Author Archives: TJ Carson
Police investigating Peoria shots fired at a house
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating a Sunday night incident where multiple bullets were fired into a house. Peoria Police says officers responded to the 700 block of E. Maywood at 11:23 P.M...
Feb 20, 2023 Midwest Communications
Process to change gender on birth certificates in Illinois made easier
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - It's now easier for people born in Illinois to change the gender on their birth certificate. Governor J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed HB0009 into law, which makes the process easier...
Feb 20, 2023 Jim Bowen / CC
Fresh quake hits Turkey-Syria border area two weeks after disaster
ANTAKYA, Turkey (Reuters) -Another earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria on Monday, just two weeks after the area was devastated by a larger quake which killed more than 47,000 peopl...
Feb 20, 2023 A man speaks on the phone as he sits by a fire near a destroyed building in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Antakya, Turkey February 20, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
A family's tragedy leads to U.S. Supreme Court social media showdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nohemi Gonzalez, a 23-year-old aspiring industrial designer, ventured to Paris as a student at California State University, Long Beach on a study-abroad program. She lost her ce...
Feb 20, 2023 Beatrice Gonzalez and Jose Hernandez, the mother and stepfather of Nohemi Gonzalez, who was fatally shot and killed in a 2015 rampage by Islamist militants in Paris, pose for a portrait outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., February 16, 2023, days before justices are scheduled hear arguments in Gonzalez v. Google, challenging federal protections for internet and social media companies freeing them of responsibility for content posted by users in a case involving social media giant Google and its subsidiary YouTube, whom they argue bear some responsibility for their daughter’s death. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Male dies after police-involved shooting in Stark County
TOULON, Ill. - Illinois State Police says an investigation is underway after an officer involved shooting case in Stark County that left one person dead. Authorities say the Henry County Special Opera...
Feb 19, 2023 Midwest Communications
One dead after crash outside of Brimfield
BRIMFIELD, Ill. - An 83-year-old woman is dead after a one vehicle crash occurring overnight. The Peoria County Sheriff's Department says deputies responded to the crash site on the 17500 block of Wes...
Feb 19, 2023 Midwest Communications
Fire damages garage in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A Saturday morning garage fire is under investigation. The Peoria Fire Department says a call came in for the fire at around 9:00 A.M. at 2300 North Elmwood, near West Nowland Avenue. F...
Feb 19, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to receive hospice care -statement
(Reuters) -Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has decided to receive hospice care and "spend his remaining time at home with his family" instead of additional medical intervention, the Carter Center s...
Feb 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter reacts as his wife Rosalynn Carter (not pictured) speaks during a reception to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary in Plains, Georgia, U.S. July 10, 2021. John Bazemore/Pool via REUTERS
Blinken to talk aid and Nordic NATO bid in visit to quake-hit Turkey
INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Turkey on Sunday for an official visit and discussions on how Washington can further assist Ankara as it grapple...
Feb 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, U.S., February 8, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
U.S. declares Russia committed 'crimes against humanity' in Ukraine
MUNICH (Reuters) - The Biden administration formally concluded that Russia has committed "crimes against humanity" during its nearly year-long invasion of Ukraine, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris sa...
Feb 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A woman reacts as her brother is rescued after an apartment block was heavily damaged by a missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 15, 2023. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
