Author Archives: TJ Carson
As leaders extend session with budget unfinished, several sweeping last-minute bills surface
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Lawmakers won't finish their spring legislative session by Friday's scheduled adjournment as negotiations over the state budget remain in flux. The May 19 e...
May 20, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Riverfront Market 20th year starts Saturday
PEORIA, Ill. - For the 20th year, the Saturday mornings on the river means fresh produce and homemade products. The Peoria Riverfront Market begins Saturday on the Peoria Riverfront, running from 8:00...
May 20, 2023 (Peoria Riverfront Association)
Pekin Police officer who died suddenly identified
PEKIN, Ill. - The Pekin Police officer who died unexpectedly earlier this week has been identified. 49-year-old Daniel Graber died suddenly on Wednesday. He was a 23-year veteran of the Pekin Police D...
May 20, 2023 (Pekin Police Department)
Zelenskiy joins Japan G7 as democracies take aim at Russia and China
HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) -Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy brought his call for support against Russia's invasion to a Group of Seven (G7) summit on Saturday to Japan, where leaders agreed to tighten s...
May 20, 2023 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrives at Hiroshima airport for attending the G7 leaders' summit in Mihara, Hiroshima prefecture, western Japan May 20, 2023., in this photo released by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo via REUTERS
Teenager arrested on weapons charges after traffic stop
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenage male was arrested after a traffic stop on Peoria's East Bluff Thursday afternoon. Peoria Police officers stopped the vehicle at around 4:20 P.M. at Indiana and Nebraska. The t...
May 19, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: Pentagon leak suspect Jack Teixeira ordered to remain in jail ahead of trial
UPDATED 3:15 P.M. WORCESTER (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Friday ordered the Air National Guardsman accused of leaking military secrets to remain in jail as he awaits trial on charges he violated the Esp...
May 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Jack Teixeira's father answers questions from his attorney as he takes the stand during a detention hearing for Jack Teixeira, a member of the U.S. Air National Guard who is facing criminal charges for leaking top-secret military intelligence records online, at the federal courthouse in Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S., April 27, 2023 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Margaret Small
Tim Scott, lone Black Republican in U.S. Senate, to run for president
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. Senator Tim Scott has entered the 2024 presidential race, according to a filing with the U.S. election regulator on Friday, in what amounts to a long-shot bet tha...
May 19, 2023 Likely Republican presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) speaks at a campaign town hall meeting at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College, in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., May 8, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Teenager accused in death by brick receives additional charge, released from custody
PEORIA, Ill. - The teenager accused in the death of Tony Collier has been given an additional charge. The Peoria County State's Attorney Office says the 14-year-old received one count of Second Degree...
May 19, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATED: Optional all-gender bathrooms bill will head to governor
UPDATED 5:23 P.M. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois General Assembly has passed a bill that would allow businesses and public institutions to provide multi-occupant all-gender b...
May 19, 2023 Sen. Neil Anderson, R-Andalusia, is pictured on the floor of the Illinois Senate Thursday during debate over a bill that would allow optional all-gender bathrooms at businesses and public institutions in the state. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Illinois legislature approves bill to look into state flag redesign
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - There's only 50 of them in the entire country, and Illinois could soon look into giving theirs a makeover. Senate Bill 1818 creates the Illinois Flag Commission, aimed at studying ...
May 18, 2023 Matt Turner / CC
