Author Archives: TJ Carson
Teenager arrested after allegedly being found with loaded gun in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Peoria Police Wednesday afternoon after reportedly being found with a loaded handgun. Officers observed the teenager in the area of Lincoln and Martin ...
Sep 26, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Biden announces $8 billion in military aid for Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden announced more than $8 billion in military assistance for Ukraine on Thursday to help Kyiv repel Russian invaders, using a visit by President Volodymyr Z...
Sep 26, 2024 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy walks with U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as he arrives to meet with Congressional leaders, days before a Sept. 30 deadline to extend or lose billions of dollars in military aid, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., September 26, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Millis
New York Mayor Adams charged in Turkey bribery, fraud scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors on Thursday charged New York City Mayor Eric Adams with accepting illegal campaign contributions and luxury travel from Turkish nationals seeking to influence him,...
Sep 26, 2024 New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks to the press outside his official residence Gracie Mansion after he was charged with bribery and illegally soliciting a campaign contribution from a foreign national, in New York City, U.S. September 26, 2024. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs
Child taken to hospital after being struck by vehicle in Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. - An investigation is underway in Pekin after a child was hit by a vehicle. 25 News reports the incident occurred Tuesday afternoon in the Sunset Hills area. A student from District 108 wa...
Sep 26, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Trump lawyers ask New York court to toss nearly $500 million civil fraud judgment
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump's lawyers sought on Thursday to persuade a New York state appeals court to throw out a nearly half-billion dollar judgment against the former U.S. president over real ...
Sep 26, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a press conference at Trump Tower in New York City, U.S., September 6, 2024. REUTERS/David Dee Delgado/File Photo
Peoria house to be demolished after Thursday morning fire
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria house must be torn down after a fire Thursday morning. Firefighters responded to the house just after 7:45 A.M. to the area of Laveille and Glendale, finding heavy fire coming ...
Sep 26, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Murder conviction tossed out for Peoria man in 2020 shooting death
PEORIA, Ill. - A murder conviction for a Peoria man in a 2020 shooting death has been thrown out by an appeals court. The Fourth District Appellate Court ruled that because of an error by the trial ju...
Sep 23, 2024 (Illinois Department of Corrections/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Gunman who killed 10 at Colorado supermarket in 2021 convicted of murder
DENVER (Reuters) -Rejecting an insanity defense, a Colorado jury on Monday convicted a man diagnosed with the severe mental disorder schizophrenia of first-degree murder in a 2021 mass shooting at a g...
Sep 23, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, suspect of the King Soopers grocery store shooting, appears in a Boulder County District courtroom at the Boulder County Justice Center in Boulder, Colorado, U.S. May 25, 2021. Matthew Jonas/Boulder Daily Camera/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Illinois celebrates dispensary openings while manufacturers face significant challenges
Editor's note: This is the second in a two-part series on the state's marijuana industry. View the first part here. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - While Illinois' cannabis market is boomi...
Sep 23, 2024 A state-commissioned independent study showed Illinois has granted more cannabis licenses to minority- and woman-owned businesses than any other state, although hurdles to those businesses becoming operable remain. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
US aims to bring attempted assassination charge against Trump suspect
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) -The U.S. will seek to charge the man accused of hiding out with a gun near former President Donald Trump's Florida golf course with attempting to assassinate a majo...
Sep 23, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Ryan W. Routh is seen during a rally in Mariupol, in Kyiv, Ukraine May 17, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenk/File Photo
