Author Archives: TJ Carson
Man arrested early Thursday morning on drugs and weapons charges in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A man was arrested early Thursday morning in South Peoria after a drug investigation. Peoria Police say 44-year-old Matthew Morris was taken into custody at around 6:00 A.M. after a sea...
Apr 05, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Salvation Army wants input on Labor Temple building
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Salvation Army is seeking options on what to do with a building it purchased last year. The organization bought the former Labor Temple building on Jefferson and Spalding in ...
Apr 05, 2024 Peoria AFL-CIO Labor Temple Building (Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Court upholds law limiting where child sex offenders can live
SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that a state law restricting where previously convicted child sex offenders can live is constitutional, although it left open the possibility that it...
Apr 04, 2024 OVERSTREET: Illinois Supreme Court Justice David Overstreet is pictured in a file photo in the Supreme Court chamber. He authored a unanimous opinion upholding the state’s lifetime residency restrictions for child sex offenders. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Landmark Recreation Center hopeful to open Friday after water main break
PEORIA, Ill. - Landmark Recreation Center is hoping to be back to normal business hours by Friday after a water main break. The center says it was forced to close Wednesday after the break occurred on...
Apr 04, 2024 (Landmark Recreation Center)
Bill ending state's tipped wage advances but prospects uncertain amid pushback
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - An Illinois House committee advanced a measure that would end the state's subminimum wage for tipped workers amid bipartisan opposition this week, but the b...
Apr 04, 2024 CONN: Karen Conn, president of Conn’s Hospitality Group in Springfield, speaks at a news conference Wednesday at the Capitol. She said she will have to raise prices and cut employees’ hours and benefits if the state eliminates a tipped wage credit. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Cole Longcor)
Trump loses bid to dismiss documents case on 'personal' records claim
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday rejected Donald Trump's argument that the case accusing the former U.S. president of illegally holding onto classified documents should be tossed out...
Apr 04, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on stage during a campaign rally tonight in Richmond, Virginia, U.S. March 2, 2024. REUTERS/Jay Paul/File Photo
Man found guilty in June 2022 shooting death in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A man has been found guilty for a shooting death in Central Peoria two years ago. A jury convicted Rev Blakes Thursday of First Degree Murder in the death of 32-year-old Michael Davis J...
Apr 04, 2024 (Peoria County Jail)
In sharp shift, Biden tells Netanyahu US policy toward Gaza depends on Israeli action
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States issued its strongest public rebuke toward Israel on Thursday since the start of its war with Hamas, warning that American policy on Gaza will be determined by w...
Apr 04, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden, left, pauses during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, to discuss the war between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. Miriam Alster/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Judge rejects Trump free speech challenge to Georgia 2020 election case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Georgia judge on Thursday rejected Donald Trump's bid to dismiss criminal charges in the state's 2020 election interference case against him, which the Republican former U.S. p...
Apr 04, 2024 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S., April 2, 2024. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
NATO allies aim to send more air defence aid to Ukraine but make no concrete pledges
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO alliance members agreed on Thursday to scour their arsenals for more air defence systems to protect Ukraine from Russian ballistic missile attacks, as the alliance marked a 75...
Apr 04, 2024 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and U.S. Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith attend a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty, in Brussels, Belgium April 3, 2024. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/Pool
