Author Archives: TJ Carson
High school students explore manufacturing careers in Morton
MORTON, Ill. - Students from across central Illinois spent their Tuesday morning getting an up close look at what a future career could look like for them. It's part of the Discover Manufacturing Care...
Oct 03, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Multiple charges for driver of vehicle that crashed into Woodford County squad car early Tuesday morning
GOODFIELD, Ill. - No one was injured after a vehicle crashed into a Woodford County squad car early Tuesday morning along Interstate 74. Illinois State Police says troopers were responding to a vehicl...
Oct 03, 2023 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: US House ousts Kevin McCarthy as leader in historic vote
UPDATED 3:52 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his job, as infighting among his fellow Republicans plunged Congress into...
Oct 03, 2023 U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) arrives for a House Republican conference meeting, where they are expected to discuss an attempt by Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) to oust him from the speakership, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. October 3, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Two injured after Tuesday afternoon shooting in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people suffered non-life threatening injuries after a shooting this afternoon in South Peoria. Peoria Police officers responded to Starr and Westmoreland just before 1:15 P.M. after...
Oct 03, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Ray Estrada ends candidacy for 17th Congressional District seat
GALESBURG, Ill. - The only declared challenger so far in the 17th Congressional District race next year is ending his campaign. Ray Estrada (R-Galesburg) announced Tuesday that he is postponing his ca...
Oct 03, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Estrada Global Foundation)
One person displaced after fire at Central Peoria apartment building Monday afternoon
PEORIA, Ill. - Residents of an apartment building in Central Peoria had to evacuate after a fire Monday afternoon in one of the apartments. Peoria Fire crews responded to the Oak Woods Apartments, jus...
Oct 02, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470- & 100.3 WMBD)
Illinois Central College program fills need for solar energy jobs in central Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois Central College President Doctor Sheila Quirk-Bailey is having solar energy panels installed on the roof of her house this week. And those doing the work of installing those pa...
Oct 02, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
GM furloughs another 160 workers due to UAW strike
(Reuters) -General Motors said Monday it was indefinitely laying off about 160 workers at plants in Indiana and Ohio because of the impact on some of the facilities of the United Auto Workers strike t...
Oct 02, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Striking United Auto Workers (UAW) members from the General Motors Lansing Delta Plant picket in Delta Township, Michigan U.S. September 29, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
Small drop in prices seen at the pump in the Peoria area. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices are trickling down in central Illinois. GasBuddy reports the average price of a gallon of unleaded in the Peoria-area is $3.72/g, a 2.2 cent drop in the past week. The averag...
Oct 02, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
Curtain comes up on new term for conservative US Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court began its new term on Monday with arguments in a criminal sentencing case, setting out on a nine-month legal journey that will test how far its 6-3 conserv...
Oct 02, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen in Washington, U.S., August 31, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Wurm /File Photo
