Author Archives: TJ Carson
UPDATE: Jury finds Brandon Walker guilty of murder in the death of Navin Jones
UPDATED 3:07 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - "My office, this jury, and our community have cared more for Navin in his death than his parents ever did in his life. Good riddance to them." Those are the words in a...
Dec 15, 2023 Terry Muench, Assistant Peoria County States Attorney, gives the prosecution closing argument Friday in the murder trial of Brandon Walker, seated at right. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
White House in 'intensive' talks with Israel on timing of next phase of Gaza war
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Washington is pushing Israel to focus the war in Gaza on precise targeting of Hamas leaders rather than widespread bombing and ground operations, the White House national securit...
Dec 15, 2023 U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks during a press briefing, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, December 15, 2023. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura
Garage damaged after Friday morning fire in Peoria's East Bluff neighborhood
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Fire is investigating the cause of a fire from Friday morning to a garage in the East Bluff. Crews arrived just before 8:00 A.M. to the area of Virginia and Indiana to find heavy...
Dec 15, 2023 D4E / CC
State regulators once again flex muscle in rejecting utilities' grid plans, lessening rate hikes
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois Commerce Commission on Thursday curtailed proposed rate hikes and rejected grid plans from two major electric utilities, mirroring a series of bombshell ...
Dec 15, 2023 Illinois Commerce Commission Chair Doug Scott is pictured at a packed meeting in Chicago on Thursday as he reads a decision that will limit spending by two major electric utilities. The agency rejected grid plans from Commonwealth Edison and Ameren Illinois. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
State public health officials looking to slow spread of respiratory viruses as cases rise
CHICAGO, Ill. - The state of Illinois is asking healthcare facilities to ramp up efforts to mitigate respiratory viruses as cases increase. Data from the Center for Disease Control's COVID Data Tracke...
Dec 14, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
US Senate to vote on Ukraine funding, border security next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate will vote on military aid for Ukraine and Israel next week as negotiations continue over changes to U.S. border security policy that would be tied to the funding,...
Dec 14, 2023 The dome of the U.S. Capitol Building is seen as the sun sets on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 26, 2019. REUTERS/Erin Scott/ File Photo
UPDATE: U.S. Supreme Court refuses to block assault weapons ban as full legal challenges progress
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - The U.S. Supreme Court issued two orders this week turning down requests to block enforcement of Illinois' assault weapons ban while challenges to the law are sti...
Dec 14, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker takes questions at a news conference Thursday in Springfield. Pritzker said he believes Illinois' assault weapons ban is constitutional as gun rights advocates prepare to challenge the law before the U.S. Supreme Court. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Students across Illinois spend Thursday morning with Peoria Rivermen for Education Day
PEORIA, Ill. - Carver Arena became a classroom for kindergarten through high school students across Illinois on Thursday morning. The Peoria Rivermen hosted its 4th Education Day game in a battle agai...
Dec 14, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Larry Doby, pioneering Black baseball star, given Congressional Gold Medal
(Reuters) - Larry Doby, who in 1947 became the second Black player to break baseball's color barrier, leading the Cleveland Indians to a World Series championship the following year, was honored on We...
Dec 13, 2023 A Congressional Gold Medal ceremony posthumously honoring Major League Baseball player, civil rights activist and World War II veteran, Lawrence Eugene “Larry” Doby, takes place in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., December 13, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Dow ends at record high as Fed signals lower borrowing costs in 2024
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Dow Jones industrial average hit its first record closing high since January 2022 and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq rallied more than 1% each on Wednesday after the Federal Reserv...
Dec 13, 2023 Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., December 13, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
