Author Archives: TJ Carson
UPDATE: Man arrested after 11th homicide of the year in Peoria, victim identified
UPDATED 5:19 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A shooting in Peoria Thursday night led to the city's 11th homicide of the year. Peoria Police say they were contacted by a local hospital at around 6:15 P.M. that two...
Jul 07, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
New playground equipment debuts at Greater Peoria Family YMCA
PEORIA, Ill. - Children who visit the Greater Peoria Family YMCA have a new outdoor option for play. The organization held a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday afternoon for its new playground equipment...
Jul 06, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria-area seeing less COVID hospitalizations, look for new ways to fight virus in future
PEORIA, Ill. - Medical professionals are in a better position to deal with the effects of COVID-19 now and in the future. Dr. Doug Kasper, Infectious Disease Specialist at the University of Illinois C...
Jul 05, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
US Judge restricts Biden officials from contact with social media firms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday restricted some agencies and officials of the administration of President Joe Biden from meeting and communicating with social media companies to ...
Jul 04, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A general view of the White House, where U.S. President Joe Biden cancelled his public schedule Monday after undergoing a root canal dental procedure at the White House in Washington, U.S. June 12, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Hot dog-eater Joey Chestnut wins July Fourth title with 62 franks
(Reuters) - Reigning champion of the annual U.S. Fourth of July hot dog eating contest Joey Chestnut defended his title on Tuesday, clinching his 16th career win by scarfing down 62 franks in 10 minut...
Jul 04, 2023 World Champion Joey Chestnut looks on, on the day of 2023 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island in New York City, U.S., July 4, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky
Temperatures seen surging as El Nino weather pattern returns
GENEVA (Reuters) -Temperatures are expected to soar across large parts of the world after the El Nino weather pattern emerged in the tropical Pacific for the first time in seven years, the World Meteo...
Jul 04, 2023 Cracks run through the partially dried-up river bed of the Gan River, a tributary to Poyang Lake during a regional drought in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, China, August 28, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Two juveniles treated for stab wounds after large fight in Peoria Monday night
PEORIA, Ill. - Two juveniles were treated for stab wounds after Peoria Police broke up a large fight Monday evening. Officers responded to Atlantic and McClure just before 10:30 P.M. on reports of juv...
Jul 04, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Biden says gun violence 'tearing communities apart' after latest mass shootings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Tuesday said gun violence was tearing apart U.S. communities after mass shootings in Philadelphia, Baltimore and Fort Worth claimed the lives of at least 1...
Jul 04, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden looks on during his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy (not pictured), during the G7 Summit at the Grand Prince Hotel in Hiroshima, Japan, May 21, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
NATO agrees to extend boss Stoltenberg's term by a year
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO decided on Tuesday to extend Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg's contract by a further year, opting to stick with an experienced leader as war rages on the alliance's doorst...
Jul 04, 2023 FILE PHOTO: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks to the media as he visits Ramstein U.S. Air Base, Germany, April 21, 2023. REUTERS/Heiko Becker
Multiple injuries after a pair of shootings in Peoria early Tuesday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating two shootings from early Tuesday morning where multiple people were treated for gunshot wounds. The first shooting was indicated by a Shot Spotter alert ...
Jul 04, 2023 Midwest Communications
