Author Archives: TJ Carson
As Illinois House returns to Springfield, Democrats focus on Trump
Article Summary The Illinois House of Representatives met Wednesday to pass Democrat-introduced symbolic resolutions condemning the Trump administration's federal policies The six resolutions denounce...
Jan 23, 2026 Rep. Lilian Jiménez speaks on the House floor during the October 2025 veto session. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Peoria Public Works preparing for snowfall
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Public Works will have an eye to the sky this weekend. A snowstorm is expected to begin Saturday night and go through Sunday morning, bringing anywhere from 3-6 inches of snow wh...
Jan 23, 2026 Peoria snowplow on the streets following the first real snow storm of 2024. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--TJ Carson)
Illinois higher education board seeks 4.6% budget increase for next fiscal year
Article Summary The Illinois Board of Higher Education is seeking a 4.6% increase in general revenue support for colleges and universities in the upcoming fiscal year. The request comes at the same ti...
Jan 23, 2026 The Illinois Community College Board offices sits blocks away from the state Capitol. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Andrew Adams)
Snow starts falling in Texas, Oklahoma as eastern US braces for winter storm
Jan 23 - Heavy snow was falling over Northwest Texas and Oklahoma City on Friday morning as a major winter storm began moving east across the U.S., bringing deadly cold and the threat of power outages...
Jan 23, 2026 A drone picture shows snow covering Hermann Park in Houston, Texas, U.S. January 21, 2025. REUTERS/Evan Garcia
State investigating landlord of Chicago apartments raided by immigration agents
Article Summary The Illinois Department of Human Rights is launching an investigation into the owners and managers of an apartment building in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood that was raided by imm...
Jan 23, 2026 Members of the United States Border Patrol walk out of the Dirksen federal courthouse in Chicago through a sea of reporters and protesters on Oct. 28, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria International Airport breaks annual passenger record in 2025
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria International Airport is bringing a lot of momentum into 2026 after a record setting year. The airport announced at a ceremony in the Main Terminal on Thursday morning that 812,3...
Jan 22, 2026 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Public Schools to close Friday in anticipation of frigid temperatures
PEORIA, Ill. - The cold temperatures will cause a three-day weekend at Peoria Public Schools. The district announced Thursday that the forecasted cold and severe wind chills for Friday will close scho...
Jan 22, 2026 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Vance heads to Minneapolis amid tension over ICE crackdown
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Vice President JD Vance is expected to visit Minneapolis on Thursday to show support for a massive federal law enforcement operation underway in a city that has been on...
Jan 22, 2026 U.S. Vice President JD Vance waves as he boards Air Force two before departing Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., January 22, 2026. JIM WATSON/Pool via REUTERS
Dangerous cold to arrive this weekend in central Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. - A dangerous arctic blast will blanket central Illinois this weekend. 25 News First Alert Chief Meteorologist Brian Walder says the worst of the cold is expected to arrive Friday morning...
Jan 22, 2026 (National Weather Service)
Democrats' opposition to immigration crackdown puts spending bill in question
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday were girding to oppose a Department of Homeland Security funding bill, in protest of President Donald Trump's ...
Jan 22, 2026 Flowers, toys and signs lie at a makeshift memorial at the site of the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent on January 7, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 21, 2026. REUTERS/Seth Herald
