Author Archives: TJ Carson
State grant to help bring grocery store to South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Pastor Chuck Brown has been working to open a grocery store in Peoria's South Side for the past few years. After the closures of Aldi's and Krogers in the area in recent years, he says ...
Oct 04, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Harris adviser meets US Muslim, Arab leaders angry at support for Israel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior adviser to Vice President Kamala Harris met American Muslim and Arab leaders on Wednesday as Harris' presidential campaign seeks to win back voters angry at U.S. suppor...
Oct 04, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A Pro-Palestinian protestor faces off with Wayne State University police after the WSU student encampment was raided by WSU police in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., May 30, 2024. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
Jury selection begins next week in corruption trial of former Speaker Madigan
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Jury selection will begin next week in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, whose half-century career and status as Illinois' ...
Oct 04, 2024 Former House Speaker Michael Madigan exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago on Jan. 3. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Pedestrain struck by Chillicothe Police squad car
PEORIA, Ill. - One person was taken to a local hospital after reportedly being struck by a Chillicothe Police squad car. Illinois State Police say the crash occurred in the area of Rome West Road and ...
Oct 04, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Illinois governor urges more facilities like West Peoria's Young Minds Center across state
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker wants to see more facilities like Trillium Place's Young Minds Center across the state. Pritzker stopped by the facility on Thursday during a visit ...
Oct 03, 2024 Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker speaks with Chad and Jenna Manbeck of Peoria at the Young Minds Center in West Peoria. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US backs Israel's operations in Lebanon despite risk of expanding conflict
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration believes it is appropriate for Israel to continue with its ground and air attacks on Hezbollah for now, U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Mille...
Oct 03, 2024 An Israeli Apache attack helicopter flies, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, as seen from northern Israel, October 3, 2024. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
Drought conditions continue across central Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. - Drought conditions continue to persist across central Illinois. The latest update released Thursday shows abnormally dry conditions in all of Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford, Marshall, and S...
Oct 03, 2024 (National Weather Service)
Pritzker touts Illinois' economic development at data center groundbreaking
AURORA, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A Texas-based company broke ground on a new data center in Aurora on Wednesday, the latest in a boom of data storage facility developments in northern Illinois. ...
Oct 02, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker pictured earlier this year (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Thousands in North Carolina still without water days after Helene's destruction
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of North Carolina residents remained without running water on Wednesday, six days after Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida and carved a destru...
Oct 02, 2024 Sabra English pauses to survey a mud-strewn living room in her father's badly flooded home following Hurricane Helene, in Barnardsville, North Carolina, U.S. October 2, 2024. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake
US prosecutors show new details of Trump's bid to overturn election loss
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors said Donald Trump was acting outside the scope of his duties as president when he pressured state officials and then-Vice President Mike Pence to try to overturn...
Oct 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to hold a campaign rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S., September 21, 2024. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
