Author Archives: TJ Carson
Design submissions for potential new Illinois flag to be accepted starting next week
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - If you have an idea for what the Illinois state flag should look like, you'll get your chance to starting on September 3rd. Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias says that's when ap...
Aug 28, 2024 Matt Turner / CC
FBI says Trump gunman spent months seeking target, then settled on Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The gunman who tried to kill Donald Trump mounted a "sustained, detailed effort" to attack a major gathering of some sort before deciding to target the Republican presidential ca...
Aug 28, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A Bethel Park police officer looks at the home of 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, named by the FBI as the "subject involved" in the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 15, 2024. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk/FIle Photo
Teenager turns self in after shooting Friday night in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A 19-year-old has been arrested in connection to a South Peoria shooting that occurred Friday night. Peoria Police says Andrew Drummond was arrested after he turned himself in Tuesday a...
Aug 28, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Harris campaign ads aim to tie Trump to Project 2025, despite denials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrat Kamala Harris' presidential campaign on Wednesday will launch an ad campaign attempting to tie Republican former President Donald Trump to Project 2025, a set of conserv...
Aug 28, 2024 Supporters holding signs wait for the arrival of Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and her vice presidential running mate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. August 18, 2024. REUTERS/Alan Freed/File Photo
Tazewell County fatal crash victim identified
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - A 90-year-old man from rural Tremont was the victim in a fatal crash Saturday afternoon in rural Green Valley. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley says Elmer Papenhause was ...
Aug 26, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Special counsel asks court to revive charges against Trump in documents case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith on Monday asked a federal appeals court to revive the criminal case accusing Donald Trump of retaining classified documents, after a lower court d...
Aug 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump makes remarks during his visit to the frontier with Mexico in Hereford, Cochise County, Arizona, U.S. August 22, 2024. REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo
Trump tries to tie rival Harris to chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump used the third anniversary on Monday of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan to try to pin the chaotic pullout on his Democratic r...
Aug 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris takes the stage on Day 4 of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 22, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
Man injured after Peoria East Bluff shooting Monday afternoon
PEORIA, Ill. - A man was taken to a local hospital after being shot Monday afternoon in Peoria's East Bluff. Peoria Police says 26 shots in total were reportedly fired just after 1:15 P.M. in the area...
Aug 26, 2024
US regulator's Kroger trial opens with battle over grocery prices
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Trade Commission squared off in federal court on Monday with grocery chains Kroger and Albertsons over whether a proposed merger would hurt or help shopper...
Aug 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The Albertsons logo is seen on an Albertsons grocery store, as Kroger agrees to buy rival Albertsons in a deal to combine the two supermarket chains, in Riverside, California, U.S., October 14, 2022. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci/File Photo
Gaza ceasefire talks in Cairo continue to iron out details, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Negotiations in Cairo to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza and a hostage deal are still pressing ahead, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said, adding that the disc...
Aug 26, 2024 Palestinians inspect damage in Qatari-funded Hamad City, following an Israeli raid, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, August 24, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
