Author Archives: TJ Carson
Oklahoma twisters injure 12, leave thousands without power
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Crews in central Oklahoma on Monday were assessing the damage and clearing debris left behind by a string of rare February tornadoes that roared through the area overnight, knockin...
Feb 27, 2023 Cars that were hit by a tornado lay in a pile in a damaged neighborhood in Norman, Oklahoma, U.S. February 27, 2023. REUTERS/Nick Oxford
Rollover crash in Peoria leads to arrest
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man was arrested after a rollover vehicle crash early Sunday morning. Peoria Police says they responded to the crash in the intersection of NE Adams and Spalding Streets at aro...
Feb 27, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Yellen in surprise visit to Kyiv to reaffirm US economic aid to Ukraine
KYIV (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was in Kyiv on Monday on a surprise visit to reaffirm U.S. support for Ukraine in its struggle against Russia's invasion and promote U.S. economic ...
Feb 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen delivers remarks on "Next Steps in the Evolution of Development Finance" at a Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, U.S., February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Gas prices down slightly in the Peoria area
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in the Peoria area are on a downward trend. GasBuddy in its weekly report says the average price of a gallon of unleaded gas is $3.52. That's down 3.3 cents from last week. T...
Feb 27, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
Large crowds turn up at Civic Center for two events Sunday
PEORIA, Ill. - The Civic Center was the center of attention in Peoria on Sunday. The facility hosted two big events on Sunday. In the Exhibit Hall was the final day of the 2023 Official Spring Home Sh...
Feb 26, 2023 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
"Home Illinois" proposed to prevent and end homelessness in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Governor J.B. Pritzker wants to ensure that homelessness in Illinois is eliminated. The governor introduced "Home Illinois" at his budget address earlier this month to tackle the i...
Feb 24, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
U.S. warns U.N. not to be fooled by calls for unconditional truce in Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned the United Nations Security Council on Friday that it should not be fooled by calls for a temporary or unconditional ceasefire i...
Feb 24, 2023 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks, while sitting next to British Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs James Cleverly, during a meeting at the United Nations Security Council, to mark one year since Russia invaded Ukraine, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., February 24, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Bankman-Fried faces more criminal charges, allegedly hid political donations
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sam Bankman-Fried was hit with new criminal charges on Thursday, in an expanded indictment accusing the founder of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange of conspiring to ma...
Feb 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried, who faces fraud charges over the collapse of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, exits the Manhattan federal court in New York City, U.S. February 16, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
U.S. consumer spending posts biggest gain in nearly two years; inflation picks up
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending increased by the most in nearly two years in January amid a surge in wage gains, while inflation accelerated, adding to financial market fears that the Fe...
Feb 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: People shop at a Target store during Black Friday sales in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 25, 2022. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska
Peoria Fire Department 2022 numbers released
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Fire Department was busy in 2022. Fire Chief Shawn Sollberger says the department responded to 20,312 calls last year. Of those calls, 804 of them were related to fire incide...
Feb 24, 2023 (Peoria Fire Dept.)
