Author Archives: TJ Carson
Two arrested after gunfire early Saturday in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Gunfire early Saturday morning led to the arrest of two men. Peoria Police responded to S. McReynolds Court near MacArthur Highway just after 6:00 A.M. after a six rounds were reported ...
Apr 03, 2023 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Peoria Police looking into armed hijacking incident
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating an armed hijacking incident from early Monday morning. Officers responded to the area of Knoxville and Arcadia Avenues just before 12:30 A.M. They found ...
Apr 03, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Republican Hutchinson to run for US president in 2024, urges Trump to go
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson announced his 2024 U.S. presidential candidacy on Sunday with a proclamation that set him apart from other current or potential Republica...
Apr 02, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson walks through the Dirksen Senate office building on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 22, 2021. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
Trump's ex-fixer Michael Cohen poised to be key witness in criminal case
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former lawyer for Donald Trump who once said he would do anything to protect the former U.S. president is now poised to serve as a key witness in the criminal trial of his longt...
Apr 02, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney of U.S. President Donald Trump, is sworn in to testify before a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 27, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
UPDATE: Violent US storms kill at least 32 people
UPDATED 7:09 p.m. (Reuters) - The death toll from a violent storm that whipped up tornadoes in the southern and midwestern regions of the United States rose to at least 32 over the weekend, according ...
Apr 02, 2023 A view of destroyed buildings following the tornado in Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S., March 31, 2023 in this picture obtained from social media. @ZHarris07/@thezaneharris/via REUTERS
Governor issues disaster proclamation after severe storms
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has issued a disaster declaration after deadly storms made their way through the state on Friday. The declaration was issued Saturday evening for fi...
Apr 02, 2023 (State of Illinois)
Pope Francis visits children in hospital, set to be discharged on Saturday
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis baptised a baby and greeted children in Rome's Gemelli hospital on Friday as he appeared to make a rapid recovery from a bout of bronchitis that caused him to be h...
Mar 31, 2023 Pope Francis baptises a baby boy called Miguel Angel as he visits the children's cancer ward at the Gemelli hospital where he is hospitalised for a respiratory infection in this screengrab taken from a video, in Rome, Italy March 31, 2023. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS
Death of Peoria woman found in Illinois River now a homicide investigation
PEORIA, Ill. - The death of a Peoria woman found on the bank of the Illinois River last week is now being investigated as a homicide. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says after further investigati...
Mar 31, 2023 (TJ Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US Justice Dept sues Norfolk Southern over Ohio train derailment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department sued Norfolk Southern Corp seeking to ensure that the railroad pays the full cost of cleanup and any long-term effects of the derailment in Ohio of on...
Mar 31, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A general view as members of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (not pictured) inspect the site of a train derailment of hazardous material in East Palestine, Ohio, U.S., February 16, 2023. REUTERS/Alan Freed/File Photo
U.S. Social Security fund seen depleted 2033, year earlier than previous estimate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Social Security system's main trust fund's reserves will be depleted in 2033, one year earlier than estimated last year, while Medicare's finances have improved slightl...
Mar 31, 2023 FILE PHOTO A sign is seen on the entrance to a Social Security office in New York City, U.S., July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
