Author Archives: TJ Carson
Biden administration touts quick Baltimore channel reopening
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - This week's reopening of Baltimore's main shipping channel - less than three months after the Key Bridge collapse - was due to expertise gained from a COVID-era task force, a hi...
Jun 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A small boat cruises past the clean-up operations at the Francis Scott Key Bridge as the main shipping channel prepares to fully reopen, in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., June 10, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Communities, commission push Pritzker admin for more prison plan details
JOLIET, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Jimmy Soto spent more than 42 years wrongfully imprisoned in Illinois Department of Corrections facilities. In 2020, he was moved to the "F-House" at Stateville ...
Jun 12, 2024 Jimmy Soto, who spent more than 42 years wrongfully incarcerated in state prisons, speaks to the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability at a public hearing in Joliet Tuesday. Soto said he recently discovered the drinking water at Stateville contaminated his blood with lead, causing him to be prediabetic. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Dilpreet Raju)
Fed leaves rates unchanged, sees just one cut in 2024 despite inflation progress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday and pushed out the start of rate cuts to perhaps as late as December, with officials projecting only a single quarter-...
Jun 12, 2024 U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivers remarks during a press conference following the announcement that the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged, in Washington, U.S., June 12, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Peoria Chamber finds new leader from within organization
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce has its new leader. The chamber announced Wednesday Jessica Linder Gallo as the new President and CEO, effective immediately. She takes over for Josh...
Jun 12, 2024 (Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce)
Man arrested by Peoria Police on attempted murder charge after alleged domestic dispute
PEORIA, Ill. - A reported domestic dispute in Peoria Tuesday night led to a man being arrested on an attempted murder charge. Police arrived to the area of Wilcox and North just before 8:30 P.M., find...
Jun 12, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Blinken says some Hamas proposals unworkable but work on ceasefire to continue
DOHA (Reuters) - Hamas proposed "numerous changes" in its response to a ceasefire proposal to end the Gaza war including some unworkable changes, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesd...
Jun 12, 2024 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken adjusts his earpiece at a joint press conference with the Qatari prime minister in Doha, Qatar, June 12, 2024. REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari/Pool
Peoria Zoo director prepares for retirement after leading for nearly two decades
PEORIA, Ill. - Growing up in Chillicothe and Bradford, Yvonne Strode says she used to visit the "big town" zoo at Peoria's Glen Oak Park. But she never imagined that she would be spending her career f...
Jun 11, 2024 (Peoria Zoo/Peoria Park District)
Peoria County grand jury indicts man accused of stabbing cousin
PEORIA, Ill. - A man accused of stabbing his cousin last month has been indicted by a Peoria County grand jury. 36-year-old Korie Neltner was indicted Tuesday on Attempt First Degree Murder, a Class X...
Jun 11, 2024 courtroom gavel
Employees of Illinois American Water's Peoria facility take to picket line
PEORIA, Ill. - Fourteen employees at Illinois American Water's Peoria District took to the picket line Tuesday. 25 News reports members of the International Union of Operating Engineers #399 approved ...
Jun 11, 2024 Illinois American Water
Biden speaks on gun safety after his son is found guilty on firearms charges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden showcased his administration's efforts to cut down on illegal gun trafficking and reduce crime at a gun violence prevention summit on Tuesday, just hours aft...
Jun 11, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund's annual "Gun Sense University" conference in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 11, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
