Author Archives: TJ Carson
U.S. official, Chinese held candid, productive talks - State Dept
BEIJING (Reuters) -The U.S. ambassador and a State Department official held candid and productive talks on Monday with Chinese officials and made clear that Washington would stand up for its interests...
Jun 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. and Chinese flags are seen in this illustration taken, January 30, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker makes Peoria stop to discuss addressing poverty
PEORIA, Ill. - Addressing poverty in Illinois was the focus of Governor J.B. Pritzker's visit to Peoria on Monday. Pritzker and state officials discussed new initiatives and programs focused on homele...
Jun 05, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker visited Phoenix Community Development Services in Peoria to discuss his bill that, among other things, seeks to end homelessness in Illinois (File-T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Fire at vacant home in Peoria early Sunday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters battled a blaze at a vacant home early Sunday morning. The fire was called in at around 2:30 A.M. in the area of Monroe and Evans Streets. Firefighters arrived to se...
Jun 04, 2023 D4E / CC
Bill to cover hearing aid costs for adults in Illinois awaiting governor's signature
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A bill to expand coverage of hearing aids to adults in Illinois is awaiting the governor's signature. Previously, only people under 18 years old were covered. But the bill passed i...
Jun 04, 2023 Jim Bowen / CC
UPDATE: Biden lauds 'crisis averted' with debt ceiling deal in first Oval Office address
UPDATED 6:35 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden declared a "crisis averted" on Friday in his first address from the White House's Oval Office, as he touted the passage of a bill to r...
Jun 02, 2023 US President Joe Biden addresses the nation on averting default and the Bipartisan Budget Agreement, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, June 2, 2023. JIM WATSON/Pool via REUTERS
Oath Keeper sentenced to 3 years in prison for sedition in US Capitol attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Oath Keepers militant group member David Moerschel was sentenced on Friday to three years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes arising from the Jan. 6, 2021, atta...
Jun 02, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Police release tear gas into a crowd of pro-Trump protesters during clashes at a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Peoria County group to survey broadband internet in rural areas
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County group is gauging the quality of internet in rural areas The Greater Peoria Economic Development Council will send out surveys to homes and businesses in rural parts of t...
Jun 02, 2023 Tim Reckmann / CC
Pekin high school project tells story of Lincoln's first emancipated slave
PEKIN, Ill. - The first slave emancipated by Abraham Lincoln spent most of her life in Pekin, and leaders in the community are telling her story. Nance Legins-Costley started court challenges to her s...
Jun 01, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 1003. WMBD)
Former US VP Mike Pence plans 2024 campaign launch next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former Republican Vice President Mike Pence, who incurred Donald Trump's wrath by refusing to support his effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election, is set to enter the...
May 31, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence addresses the National Review Institute's 2023 Ideas Summit in Washington, U.S., March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Illinois Senator Dick Durbin is hopeful a debt limit deal will be approved
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Illinois Democratic Senator Dick Durbin is optimistic Congress will take action to avoid default the U.S. debt. The House is scheduled to vote Wednesday evening on the deal struck b...
May 31, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
