Author Archives: TJ Carson

Man arrested Thursday evening in Peoria after reported altercation led to stabbing
PEORIA, Ill. - A reported altercation led to a stabbing Thursday evening near downtown Peoria. Peoria Police say officers arrived in the area of Green St. and Madison Ave. just after 9:30 P.M., findin...
TJ Carson Feb 02, 2024 Damion Gulliford Mugshot (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)

Copays take effect for immigrant health programs as cost estimates continue to decline
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Cost estimates for a pair of state-funded health care programs serving certain low-income noncitizens have declined by tens of millions of dollars in recent...
TJ Carson Feb 02, 2024 Data from the Department on Healthcare and Family Services shows the per-patient costs for a pair of health programs that serve certain immigrant populations have declined in recent months as the JB Pritzker administration has initiated cost-saving measures. (Capitol News Illinois graphic by Jerry Nowicki)

Tazewell County government nearly recovered from November cyber incident
PEKIN, Ill. - Operations in Tazewell County government are nearly back to normal after a cyber attack in November affected phone and computer systems. County Board Chairman David Zimmerman offered an ...
TJ Carson Feb 02, 2024 (Tazewell County)

UPDATE: US carries out retaliatory strikes in Iraq and Syria against Iran-linked targets
UPDATED 5:07 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States carried out retaliatory airstrikes on Friday in Iraq and Syria against more than 85 targets linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) and th...
TJ Carson Feb 02, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Air Force General Charles Q. Brown attend the dignified transfer of the remains of Army Reserve Sergeants William Rivers, Kennedy Sanders and Breonna Moffett, three U.S. service members who were killed in Jordan during a drone attack carried out by Iran-backed militants, at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, U.S., February 2, 2024. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

US judge formally postpones Trump's 2020 election subversion trial
UPDATED 3:34 p.m. (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Friday formally postponed former President Donald Trump's trial on federal charges that he sought to overturn the 2020 election results, which was schedule...
TJ Carson Feb 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump reacts after arriving at Aberdeen International Airport in Aberdeen, Scotland, Britain May 1, 2023. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne

Trump Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis admits relationship, says no misconduct
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Georgia prosecutor trying Donald Trump for attempting to overturn his 2020 election defeat acknowledged having a relationship with another lawyer on the case but rejected an ...
TJ Carson Feb 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks during a Harrison Floyd bond revocation hearing, at the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. November 21, 2023. Dennis Byron/Pool via REUTERS

Stanley cups maker sued over lead in tumblers, class action proposed
(Reuters) - The maker of the ultra-popular Stanley cups was sued on Thursday in California state court by four women who say the company misled consumers by failing to disclose that the product contai...
TJ Carson Feb 02, 2024 (Stanley Facebook Page)

Defense rests in manslaughter trial for mother of Michigan school shooter
(Reuters) - The mother of a Michigan boy who shot dead four high-school classmates in 2021 finished testifying in her own defense on Friday ahead of closing arguments in a novel trial to determine whe...
TJ Carson Feb 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Jennifer Crumbley, the parent of accused Oxford High School gunman Ethan Crumbley, is escorted into the courtroom by an Oakland County Sheriff during a court procedural hearing in Rochester Hills, Michigan, U.S., February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

US Senate nears release of bipartisan border deal Trump rejects
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Bipartisan negotiators in the U.S. Senate will release as early as Friday a long-sought - and politically charged - agreement to stem the flow of migrants across the U.S.-Mexico ...
TJ Carson Feb 01, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during the weekly Democratic Caucus lunch press conference at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, U.S., January 23, 2024. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoadese

Trump civil fraud verdict now expected by mid-February
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A ruling in the New York state attorney general's $370 million civil fraud case against former U.S. president Donald Trump will not come until early to-mid February, a court spokes...
TJ Carson Feb 01, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally ahead of the Republican caucus in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., January 27, 2024. REUTERS/Ronda Churchill


