Author Archives: TJ Carson
Federal appeals court upholds Illinois' assault weapons ban
(Capitol News Illinois) - In a 2-1 ruling Friday, a federal appeals court declined to block enforcement of the state's assault weapon ban as well as similar local ordinances, saying the rights guarant...
Nov 03, 2023 Dirksen Courthouse (Capitol News Illinois)
Changing of clocks prompts reminder from Peoria Fire Chief to check smoke detectors
PEORIA, Ill. - The chief of the Peoria Fire Department says people should change more than their clocks at the end of Daylight Saving Time this weekend. Shawn Sollberger says people should also change...
Nov 03, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
One person dead after fatal crash in Woodford County as vehicle fled from police
PEORIA, Ill. - One person is dead after a vehicle fleeing from police crashed in Woodford County early Friday morning. Peoria Police says officers responded to a business burglary alarm in the area of...
Nov 03, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Bidens visit sites of Maine shootings, mourn victims
LEWISTON, Maine (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden made a solemn trek on Friday to the two sites in Lewiston, Maine, where a gunman killed 18 people last month and said the latest mass shooting had o...
Nov 03, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden embraces Kathy Lebel, co-owner of Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant, one of the locations of the deadly mass shootings, as he pays respects to the victims, in Lewiston, Maine, U.S., November 3, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
NY judge in Trump civil fraud case issues gag order against lawyers
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The judge overseeing the New York civil fraud case against former U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday issued a gag order barring all lawyers from making public statements about t...
Nov 03, 2023 Judge Arthur Engoron looks on at the courtroom before the start of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s civil fraud case in New York, U.S., October 18, 2023. Jeenah Moon/Pool via REUTERS
UPDATE: Former developers of Hotel Pere Marquette in Peoria found guilty of fraud
UPDATED 5:20 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The former developers of the Hotel Pere Marquette have been found guilty of fraud in a federal court. 81-year-old Gary Matthews of East Peoria was found guilty on five...
Nov 03, 2023 (25 News)
Israel strikes ambulance in Gaza City, many reported killed
GAZA (Reuters) - Israel struck an ambulance in Gaza City on Friday that it said was carrying militants, but which health authorities in the Hamas-controlled enclave said was evacuating wounded people ...
Nov 03, 2023 Palestinians check the damages after a convoy of ambulances was hit, at the entrance of Shifa hospital in Gaza City, November 3, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Al-Masri
Load limits reduced on Cedar Street Bridge. Here's what we know
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - You'll need to have a lighter load now on the Cedar Street Bridge. The Illinois Department of Transportation says load limits reductions are in place, effective Friday, for the bri...
Nov 03, 2023 (Illinois Department of Transportation)
With an eye toward China, Biden to meet Latin leaders on economics, migration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden welcomed leaders from Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada to the White House on Friday to discuss economic issues and migration as he seeks to bolste...
Nov 03, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a visit to Dutch Creek Farms in Northfield, Minnesota, U.S., November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/ File Photo
Dream Center looking to obtain rural Tazewell County house to assist young mothers in central Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. - Dream Center is looking to fill a need that its executive director says is increasing in central Illinois. Andy King says there's a growing need to provide a place for young mothers who...
Nov 03, 2023 (Dream Center Peoria Facebook)
