdose death of her infant son from this summer. Court documents show that 19-year-old Zenai Wolford pleaded guilty Thu...
Oct 10, 2024 (Peoria County Jail)
Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert Kennedy, dies at 96
WASHINGTON, 2024 (Reuters) - Ethel Kennedy, a long-time human rights advocate who endured a series of tragedies that included the assassination of her husband, Robert F. Kennedy, and the untimely deat...
Oct 10, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Ethel Kennedy is helped to the church, at the funeral mass for Saoirse Kennedy Hill, granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy, in Centerville, Massachusetts, U.S., August 5, 2019. David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Honda recalling 2 million vehicles over steering issue
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Honda Motor said Wednesday it is recalling 2 million cars and SUVs in North America over an issue that can make steering more difficult and increase the risk of a crash. The reca...
Oct 09, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A Honda logo is seen during the New York International Auto Show, in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., April 5, 2023. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado/File Photo
Trump looks to make inroads into Biden country with Scranton stop
SCRANTON, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will stage a rally in President Joe Biden's hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday as he looks to win over t...
Oct 09, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at Riverfront Sports in Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S. October 9, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Zelenskiy sees 'opportunity' to end war in Ukraine by 2025
(Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that the current state of play on the battlefield had created an opportunity for steps to end Russia's more than 2-1/2-year-old invasion no l...
Oct 09, 2024 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama embrace each other before posing for a group picture during the third Ukraine-South East Europe summit, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dubrovnik, Croatia October 9, 2024. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
Hezbollah says it pushes back Israelis along Lebanese border after troops hoist flag
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Wednesday its fighters had pushed back advancing Israeli forces in clashes along the length of the border, including in a village where Israeli...
Oct 09, 2024 A displaced man sleeps on the street at Beirut's central Martyrs' Square, where many families spend the night fleeing the overnight Israeli strikes in southern Beirut, in Lebanon October 9, 2024. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
Four teens arrested after allegedly being in possession of a stolen vehicle
PEORIA, Ill. - Four teenagers were arrested after allegedly being in possession of a stolen vehicle in South Peoria. Peoria Police say officers observed the stolen vehicle in the area of Griswold and ...
Oct 09, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
