Author Archives: TJ Carson
Former Peoria Friendship House employee sentenced to prison in connection to sexual encounter with minor
PEORIA, Ill. - A former employee of Peoria Friendship House will head to prison after pleading guilty to criminal sexual assault of a minor who also worked there. 25 News reports 23-year-old Jasmine L...
May 15, 2024 courtroom gavel
US Senator Menendez motivated by greed, prosecutor says as corruption trial starts
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal prosecutor portrayed Democratic U.S. Senator Robert Menendez at the start of his corruption trial as a greedy politician willing to help foreign governments and disrupt l...
May 15, 2024 U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), arrives at Federal Court, for his bribery trial in connection with an alleged corrupt relationship with three New Jersey businessmen, in New York City, U.S., May 15, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
US Congress passes broad aviation bill on safety and consumer rights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a broad aviation bill to boost air traffic controller staffing, increase funding to avert runway close-call i...
May 15, 2024 A commercial airliner takes off into an evening sky as it departs San Diego, California, U.S. May 25, 2021. Mike Blake/REUTERS/ File Photo
UPDATE: Man in critical condition after Wednesday afternoon shooting in Peoria
UPDATE: 9:10 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A man is in critical condition after a shooting Wednesday afternoon in Peoria. Peoria Police say officers were dispatched to Green Street between Adams and Jefferson j...
May 15, 2024 (Caleb Kelch/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Peoria's Quest Charter Academy appeal to stay open denied by state board
UPDATED 3:42 P.M. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Supporters of Quest Charter Academy in Peoria have lost their appeal to the state to keep its doors open. The Illinois State Board of Education rejected a renewal...
May 15, 2024
Illinois Supreme Court considers expectation of privacy in hospitals
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - While Cortez Turner was in a hospital room being treated for a gunshot wound to his leg in 2016, police took his clothes. Now, the Illinois Supreme Court is...
May 14, 2024 The Illinois Supreme Court Building is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
TikTok creators file suit to block US divestment or ban law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A group of TikTok creators said Tuesday they filed suit in U.S. federal court seeking to block a law signed by President Joe Biden that would force the divestiture of the short v...
May 14, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. flag and TikTok logo are seen in this illustration taken, June 2, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Harvard pro-Palestinian students end encampment but vow continued protest
(Reuters) - A group of Harvard students said on Tuesday they would peacefully end a pro-Palestinian protest encampment after the university agreed to discuss its endowment with the protesters and begi...
May 14, 2024 A drone view shows pro-Palestinian protestors voluntarily packing up their encampment on the Yard at Harvard University, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., May 14, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Fulton County man wins top prize on Illinois Lottery scratch-off ticket
FAIRVIEW, Ill. - A Fulton County man is the state's newest millionaire after winning the top prize on an Illinois Lottery scratch-off ticket. Kevin Weaver of Fairview won one million dollars after pur...
May 14, 2024 (Illinois Lottery)
Man arrested after Peoria traffic stop after allegedly in possession of a ghost gun
PEORIA, Ill. - A man was arrested in Peoria on Friday after allegedly being in possession of a ghost gun. Peoria Police say a traffic stop was conducted at Monroe and Hancock just before 8:30 P.M. and...
May 14, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
