Author Archives: TJ Carson
Stabbing early Friday morning in Peoria leads to an arrest
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man was arrested after a stabbing early Friday morning. Peoria Police officers responded to West Main and Sheridan at around 12:54 A.M., and found an adult male with a stab wou...
Aug 25, 2023 Gene Thompson (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Trump co-defendant remains in jail as others in Georgia case post bond
ATLANTA (Reuters) -One of Donald Trump's co-defendants in a wide-ranging election-fraud case in Georgia remained behind bars on Friday, after Trump and the 17 others charged in the case had reported t...
Aug 25, 2023 Harrison Floyd is shown in a police booking mugshot released by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office, after a Grand Jury brought back indictments against former U.S. President Donald Trump and 18 of his allies in their attempt to overturn the state's 2020 election results in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., August 24, 2023. Fulton County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Republicans pick Houston as site for 2028 national convention
HOUSTON, Texas (FOX News) - The campaign for the White House in 2024 is just getting underway, but Republicans are making plans for 2028. The Republican National Committee announced on Friday that Hou...
Aug 25, 2023 Kelly Sikkema / Unsplash
At least 5 people dead after storms rip through Michigan
(Reuters) - At least five people died and hundreds of thousands were left without power when a tornado and severe thunderstorms ripped through Michigan on Thursday night, causing downing of trees, dam...
Aug 25, 2023 A view of storm damage in Kent County Michigan, August 25, 2023. via Kent County Sheriff's Office
UAW members authorize strike at Detroit Three automakers
(Reuters) -The United Auto Workers (UAW) union on Friday voted in favor of authorizing a strike at the Detroit Three automakers if an agreement over a new contract is not reached before the current on...
Aug 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: UAW President Shawn Fain chairs the 2023 Special Elections Collective Bargaining Convention in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 27, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
Fed's Powell says higher rates may be needed, will move 'carefully'
JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve may need to raise interest rates further to ensure inflation is contained, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said on Friday, nodding both to easing price pre...
Aug 25, 2023 Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell walks in Teton National Park where financial leaders from around the world gathered for the Jackson Hole economic symposium outside Jackson, Wyoming, U.S., August 26, 2022. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
Illinois to send out checks to people with unclaimed property
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - If you have unclaimed property in the state of Illinois, you could be getting it back soon. The state will be sending out checks of up to $5,000 to more than 66-thousand people as ...
Aug 24, 2023 Mike Frerichs, Illinois State Treasurer, speaks with supporters in Peoria in January, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Drought levels remain the same as the previous week across Illinois
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Drought conditions remain unchanged in Illinois, despite record heat blanketing the state. The latest report from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows levels are about the same as the prev...
Aug 24, 2023 (National Weather Service)
UPDATE: Putin delivers mixed tribute to Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin after deadly plane crash
UPDATED 2:37 P.M. MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his condolences to the family of Yevgeny Prigozhin on Thursday, breaking his silence after the mercenary leader's plane crashe...
Aug 24, 2023 Police officers keep guard at a checkpoint near the site of the crash of a private jet linked to Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in the Tver region, Russia, August 24, 2023. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov
UPDATE: Wagner's Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russia's most powerful mercenary, believed killed in plane crash
UPDATED 5:53 P.M. MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia's most powerful mercenary Yevgeny Prigozhin was on board a plane which crashed on Wednesday evening north of Moscow with no survivors, the Russian authoritie...
Aug 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin leaves the headquarters of the Southern Military District amid the group's pullout from the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 24, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo
