Author Archives: TJ Carson
UPDATE: All clear given at Illinois State Capitol after lockdown Tuesday afternoon
UPDATED 3:35 P.M. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The all clear has been given at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. Governor J.B. Pritzker says the building is no longer in a lockdown after a threat was ...
Mar 12, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US to send $300 million in new weapons package for Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will send a new military aid package for Ukraine worth $300 million, President Joe Biden's administration said on Tuesday, the first such move in months as add...
Mar 12, 2024 Ukrainian servicemen of 79th brigade take part in training, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine March 4, 2024. REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak/File Photo
Gasoline, shelter costs drive US inflation higher in February
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. consumer prices increased solidly in February amid higher costs for gasoline and shelter, suggesting stickiness in inflation that cast some doubts on whether the Federal Res...
Mar 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A person pumps gas at a Sunoco gas station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 19, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/FILE PHOTO
Peoria County voters can pick any polling location to vote at on Election Day
PEORIA, Ill. - If you're a voter in Peoria County, you can cast it anywhere in the county on Election Day. It's part of the county's "Vote Anywhere" initiative. Voters can go to one of 55 polling loca...
Mar 12, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Manufacturing company in Pekin enters partnership to install carbon capturing equipment
PEKIN, Ill. - A manufacturer in Pekin is planning a project that would capture carbon dioxide it produces from its plant. Alto Ingredients announced on Monday that it plans to work with Vault 44.01 on...
Mar 11, 2024 (Alto Ingredients)
Multiple fatalities after school bus vs. semi-truck crash Monday morning in Schuyler County
RUSHVILLE, Ill. - Three children are among five people dead in total after a fatal crash Monday morning in Schuyler County. Illinois State Police say the crash occurred at around 11:30 A.M. on U.S. Ro...
Mar 11, 2024 First responders on the scene of a fatal school bus vs. semi-truck accident near Rushville, Ill. on March 11th, 2024. (WGEM/25 News)
UPDATE: United States faces 'increasingly fragile world order,' spy chiefs say
UPDATED 4:50 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. intelligence agencies said on Monday the country faces an "increasingly fragile world order," strained by great power competition, transnational challenges...
Mar 11, 2024 A U.S. flag hangs out the gated entrance to an apartment in the Washington Heights neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, U.S., March 7, 2024. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/ File Photo
Bears focus on new lakefront stadium
CHICAGO (Field Level Media via Reuters) - Potentially punting plans for a move to the suburbs, the Chicago Bears are focused instead on building a new stadium near the current site of Soldier Field on...
Mar 11, 2024 416th Theater Engineer Command Army Reserve
Polling location in Pekin moved week before Election Day. Here's what we know
PEKIN, Ill. - Election Day for the Illinois primaries is next Tuesday, and some voters in Pekin will be voting in a new location. Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman says Precincts 7 and 9 will now be...
Mar 11, 2024 (Pekin Public Library)
Status of repairs to Riverview Plaza building in downtown Peoria uncertain a month after being shut down
PEORIA, Ill. - It's been a little more than a month since the Riverview Plaza building in downtown Peoria was shut down, and little progress has been made on needed work to reopen it. Last month, wate...
Mar 11, 2024 A moving truck is seen outside the Riverview Plaza building on March 11th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
