Author Archives: TJ Carson
93.3 The Drive "Drive for Miracles" radiothon takes place with 25th edition on Friday
PEORIA, Ill. - An annual fundraiser for the OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois in Peoria is hitting the quarter-century mark. The 25th Annual "Drive for Miracles" Radiothon on sister station 93.3 The...
Dec 05, 2025 (OSF HealthCare)
DOJ lawyer says it's 'wrong to allege' Operation Midway Blitz is over
Article Summary A Department of Justice attorney told a federal judge Thursday that the Trump administration's Chicago-area "Operation Midway Blitz" immigration enforcement campaign isn't over. The la...
Dec 05, 2025 A Border Patrol agent wears a body camera in Chicago in October. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria Salvation Army Tree of Lights campaign continues into second month
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Salvation Army's Tree of Lights campaign is now entering its second month. Major Heath Sells says the campaign has reached about 40% of its $2 million goal for 2025, which is...
Dec 04, 2025 Peoria Salvation Army Major Heath Sells speaks at Northwoods Mall during the kickoff of the 2025 Tree of Lights campaign. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US Senate Democrats seek vote on three-year extension of healthcare subsidies
WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats will demand votes next week on a three-year extension of an enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidy that is set to expire this month for 24 million peo...
Dec 04, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Signs for former Obamacare health insurance plans lay next to a fence in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S., January 28, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Sorensen calls for Hegseth to step down
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Peoria area's Democratic Congressman wants to see the Secretary of War leave the role one way or another. 17th District Congressman Eric Sorensen of Moline released a statement ...
Dec 04, 2025 Congressman Eric Sorensen speaks at the Illinois Farmers Union Annual Meeting in East Peoria. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
FBI arrests man suspected of planting bombs on eve of Jan 6, 2021 Capitol riot
UPDATE - 1:30 P.M. WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - The FBI arrested a man suspected of planting pipe bombs in Washington the night before the January 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol by supporters of Pre...
Dec 04, 2025 Police release tear gas into a crowd of pro-Trump protesters during clashes at a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Trump administration orders enhanced vetting for applicants of H-1B visa
WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Wednesday announced increased vetting of applicants for H-1B visas for highly skilled workers, with an internal State Department memo saying t...
Dec 04, 2025 An information sign for passport and visa appointments is displayed outside the U.S. embassy in London, Britain, May 29, 2025. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Pentagon review faults Hegseth over Signal messages on Yemen strikes
WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - A Pentagon investigation has faulted U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for using Signal on his personal device to transmit sensitive information about planned strikes i...
Dec 03, 2025 U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attends a cabinet meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 2, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Israel says it received body from Hamas as it indicates Rafah crossing could open
CAIRO/JERUSALEM, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Israel received a body that Hamas said was one of the last two deceased hostages in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, as Israel said it would allow Gaza's gateway to Egyp...
Dec 03, 2025 People hold images of dead hostages Ran Gvili and Sudthisak Rinthalak, whose bodies haven’t been returned yet, as Israelis attend a rally calling for the immediate return of the remains of all hostages held in Gaza, more than two years after the deadly October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, at the Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, November 29, 2025. REUTERS/Nir Elias
Peoria Public Schools preparing for renovations to Central Park Pool
PEORIA, Ill. - Now that it owns the facility, Peoria Public Schools is looking to renovate Central Park Pool. The district bought the facility earlier this year after the Peoria Park District decided ...
Dec 03, 2025 (25 News)
