Author Archives: TJ Carson
Two teenagers arrested after "violent physcial" incident earlier in month in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Two teenagers were arrested yesterday on multiple weapons charges Wednesday after what Peoria Police described as a "violent physical" altercation earlier this month. The incident betwe...
Jun 20, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Donald Sutherland, star of 'M*A*S*H' and 'Ordinary People', dead at 88
(Reuters) - Donald Sutherland, one of Canada's most versatile and gifted actors, who charmed and enthralled audiences in films such as "M*A*S*H," "Klute," "Ordinary People" and the "Hunger Games" film...
Jun 20, 2024 The 76th Venice Film Festival - Screening of the film "The Burnt Orange Heresy" out of competition - Red Carpet Arrivals - Venice, Italy, September 7, 2019 - Donald Sutherland poses. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/ File Photo
Teenager who allegedly fled scene after boy shot in Peoria's East Bluff found and arrested
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager who allegedly fled after an incident in Peoria's East Bluff where a kid was shot in the head has been found and arrested. The incident occurred Sunday afternoon in the area o...
Jun 20, 2024
Girls basketball state finals to remain in Normal
NORMAL, Ill. - State championships in Illinois for girls basketball will continue to remain Normal for the next five years. The girls state finals will remain at CEFCU Arena on the Illinois State Univ...
Jun 20, 2024 The Peoria Notre Dame girls' basketball team celebrates the Illinois High School Association Class 2A state championship at CEFCU Arena in Normal on March 2nd, 2024. (Illinois High School Association)
US Supreme Court won't upend tax on Americans' foreign earnings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court preserved a tax on Americans who have invested in certain foreign corporations as constitutionally sound, ruling on Thursday against a challenge to it at a...
Jun 20, 2024 U.S. Dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken July 17, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Louisiana requires display of Ten Commandments in all classrooms
(Reuters) - Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry on Wednesday signed into law a bill that makes the state the only one in the country to require displaying the Ten Commandments in every public school classr...
Jun 19, 2024 Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry speaks during general session at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas, U.S., August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo
Peoria man arrested on multiple drug charges Monday
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - A 33-year-old Peoria man was arrested Monday morning on drug charges. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says multiple agencies executed a search warrant at around 7:00 A.M. at ...
Jun 19, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
African-American Civil War veterans from Tazewell County honored at Juneteenth celebration
PEKIN, Ill. - For NAACP Peoria President Marvin Hightower, Juneteenth is not just about remembering the end of slavery in America, but learning from it. "History is there to let us know how we got to ...
Jun 19, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Israeli tanks push deeper into Rafah, forcing people to flee again
CAIRO (Reuters) - Israeli tanks backed by warplanes and drones advanced deeper into the western part of the Gaza Strip city of Rafah on Wednesday, killing eight people, according to residents and Pale...
Jun 19, 2024 Displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, shelter at a tent camp, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, June 19, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
Boeing CEO blasted in US Senate hearing while apologizing for safety woes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. senators on Tuesday attacked the CEO of Boeing for the planemaker's tarnished safety record, overshadowing his apology to families who lost loved ones in two 737 MAX crashes...
Jun 18, 2024 Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun speaks with reporters ahead of meeting with U.S. senators on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 24, 2024. REUTERS/Valerie Insinna/File Photo
