Author Archives: TJ Carson
Drought on a downward trend in the Peoria-area after latest update
PEORIA, Ill. - Drought is decreasing in the Peoria-area. Thursday's update from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows that all of Peoria and Woodford Counties, and nearly all of Tazewell County are at modera...
Jul 13, 2023 (National Weather Service)
FDA approves first over-the-counter birth control pill in US
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first over-the-counter contraceptive pill, paving the way for millions of women in the country to purchase birth control witho...
Jul 13, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Birds are seen on the logo of generic drugmaker Perrigo Co outside their new factory in the city of Yeruham, in southern Israel March 2, 2016. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo
UPDATE: Biden vows NATO unity in face of Putin's 'craven lust' for power in Ukraine
UPDATED 1:20 P.M. VILNIUS (Reuters) -President Joe Biden accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of having a "craven lust for land and power" on Wednesday and pledged that the U.S.-led NATO alliance ...
Jul 12, 2023 Participants of the NATO Summit including NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, French President Emmanuel Macron, US President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pose for an official family photo in Vilnius, Lithuania on July 11, 2023. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS
UPDATE: Peoria Civic Center Authority seeks naming rights deal for facility. Here's how it will help
UPDATED 4:40 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A name change could soon be coming to the Peoria Civic Center. The Peoria Civic Center Authority announced on Wednesday a request for proposal for the exclusive naming...
Jul 12, 2023 (Dalton Kemper/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Head of US think tank charged with acting as Chinese agent
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The leader of a U.S. think tank has been charged with acting as an unregistered agent of China, as well as seeking to broker the sale of weapons and Iranian oil, federal prosecutor...
Jul 11, 2023 ttarasiuk / CC
Peoria teenagers get financial "Reality Check" at Goodwill
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria-area teenagers learned first-hand how financial decisions they make can have a wide impact on their lives. The 9th annual "Reality Check" took place Tuesday at the Goodwill Commo...
Jul 11, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US Senate panel examines PGA Tour-LIV Golf tie-up, Saudi involvement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two PGA Tour officials went before a Senate panel on Tuesday to defend the U.S.-based golf organization's decision to end a rivalry with the Saudi-backed LIV Golf circuit and for...
Jul 11, 2023 PGA Tour Chief Operating Officer Ron Price and PGA Tour board member Jimmy Dunne are sworn in during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill to examine the planned PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger in Washington, U.S., July 11, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
North Korea warns it may shoot down US spy planes violating its airspace
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea accused the United States on Monday of violating its airspace by conducting surveillance flights and warned that, while Pyongyang was exercising restraint, such flights ma...
Jul 10, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A North Korean flag flutters at the propaganda village of Gijungdong in North Korea, in this picture taken near the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, South Korea, July 19, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool/File Photo
Hunter Biden prosecutor says Justice Dept didn't interfere in probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The federal prosecutor overseeing the criminal case against U.S. President Joe Biden's son Hunter on Monday said the Justice Department never impeded him from bringing charges, ...
Jul 10, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Hunter Biden steps off Marine One at Ft. McNair, after spending the night at Camp David, in Washington, U.S., June 25, 2023. REUTERS/Tasos Katopodis/File Photo
Two dead after Sunday crash in rural Woodford County
WOODFORD COUNTY (25 News) - Two people died after a two-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon just west of Secor. 25 News reports 27-year-old Belancio Rameriz Flavio and 29-year-old Crescensio Venancio Ramer...
Jul 10, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
