Author Archives: TJ Carson
Ameren offering option to pay back past-due bills
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. - Hard economic times may cause someone to hold off on paying something that is due each month. And that may include the electric and gas bill. "Just as a normal everyday citizen, t...
Mar 25, 2023 (Ameren Illinois)
Trump holds first election rally in Waco overshadowed by legal threats
(Reuters) - Donald Trump will hold an election rally in Texas on Saturday at a site that critics say will play to his far-right supporters as he seeks to boost a presidential campaign dogged by the th...
Mar 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on education as he holds a campaign rally with supporters, in Davenport, Iowa, U.S. March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
New names coming to Louisville Slugger Sports Complex
PEORIA, Ill. - A new partnership is coming to the Louisville Slugger Sports Complex. OSF Healthcare Field is now at the complex after the two parties entered into a partnership. The agreement also wil...
Mar 24, 2023 (OSF HealthCare)
Lease negotiations for Peoria Rivermen still going
PEORIA, Ill. - Both sides are still working on a deal to keep the Rivermen in Peoria. Peoria Civic Center Authority Chairwoman Yvonne Greer issued a statement Friday regarding lease talks with the Riv...
Mar 24, 2023 (Peoria Rivermen)
Rhetoric over US debt limit boils over as Republicans, Democrats joust
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Partisan sniping over raising U.S. borrowing authority ratcheted up on Friday when House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy accused President Joe Biden of ignoring the iss...
Mar 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden talks with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as they depart following the annual Friends of Ireland luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 17, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Manhattan DA: Trump created false expectation of arrest, Republicans interfered
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Manhattan prosecutors on Thursday said Donald Trump misled people to expect he would be arrested this week and prompted fellow Republicans in Congress to interfere with a probe un...
Mar 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally ahead of the midterm elections, in Miami, Florida, U.S., November 6, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Secretary of State's office gives out grants to combat carjacking and vehicle thefts
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Peoria-area is receiving funding to try and combat carjackings and vehicle thefts. The Greater Peoria Auto Crimes Task Force is receiving $2,150,700 in grant money from Secreta...
Mar 23, 2023 (Illinois Secretary of State via Facebook)
Hyundai Motor America to recall 567,912 vehicles - NHTSA
(Reuters) - Hyundai Motor America will recall 567,912 vehicles, as some models equipped with a tow hitch harness could catch fire due to a short circuit, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra...
Mar 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A Hyundai booth displays the company logo at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. January 16, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Peoria County Sheriff's Office warning of new phone scam
PEORIA, Ill. - If there is a warrant out for your arrest, you won't get a call about it. That's what the Peoria County Sheriff's Office is saying after several reports from residents of a new scam cir...
Mar 22, 2023 Midwest Communications/University of Illinois Extension
TikTok would be tough to ban in the US without a new law, experts say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is under pressure to ban popular Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, but any such move likely hinges on passage of a new law that bolsters the govern...
Mar 22, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A person holds a smartphone as Tik Tok logo is displayed behind in this picture illustration taken November 7, 2019. Picture taken November 7, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
