Author Archives: TJ Carson
Crowds fill downtown Peoria for annual St. Patrick's Day Parade
PEORIA, Ill. - Irish spirits were high at Peoria's St. Patrick's Day Parade on Friday. Parade-goers braved wind chills in the teens to pack the streets of downtown Peoria to celebrate the holiday. Par...
Mar 17, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
China's Xi to visit Moscow next week after US-Russia clash over Ukraine
BEIJING/NEAR BAKHMUT, Ukraine (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia next week, officials from both countries said on Friday, weighing into the Ukraine conflict just as relations be...
Mar 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China February 4, 2022. Sputnik/Aleksey Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS
Bill in State House to make it easier to test for fentanyl
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A bill making its way through the Illinois House is aimed at making it easier to detect fentanyl. The bill would allow for fentanyl test strips be sold over-the-counter by pharmaci...
Mar 16, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Tazewell Co. Republican Party)
Robotics competition to take place at Bradley this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Warriors made of steel and wires will battle at Bradley University's Renaissance Coliseum this weekend. The university is hosting the FIRST Robotics Central Illinois Regional Competitio...
Mar 16, 2023 (Bradley University)
ConocoPhillips' Alaska Willow project approvals hit with second lawsuit
(Reuters) - A coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging the Biden administration's approval of ConocoPhillips' Willow oil and gas project in Alaska, saying the "enormous...
Mar 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A polar bear keeps close to her young along the Beaufort Sea coast in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska in a March 6, 2007 REUTERS/Susanne Miller/USFWS/handout
US drone may not be recovered from Black Sea after Russian intercept -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. military surveillance drone that crashed into the Black Sea after being intercepted by Russian fighter jets may never be recovered, White House spokesman John Kirby said...
Mar 15, 2023 U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Celeste Wallander attend a virtual meeting of Ukraine Defense Contact Group, at the Pentagon in Washington, U.S. March 15, 2023. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS
U.S. Senate leader Schumer urges federal safety probe into all major freight railroads
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday urged the National Transportation Safety Board to launch an investigation into safety practices of all seven major freight...
Mar 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to the news media after attending a closed Senate Democratic Caucus lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 2, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
US to impose inflation fines on first set of drugs, lowering costs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government said on Wednesday it would subject 27 drugs to inflation penalties, a move that will reduce out-of-pocket costs for Medicare recipients by $2 to as much as $3...
Mar 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden participates in a bilateral meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (not pictured) at Navy Gateway Inns and Suites, in San Diego, California U.S., March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Local real estate group urges former school sites to not sit vacant
PEORIA, Ill. - A local real estate organization doesn't want to see vacant lots at former school sites in South Peoria. Demolition is underway for the former McKinley School. Demolition of Harrison Sc...
Mar 14, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US military drone crashes into Black Sea after Russian intercept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Russian Su-27 fighter jet intercepted and struck the propeller of a U.S. military MQ-9 "Reaper" surveillance drone on Tuesday, causing it to crash into the Black Sea, the Pent...
Mar 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone sits in a hanger at Amari Air Base, Estonia, July 1, 2020. U.S. unmanned aircraft are deployed in Estonia to support NATO's intelligence gathering missions in the Baltics. REUTERS/Janis Laizans/File Photo
