Author Archives: TJ Carson
Future of Logan Correctional Center uncertain after Governor's plan to rebuild it
LINCOLN, Ill. - The status of the future of the Logan Correctional Center is uncertain after plans have been announced to rebuild it. Governor J.B. Pritzker announced in a statement on Friday plans to...
Mar 16, 2024 (25 News)
Israel approves plan to attack Rafah but keeps truce hopes alive
GAZA STRIP/CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) - Israel on Friday approved a potential assault on the Gaza city of Rafah while also keeping ceasefire hopes alive with plans to send another delegation to Qatar for t...
Mar 16, 2024 Smoke rises following an Israeli strike as Palestinians fleeing north Gaza due to Israel’s military offensive move southward, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, at the central Gaza Strip, March 15, 2024. REUTERS/Ahmed Zakot
State Senator from Peoria sponsor of battery recycling bill
PEORIA, Ill. - A state bill sponsored by a Peoria legislator would establish a recycling program for batteries. Democrat State Senator Dave Koehler's bill, SB 3686, would require businesses who sell o...
Mar 16, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Mega Millions nears billion dollar jackpot after no winners Friday night
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - One of Illinois' multi-state lotteries is inching closer to a billion dollar payday. No one won Friday night's $815 million Mega Millions jackpot. The amount rolls over to an estim...
Mar 16, 2024 (Multi-State Lottery Association/Mega Millions)
Tensions rise in Haiti as leadership remains in balance
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Residents braced for another tense night in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince on Friday, as attacks continued across parts of the city in the aftermath of the resignation of Pr...
Mar 16, 2024 People wait along a street to collect water in buckets and containers after Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry pledged to step down following months of escalating gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti March 12, 2024. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol
Pence says he will not endorse former boss Trump in 2024 U.S. election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mike Pence, who served as Donald Trump's vice president for four years, said on Friday he will not endorse his former boss ahead of November's U.S. presidential election. Pence,...
Mar 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. October 28, 2023. REUTERS/Steve Marcus/FILE PHOTO
Trump hush money trial delayed until April, judge rules
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump's criminal trial stemming from a 2016 hush money payment to a porn star will start in April, after a 30-day delay granted by the judge after the former U.S. president ...
Mar 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Forum River Center in Rome, Georgia, U.S. March 9, 2024. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer/File Photo
Match Day pairs medicine students in Peoria with residency programs for next few years
PEORIA, Ill. - Students at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria learned on Friday where the next big step in their journeys to be doctors would take them. As part of a Match Day cerem...
Mar 15, 2024 University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria students wait in line to receive envelopes with information on their residency programs at a Match Day ceremony in Peoria, on March 15th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Two people die in Thursday evening single vehicle crash in Woodford County
GERMANTOWN HILLS, Ill. - Two people died after a single-vehicle crash near Germantown Hills in Woodford County Thursday evening. Woodford County Coroner Tim Ruestman says the crash occurred just befor...
Mar 15, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Owners of Par-A-Dice in East Peoria discuss renovation plans with state gaming board
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The Par-A-Dice Casino in East Peoria will continue to operate, but could also soon receive a facelift. At Thursday's Illinois Gaming Board meeting, the board approved a four-year r...
Mar 15, 2024 (25 News)
