Author Archives: TJ Carson
Disc golfers tackle course at Northwood Park in Morton for major championship this weekend
MORTON, Ill. - The best disc golfers in the world are competing for a prestigious title in Morton this weekend. From Thursday through Sunday, the Professional Disc Golf Association's Champions Cup is ...
Apr 25, 2024 Professional disc golfer Paige Pierce (left) and a caddy watch Missy Gannon prepare to throw a shot at the PDGA Champions Cup at Northwood Park in Morton. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Teenager accused of throwing cat out of moving vehicle near Brimfield released from custody
PEORIA, Ill. - A judge has released from custody a teenager accused of throwing a cat out of a moving vehicle in rural Peoria County. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says the 16-year-old m...
Apr 25, 2024 courtroom gavel
Peoria non-profit fires multiple employees for alleged misuse of gift cards
PEORIA, Ill. - Five employees have been fired from a Peoria non-profit for alleged misuse of client gift cards. Peoria Citizens Community for Economic Opportunity interim president John Edwards announ...
Apr 25, 2024
Net neutrality rules restored by US agency, reversing Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 on Thursday to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules and reassume regulatory oversight of broadband internet rescinded unde...
Apr 25, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Supporters of Net Neutrality protest the FCC's decision to repeal the program in Los Angeles, California, November 28, 2017. REUTERS/ Kyle Grillot/File Photo
Teenager arrested after reportedly throwing cat out of vehicle near Brimfield
BRIMFIELD, Ill. - A teenager has been arrested by Peoria County Sheriff's deputies on animal cruelty charges in connection to the death of a cat on a county road. Sheriff Chris Watkins says Peoria Cou...
Apr 24, 2024 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Israel says Rafah assault looms; massive Gaza airstrikes end weeks of relative calm
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli warplanes pounded the northern Gaza strip for a second day on Wednesday in a fierce assault that has shattered weeks of comparative calm, and Israel said it was mov...
Apr 24, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Children walk after receiving food, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip April 22, 2024. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa/File Photo
UPDATE: Man arrested after alleged threat on Wednesday against elementary school in Canton
UPDATED 4:50 P.M. CANTON, Ill. - A 35-year-old man has been arrested in connection to an alleged threat made against an elementary school in Canton. 25 News reports Ryane Flatt was taken into custody ...
Apr 24, 2024 (File-25 News)
Water rates to increase in Chillicothe. Here's what we know
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - Chillicothe says it has reached a "tipping point" with its water rates. In a letter posted on Chillicothe's website from the city council, the city will increase the rates this sum...
Apr 24, 2024 (25 News)
Pekin woman dies after industrial accident in Goodfield
GOODFIELD, Ill. - An investigation is underway after a Pekin woman died in an industrial accident in Goodfield. Woodford County Coroner Tim Ruestman says the accident at the Case IH factory on E. Peor...
Apr 24, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
TikTok CEO expects to defeat US restrictions: 'We aren't going anywhere'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -TikTok's chief executive said on Wednesday that the company expects to win a legal challenge to block legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden that he said would ban th...
Apr 24, 2024 FILE PHOTO: TikTok's CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 31, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
