Author Archives: TJ Carson
Jury seated in murder trial of St. Louis man accused in stabbing death of Peoria doctor
PEORIA, Ill. - A jury has been seated in the murder trial of Robert Ely. 25 News reports it took three hours on Tuesday to seat the five men and seven women who will serve on the jury. Ely, 57, is acc...
Feb 20, 2024 Robert Ely (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail 2021)
Ahead of Pritzker's budget address, pressures that mounted last year intensify
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Republicans in the Illinois Senate indicated Tuesday that their sticking point for budget negotiations this year will be the same as it was last year - stat...
Feb 20, 2024 PHOTO: Senate Minority Leader John Curran (center) appears with fellow GOP Sens. Chapin Rose (left) and Tom Bennett (right) at a Statehouse news conference on Tuesday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
City-owned building in Washington damaged by fire still usable
WASHINGTON, Ill. - A city-owned building in Washington can be repaired after a fire earlier this month. On February 9th, a building shared by the city's public works and police departments caught on f...
Feb 20, 2024 (TJ Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria-based effort to donate emergency vehicles to Ukraine nears two-year anniversary
PEORIA, Ill. - As the war in Ukraine will soon move into its third year of conflict, so does an effort in Peoria to help support Ukrainians on the front lines against Russian forces. US Ambulances for...
Feb 20, 2024 A former AMT ambulance is delivered to Ukraine in 2022. (File-OSF HealthCare)
US military drone shot down near Yemen, US officials say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. military Mq-9 drone was shot down near Yemen by Iran-backed militants, two U.S. officials said on Tuesday, the second time such a shoot down has taken place in recent mon...
Feb 20, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone sits in a hanger at Amari Air Base, Estonia, July 1, 2020. REUTERS/Janis Laizans/File Photo
Infrastructure topics focus of roundtable discussion with government leaders in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Government leaders gathered in Peoria for a roundtable discussion Monday related to infrastructure. One of the main topics of the discussion featured how to fill engineering jobs in the...
Feb 19, 2024 Local leaders discuss infrastructure topics during a roundtable at the Peoria Art Guild. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US proposes UN resolution supporting temporary ceasefire in Gaza
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United States has proposed a rival draft United Nations Security Council resolution that would underscore the body's "support for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza as soon as...
Feb 19, 2024 Palestinians carry bags of flour they grabbed from an aid truck near an Israeli checkpoint, as Gaza residents face crisis levels of hunger, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, February 19, 2024. REUTERS/Kosay Al Nemer/File Photo
UPDATE: Biden willing to meet with Republican US House speaker over Ukraine aid
UPDATED 10:37 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday said he is willing to meet with House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson to discuss a funding bill for Ukraine's war ag...
Feb 19, 2024 File photo: U.S. President Joe Biden shakes hands with U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) during the annual National Prayer Breakfast at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 1, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File photo
Trump tells supporters his $355 million fraud fine is election interference
WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich./IRMO, SC. (Reuters) -Donald Trump on Saturday lashed out at the New York judge who ruled he must pay $354.9 million in penalties for fraudulently overstating his net worth to...
Feb 18, 2024 Supporters attend a campaign rally for former U.S. President Donald Trump in Waterford Township, Michigan, U.S., February 17, 2024. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
Proposed Illinois House bill would require access to first responder scanner communications to media
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Legislation introduced in the Illinois House would require law enforcement agencies to provide access in real time to encrypted police scanner traffic to accredited media. House Bi...
Feb 18, 2024 Police scanners and other communication radios can be seen in use at WMBD News' Traffic One center. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
