Author Archives: TJ Carson
Peoria Police investigate stolen speeding vehicles
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are looking for suspects in a case where three speeding vehicles were located in South Peoria. Peoria Police says the vehicles were found driving at a high rate of speed i...
Feb 23, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE - No reported incidents at Wednesday's IHSA boys basketball regional
UPDATED 3:40 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Police Department and Peoria Public Schools are praising a successful effort to keep people safe at postseason basketball games. Limited attendance restrict...
Feb 23, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
At derailment scene, Buttigieg urges U.S. railroads embrace reforms
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg toured the wreckage of this month's Ohio train derailment and toxic spill on Thursday and urged freight rail companies not ...
Feb 23, 2023 A general view of the site of the derailment of a train carrying hazardous waste in East Palestine, Ohio, U.S., February 23, 2023. REUTERS/Alan Freed
Peoria Spring Home Show at Civic Center this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - The annual Official Spring Home Show will take place at the Peoria Civic Center this weekend. The show features 138 exhibitors over three days in the Exhibit Hall showing off the newest...
Feb 23, 2023 (Home Builders Association of Greater Peoria)
UPDATE: Peoria man arrested on stolen vehicle charge
UPDATED 11:22 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man was arrested Tuesday after the discovery of a stolen vehicle. Peoria Police says their Special Investigations Division and Patrol Unit located a stolen v...
Feb 23, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Attendance restrictions at IHSA boys basketball regional at Peoria High School
PEORIA, Ill. - Concerns about recent gun violence in Peoria is causing some adjustments to attendance for local high school basketball postseason games. Peoria High School is hosting a Class 3A IHSA b...
Feb 22, 2023 Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria and Peoria Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat (T.J. Carson)
UPDATE: Biden administration unveils broad asylum restrictions at U.S.-Mexico border
UPDATED 5:29 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States could bar tens of thousands of migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border from claiming asylum under a proposal unveiled on Tuesday that woul...
Feb 21, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Migrants under the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program stand at the Lerdo-Stanton International Bridge after being returned from the U.S. to Mexico to continue their asylum application, in this picture taken from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, June 30, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
Wall St tumbles as Walmart, Home Depot forecasts disappoint
(Reuters) - Wall Street's main stock indexes fell more than 1% on Tuesday as gloomy forecasts from retailers Home Depot and Walmart added to worries that a sharp rise in interest rates and high inflat...
Feb 21, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., February 17, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
U.S. orders Norfolk Southern to clean polluted Ohio derailment site
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Tuesday ordered rail operator Norfolk Southern to clean up contaminated soil and water at the site of a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and to a...
Feb 21, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen at the headquarters of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
U.S. home sales post 12th straight monthly decline; house price inflation cools
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. existing home sales dropped to the lowest level in more than 12 years in January, but the pace of decline slowed, raising cautious optimism that the housing market slump cou...
Feb 21, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A "For Rent, For Sale" sign is seen outside of a home in Washington, U.S., July 7, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
