Author Archives: TJ Carson
"Peoria Magazine" to have final issue of publication in November
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria-based publication could soon have its final edition. WTVP's "Peoria Magazine" will print its last issue in November. "We know Peoria Magazine created a niche for itself in the ...
Oct 20, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Released by Hamas, American mother, daughter reunited with family in Israel
UPDATED 10/21 9:14 A.M. GAZA/EVANSTON, Illinois (Reuters) -Two newly freed American hostages, a Chicago-area woman and her teenage daughter, were reunited with family inside Israel on Friday as relati...
Oct 20, 2023 Chicago-area residents Judith Tai Raanan and her daughter Natalie Shoshana Raanan, two American hostages freed on Friday by the armed wing of Hamas, pose in this undated picture obtained by Reuters on October 20, 2023. Obtained by Reuters/via REUTERS
Illinois Lottery brings in big bucks in most recent fiscal year
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Record jackpots led to record income for the Illinois Lottery. The Lottery on Thursday reported its numbers from the 2023 fiscal year, which ended on June 30th. They include a reco...
Oct 19, 2023 (Illinois Lottery)
Israeli minister says troops will soon see Gaza 'from inside'
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told troops gathered at the Gaza border on Thursday that they will soon see the Palestinian enclave "from inside", suggesting an expecte...
Oct 19, 2023 Palestinians work amidst the rubble at the site of an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 19, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Portions of central Illinois still experiencing some level of drought
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The days have gotten cooler with a little more rain falling, but portions of central Illinois remain dry. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor report released Thursday shows nearly all of...
Oct 19, 2023 (National Weather Service)
US Attorney General Garland warns of rise in threats tied to Israel-Hamas war
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said on Thursday that the Justice Department is monitoring an increase in reported threats against Jewish, Muslim and Arab communities in t...
Oct 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland gives a brief statement at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S., August 11, 2023. REUTERS/Bonnie Cash/File Photo
US existing home sales drop to 13-year low in September
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. existing home sales dropped to a 13-year low in September as surging mortgage rates and tight supply combined to reduce affordability for many first-time buyers. Existing h...
Oct 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A "For Rent, For Sale" sign is seen outside of a home in Washington, U.S., July 7, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo
UPDATE: Biden to sell Americans on billions for Israel, Ukraine in speech
UPDATED 3:45 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden will try to sell Americans on the need to spend billions more dollars on Israel and Ukraine on Thursday, even as the U.S. House of Represent...
Oct 19, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at a dinner hosted by the Human Rights Campaign at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, U.S., October 14, 2023. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo
Dutch man confesses to 2005 killing of US teen Natalee Holloway in Aruba
(Reuters) -Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the 2005 death of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, admitted to killing her on a beach on the Caribbean island of Aruba, a confession he made in p...
Oct 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot, who was serving a 28-year sentence in Peru after confessing to killing a 21-year-old Peruvian woman, is escorted to the airport to be extradited to the U.S., to face charges of extortion and wire fraud against the family of Natalee Holloway, in a case linked to his alleged involvement in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba in 2005, in Lima, Peru June 8, 2023. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda/File Photo
Two injured in separate shootings Tuesday in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are looking for suspects after two separate shootings on Tuesday left two people with non-life threatening injuries. The first occurred just before 1:00 P.M. on W. Proctor...
Oct 18, 2023 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
