Author Archives: TJ Carson
UPDATE: Peoria-based healthcare company files for bankruptcy. Read more here
UPDATED 3:53 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Petersen Health Care of Peoria has reportedly filed for bankruptcy. Petersen filed the Chapter 11 bankruptcy paperwork Wednesday in the U.S. District of Delaware. The ...
Mar 21, 2024 (Petersen Health Care)
UPDATE: Gaza ceasefire deal still possible but difficult work remains, Blinken says
UPDATED 3:36 P.M. CAIRO (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday he believed talks in Qatar could still reach a Gaza ceasefire agreement while Israel attacked Hamas gunmen in...
Mar 21, 2024 Smoke rises during an Israeli raid at Al Shifa hospital and the area around it, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza City, March 21, 2024. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Hot-button topics in sports world discussed at Steiner Symposium at Bradley University
PEORIA, Ill. - Some of the hottest topics in the world of sports were the focus of panels at Bradley University's 9th annual Steiner Symposium on Thursday. The forum is hosted by Bradley's Charley Ste...
Mar 21, 2024 A stand displays headshots of speakers at the 9th annual Steiner Symposium on the campus of Bradley University. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Apple accused of monopolizing smartphone markets in US antitrust lawsuit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Justice and 15 states on Thursday sued Apple, alleging it used the powerful demand for its iPhone and other products to drive up prices for its services an...
Mar 21, 2024 People stand outside an Apple Store as Apple's new iPhone 15 officially goes on sale across China, in Shanghai, China September 22, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song
US regulators urge Congress to look into grocery profits
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission recommended Thursday that policymakers look further into profits at grocery store operators that remain elevated since the pandemic and promotion...
Mar 21, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The Kroger supermarket chain's headquarters is shown in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S., June 28, 2018. REUTERS/Lisa Baertlein/File Photo
After being rebuffed by regulators, utilities file slimmed-down spending plans
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - State regulators are once again considering massive electric utility spending plans that would affect the state's climate goals - and 5.4 million electric custo...
Mar 20, 2024 Illinois Commerce Commission Chair Doug Scott presides over a commission meeting in Chicago in late January. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Netanyahu tells Republicans Gaza war will continue, days after Schumer speech
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. Republican senators on Wednesday that Israel will continue its efforts to defeat the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the G...
Mar 20, 2024 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Jerusalem, February 18, 2024. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo
Fed sees three 2024 rate cuts and shallower path as Powell backs go-slow approach
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday recent high inflation readings had not changed the underlying "story" of slowly easing price pressures in the U.S., but adde...
Mar 20, 2024 The Federal Reserve Building stands in Washington April 3, 2012. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
Metamora Grade School superintendent credits community after tax referendum passes
METAMORA, Ill. - The head of the Metamora Grade School district says he is "thrilled" with the passage of a tax rate increase referendum in Tuesday's elections. Voters in the school district were aske...
Mar 20, 2024 (Metamora Grade School)
UPDATE: Peoria police chief blasts judge's ruling to release man accused of pointing a gun at an officer
UPDATED 4:18 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's Police Chief says it's "beyond belief" that an Alabama man was released from jail, a day after allegedly pointing a gun at one of his officers. Chief Eric Ech...
Mar 20, 2024 Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria is joined by Peoria Police officers in speaking out against a judge's ruling to release an Alabama man accused of pointing a gun at a police officer during an attempted traffic stop in South Peoria. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
