Author Archives: TJ Carson
Two PGA tour officials to testify to US Senate panel about merger with Saudi-backed LIV
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two PGA Tour officials will testify before a U.S. Senate panel next week about the tour's merger with Saudi-backed LIV Golf, but LIV officials declined to appear, lawmakers said ...
Jul 03, 2023 FILE PHOTO: May 25, 2023; Washington, DC, USA; Patrick Reed hits his tee shot on the ninth hole during the Pro-Am tournament as part of the LIV Golf Washington D.C. 2023 event at Trump National Golf Club outside Washington DC. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo
Baltimore gun battle highlights surge in US mass shootings
(Reuters) - A shooting at a holiday block party in Baltimore over the weekend that left two people dead and 28 injured highlights a sustained surge in mass shootings in the United States since the beg...
Jul 03, 2023 A police officer secures crime scene tape to a pole after a mass shooting at the scene of a Fourth of July holiday weekend block party in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. July 2, 2023 in a still image from video. REUTERS/Stringer
Peoria International Airport not seeing disruptions to flights before July 4th holiday
PEORIA, Ill. - Operations at Peoria International Airport leading into the holiday weekend are not seeing troubles and problems that other airports across the country are seeing. Director Gene Olson t...
Jul 03, 2023 (Courtesy of flypia.com)
Eight teens arrested following chase involving stolen cars
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say eight teenagers were arrested on multiple charges late-Wednesday afternoon after reports of reckless driving throughout the city. Peoria Police say multiple calls came...
Jun 29, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Planned health and wellness center for Elmwood receives federal grant
ELMWOOD, Ill. - A rural community in Peoria County is one step closer to having a community wellness and health center. A $15 million capital campaign is underway to fund the Elmwood Rural Health and ...
Jun 29, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 1003. WMBD)
Senator Durbin praises Biden's economic plan before speech in Chicago
CHICAGO, Ill. - U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-East St. Louis) joined President Joe Biden in Chicago Wednesday to talk about "Bidenomics." The president's speech focused on Biden's economic policies and ...
Jun 28, 2023 (Senator Dick Durbin/YouTube)
Future of Peoria Heights Fire Department discussed
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. (25 News) - A significant public safety decision is looming for the village of Peoria Heights. Leaders from Peoria Heights and the City of Peoria met Tuesday to discuss a proposal...
Jun 28, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Former US Marine pleads not guilty in Jordan Neely killing on New York subway
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The former U.S. Marine sergeant accused of fatally strangling Jordan Neely, a homeless man, in a chokehold in a New York subway car last month pleaded not guilty to charges of mans...
Jun 28, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Marine Daniel Penny is taken from a New York City Police precinct under arrest for the death of Jordan Neely, a man whose death has been ruled a homicide by the city's medical examiner after being placed in a chokehold on a subway train, in New York City, U.S., May 12, 2023. REUTERS/David Dee Delgado/File Photo
Pros and celebs tee it up for inaugural golf tournament event in Metamora
METAMORA, Ill. - Professional golfers and celebrities from a wide-range of genres are teeing it up this week in central Illinois. The inaugural OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois Championship will be...
Jun 27, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: U.S. judge says Trump's NY criminal case likely belongs in state court
UPDATED 5:10 P.M. (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Tuesday said he would likely decline former U.S. President Donald Trump's request to move from state court to federal court a criminal case stemming from a...
Jun 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump appears by video conferencing before Justice Juan Merchan during a hearing before his trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in Manhattan state court in New York City, U.S. May 23, 2023. in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo
