Author Archives: TJ Carson
UPDATE: US House approves spending bill to avert government shutdown
UPDATED 3:27 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation funding a broad swath of the federal government through the fiscal year ...
Mar 06, 2024 FILE PHOTO: People walk past the U.S. Capitol building as the deadline to avoid partial government shutdown looms in Washington, U.S., January 18, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Millis/ FILE PHOTO
UPDATE: Man injured after early Wednesday morning shooting in Peoria's West Bluff
UPDATED 12:51 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A man was taken to the hospital after a shooting in Peoria's West Bluff early Wednesday morning. Peoria Police says officers responded to the area of Broadway and Col...
Mar 06, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US Senator Menendez charged with obstruction of justice in new indictment
NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Bob Menendez and his wife were charged with obstruction of justice in a new, 18-count indictment unsealed on Tuesday, adding to corruption charges the New Jersey Democ...
Mar 05, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) walks through the Senate subway on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 19, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/ FILE PHOTO
Illinois governor announces funding for food banks across state in Morton
MORTON, Ill. - Food banks in Illinois will have more power to buy food that helps serve needs better in their area, as well as supporting those farmers and food producers who provide. Governor J.B. Pr...
Mar 05, 2024 Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announces funding for 15 food banks across the state at a press conference on March 5th, 2024 at Midwest Food Bank in Morton. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
National Weather Service provides tips to be safe in severe weather during Severe Weather Preparedness Week
LINCOLN, Ill. - As springtime returns to central Illinois, so does the increased risk of severe weather in the area. This week is Severe Weather Preparedness Week. National Weather Service Meteorologi...
Mar 05, 2024 Homes on a Washington, Illinois street lay in ruins after the Nov. 17 tornado that destroyed hundreds of homes in 2013. (Courtesy of Jenn Schrock-Smith)
Victim from fatal fire Friday in Delavan identified
DELAVAN, Ill. - The victim in a fatal fire at a rural Delavan house Friday evening has been identified. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley says 81-year-old Virginia Leach was pronounced dead at th...
Mar 05, 2024 Midwest Communications
Pallets of boxes for Tazewell County contain envelopes, not ballots
PEORIA, Ill. - Pallets of boxes meant for Tazewell County that were found in a downtown Peoria business lobby are not what they seem. Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman says the boxes contain envelop...
Mar 04, 2024 (Tazewell County)
UPDATE: Hamas, mediators press on with Gaza truce talks in Israelis' absence
UPDATED 2:09 P.M. CAIRO/RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) -Hamas and Egyptian mediators said on Monday they were pressing on with talks on securing a ceasefire in Gaza, despite Israel's decision not to send...
Mar 04, 2024 Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip March 4, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Man arrested in connection to February shooting in South Peoria that injured teenager
PEORIA, Ill. - An arrest has been made in connection to a shooting last month in South Peoria that injured a teenage boy. Peoria Police say Nehemiah Garner, 19, was arrested on Friday in the area of W...
Mar 04, 2024 Nehemiah Garner (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Threat of severe weather looms across central Illinois on Monday. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Central Illinois will need to keep an eye on the skies Monday. National Weather Service Meteorologist Rebekka Delaney of Lincoln says there is a marginal risk of severe weather for the ...
Mar 04, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
