Author Archives: TJ Carson
Friday morning house fire in Peoria's East Bluff under investigation
PEORIA, Ill. - A fire in Peoria's East Bluff early Friday morning is under investigation. Peoria Fire crews arrived at the home between Archer and McClure near Wisconsin Ave. just after 4:30 A.M. to f...
May 10, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
House gives OK to new state agency focused on early childhood programs
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois House gave final passage Thursday to a bill establishing a new cabinet-level state agency whose mission will be to provide a kind of one-stop s...
May 09, 2024 Rep. Mary Beth Canty, D-Arlington Heights, pictured Thursday during House floor debate of Senate Bill 1, which would create a new state agency dubbed the Department of Early Childhood. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Father of Waffle House shooter has sentence appeal denied
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - A man from rural Morton whose son shot and killed four people at a Nashville Waffle House in 2018 has had his sentence upheld. Jeffrey Reinking was sentenced to 18 months in pr...
May 09, 2024 (File-25 News)
Water main break affecting traffic on Charter Oak Road
PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois American Water crews are working on repairing a water main break in Peoria. The utility says repair work will be completed on Charter Oak Road. In the meantime, a portion of th...
May 09, 2024 Illinois American Water
Hunter Biden loses bid to dismiss gun charges, clearing way for June trial
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) -A federal appeals court panel rejected a bid by U.S. President Joe Biden's son to dismiss criminal gun charges, clearing the way for Hunter Biden's June 3 trial, a firs...
May 09, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs the House Rayburn Office Building following a surprise appearance at a House Oversight Committee markup and meeting to vote on whether to hold Biden in contempt of Congress for failing to respond to a request to testify to the House last month, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 10, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Plate commissioned by 18th century French king on display at Peoria Riverfront Museum
PEORIA, Ill. - A piece of French history is now on display at the Peoria Riverfront Museum. The museum on Thursday unveiled a new item in its permanent collection, a soft-paste Sevres porcelain plate ...
May 09, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson to deliver keynote address at Tazewell/Peoria County GOP Lincoln Day Dinner
PEORIA, Ill. - Republicans in Tazewell and Peoria County are bringing the Speaker of the House to central Illinois. The groups have announced that Mike Johnson will be the keynote speaker at the annua...
May 09, 2024 (Speaker Mike Johnson on Twitter/X)
House quickly defeats Greene's effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday quickly defeated an effort by firebrand Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene to remove fellow Republican Speaker Mike Johnson from his...
May 08, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 10, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Home for young single mothers in central Illinois hosted by Dream Center Peoria opens its doors
WASHINGTON, Ill. - A home for young single mothers needing some assistance with life and their babies is now open in Washington. Dream Center Peoria's Zoe House opened its doors on Tuesday with a ribb...
May 08, 2024 (Dream Center Peoria)
Flood Warning for Illinois River at Peoria through Friday afternoon
Flood Statement National Weather Service Lincoln IL 1001 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024 ...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Illinois... Illinois River at Peoria affecting Peoria, Woodf...
May 08, 2024
