Author Archives: TJ Carson
Liquor license for proposed new Highly Flavored location delayed by Peoria City Council
PEORIA, Ill. - The owner of Highly Flavored will have to wait another couple weeks before learning whether he can serve alcohol at the restaurant's proposed new location in downtown Peoria. Highly Fla...
Jun 27, 2024 Twin Towers Mall. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Garage a total loss after Thursday fire in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Investigators believe arson is the cause of a fire in Peoria Thursday that left a garage as a total loss. Peoria Fire responded before noon to the area of Knoxville and Briarwood Court....
Jun 27, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Quantum technology companies set for big tax incentives under new law
CHICAGO - Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday gave final approval to a plan to bolster the state's tech industry, including an incentives package - backed by $500 million in the state budget - aimed at maki...
Jun 27, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker signs a package of economic development legislation into law, surrounded by lawmakers, business leaders and representatives of organized labor. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria man arrested after alleged sexual abuse against a minor
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man was arrested Tuesday after a more than two month investigation into an alleged criminal sexual abuse against a minor. Peoria Police say 27-year-old Danny Devine Junior was ...
Jun 26, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and current CBS analyst visits patients at OSF Children's Hospital
PEORIA, Ill. - A former quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys made a return trip to OSF Children's Hospital in Peoria to help brighten patients' days. Tony Romo's visit to the hospital on Wednesday is pa...
Jun 26, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US Supreme Court appears set to allow emergency abortions in Idaho, Bloomberg reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to allow abortions to be performed in Idaho in cases of medical emergencies for pregnant women, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing a co...
Jun 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: View of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Peoria city council delays decision on allowing backyard chickens
PEORIA, Ill. - People in Peoria who want to raise chickens in their backyards will have to wait a little longer to get permission from the city. The city council Tuesday night held off on deciding to ...
Jun 25, 2024 SashaKhalabuzar / Depositphotos.com
Pritzker signs bill creating new Department of Early Childhood
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Tuesday creating a new cabinet-level state agency dedicated to early childhood education and development. The new Depart...
Jun 25, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker holds up Senate Bill 1 after signing it into law, flanked by Reps. Mary Beth Canty, D-Arlington Heights, and Will Davis, D-Homewood (left) and lead Senate sponsor Sen. Kimberly Lightford, D-Maywood (right). Pritzker said the agency is expected to be up and running in 2026. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Dilpreet Raju)
Severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 12:00 A.M.
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Jun 25, 2024
Volkswagen's $5 billion investment in Rivian boosts EV maker's shares
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - German automaker Volkswagen Group will invest up to $5 billion in U.S. electric-vehicle maker Rivian as part of a new, equally controlled joint venture to share EV architectu...
Jun 25, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Workers assemble second-generation R1 vehicles at electric auto maker Rivian's manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois, U.S. June 21, 2024. REUTERS/Joel Angel Juarez/File Photo
