Author Archives: TJ Carson
City of Peoria gives approval to transfer station plan while new landfill is built
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria City Council members gave their blessing to a temporary plan to store solid waste while a new landfill gets built. Council unanimously approved a plan where GFL would build a tra...
Oct 08, 2024 (Gflenv.com)
Speed limit reduced on state route in Rome to try and reduce accidents
ROME, Ill. - You will now need to slow down when traveling through Rome on Illinois Route 29. The speed limit between Stephenson Avenue and Washington Street has been reduced from 55 miles per hour to...
Oct 08, 2024 Flashing lights are pictured on an Illinois State Police car. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Annual report shows gains in some areas of gambling may come at others' expense
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois surpassed $2 billion in tax revenue last year from all types of gambling and the state lottery - a record bolstered by continued growth in video ga...
Oct 08, 2024 Walker’s Bluff Casino & Resort, which opened in 2023, is pictured in Williamson County. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Biden announces new rule to remove all US lead pipes in a decade
(Reuters) -The Biden administration finalized a landmark rule on Tuesday that would require water utilities to replace virtually every lead pipe in the country within 10 years, tackling a major threat...
Oct 08, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a daily press briefing with Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at The White House in Washington, U.S., October 4, 2024. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
Israel says it has killed slain Hezbollah leader's successors
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) -Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday Israeli airstrikes had killed two successors to Hezbollah's slain leader, as Israel expanded its ground offensive against ...
Oct 08, 2024 A view shows a damaged site in the aftermath of Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, Lebanon October 8, 2024. REUTERS/Ahmad Al-Kerdi
Morton swear-in interim fire chief officially to the role
MORTON, Ill. - The word "interim" has been dropped from the title of Morton's fire chief. Justin Hale was officially sworn-in as the village's chief at Monday night's meeting. Hale had been serving as...
Oct 08, 2024 (Village of Morton)
TikTok sued by 13 states and DC, accused of harming younger users
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -TikTok faces new lawsuits filed by 13 U.S. states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday, accusing the popular social media platform of harming and failing to protect y...
Oct 08, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A view shows the office of TikTok in Culver City, California, March 13, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Man arrested near Peoria apartment complex after allegedly found with loaded weapon
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say a man was arrested Friday morning after allegedly being in possession of a stolen weapon. Officers responded just after 10:30 A.M. near the Lexington Hills Apartments ...
Oct 07, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US Supreme Court rebuffs Biden administration on emergency abortions in Texas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by President Joe Biden's administration to enforce in Texas federal guidance requiring hospitals to perform abortions if ...
Oct 07, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A view of the U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, U.S., July 1, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo
Nobel prize for medicine goes to U.S. duo for discovery of microRNA
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -U.S. scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of microRNA and its crucial role in how multicellular organisms grow and live,...
Oct 07, 2024 Thomas Perlmann, secretary of the Nobel Assembly and the Nobel Committee, speaks as Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun are awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, which was announced during a press conference at the Karolinska Institute, in Stockholm, Sweden, October 7, 2024. Christine Olsson/TT News Agency/via REUTERS
