Author Archives: TJ Carson
Peoria shopping center sold to new owners
PEORIA, Ill. - A shopping center in the heart of Peoria will have new owners. In a social media post Wednesday, Eric Brinker says his family has decided to sell the Metro Centre after 52 years. He say...
Aug 21, 2024 (Metro Centre Facebook)
Amid a 'really, really big week for labor,' Illinois unions, Democrats held up as model
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Organized labor has been everywhere at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this week, from the main stage to the Illinois delegation's morning breakfa...
Aug 21, 2024 Illinois AFL-CIO President Tim Drea addresses the Illinois delegation at its Wednesday morning breakfast. He said it’s been a “really, really big week for labor” thus far as the Democratic National Convention continues in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Biden to speak with Netanyahu on Gaza ceasefire talks, US official says
BUELLTON, California (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden planned to talk by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday about ways to keep a potential Gaza ceasefire and hostages...
Aug 21, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 25, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Peoria Public Schools bus involved in Wednesday morning crash
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria Public Schools bus was involved in a crash Wednesday morning. Peoria Police says the crash occurred just before 9:45 A.M. in the area of Glen Oak and Fayette between a PPS bus ...
Aug 21, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Walz, Pelosi, Bill Clinton headline day three of Democratic convention
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Minnesota Governor Tim Walz accepts the Democratic nomination for vice president on Wednesday with 11 weeks to go before he and presidential running mate Kamala Harris face Repu...
Aug 21, 2024 Attendees react during Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 20, 2024. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer
US job growth in year through March was far lower than estimated
(Reuters) -U.S. employers added far fewer jobs than originally reported in the year through March, the Labor Department said on Wednesday, underscoring the growing concerns the Federal Reserve has abo...
Aug 21, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A "now hiring" sign is displayed outside Taylor Party and Equipment Rentals in Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S., September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Illinois Democrats see abortion rights as 'fundamental' issue in 2024
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois delegates to the Democratic National Convention focused their attention Tuesday on reproductive rights, which some leaders say could eclipse the econom...
Aug 20, 2024 Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton calls reproductive rights a “fundamental issue” of the 2024 campaign in an interview with reporters at the Illinois delegation’s Tuesday breakfast prior to Democratic National Convention programming. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
18-year-old indicted by Peoria County grand jury in connection to fatal shooting in April
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury has indicted a man for First Degree Murder in connection to a fatal shooting in April. The grand jury Tuesday indicted 18-year-old Korion Hopkins, who is char...
Aug 20, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria woman killed in Henry County crash on Friday
KEWANEE, Ill. - A Peoria woman died after a two-vehicle crash in Kewanee on Friday. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says the crash occurred at around 3:15 P.M., about four-and-a-half miles west of...
Aug 20, 2024 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Victims of Saturday morning crash near El Paso identified
WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. - The identities of the two victims from a fatal crash near El Paso on Saturday have been identified. Woodford County Coroner Tim Ruestman says autopsies were conducted on 26-yea...
Aug 20, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
