Author Archives: TJ Carson
East Peoria says emergency alert system breached by cybercriminal group
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - An emergency alert system for the city of East Peoria has been shut down after a security breach. The city says an organized cybercriminal group recently breached the OnSolve CodeR...
Dec 03, 2025 (City of East Peoria)
Prospect Road overhaul project approved by Peoria Heights trustees
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Trustees in Peoria Heights have given their approval to a project that will redesign Prospect Road. The project will stretch from Tower Park to War Memorial Drive. The main goal...
Dec 03, 2025 (Ed Hammond/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Trump to propose sharp rollback in US vehicle fuel economy rules
WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Wednesday will propose a significant rollback of fuel economy standards that former President Joe Biden had finalized last year, in its latest...
Dec 03, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 2, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Sean Grayson's attorneys seek new trial after murder conviction
Article Summary Former Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson is seeking a new trial after his second-degree murder conviction last month. He was charged with murder for shooting Sonya Massey, ...
Dec 03, 2025 Ex-Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson’s body camera footage shows the officers who greeted him on July 6, 2024, as he exited the home of Sonya Massey after fatally shooting her. Grayson disparaged Massey and called her “crazy” in the video, which his attorneys say should not have been shown in the trial that led to his second-degree murder conviction. (Screenshot from body camera footage)
Peoria County Sheriff's Office in search of alleged robbery suspect
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office is seeking help in finding a suspect in a robbery at a Peoria Walgreen's. The office says at around 4:00 P.M. on Tuesday, a middle aged black male rep...
Dec 02, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Appeals court weighs release of immigration detainees to electronic monitoring
Article Summary The Chicago-based 7th Circuit Court of Appeals is considering whether a lower court judge overstepped last month when he ordered the release of several hundred immigration detainees to...
Dec 02, 2025 The Dirksen Federal Courthouse is pictured in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria Riverfront Museum lights Christmas tree for 2025 season
PEORIA, Ill. - The lights of the Christmas season are shining brightly along Peoria's Riverfront Museum. A 75-foot Norway spruce tree adorned in more than 40-thousand lights was lit up for the first t...
Dec 02, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Home of Washington brewery on the market, business itself is not
WASHINGTON, Ill. - The home of a brewery in Washington is on the market. The building that houses Tangled Roots Brewery Company is being listed for sale by McColly Real Estate, for a price tag of $5.2...
Dec 02, 2025 (City of Washington--Facebook page)
Car fire occurs in front of Morton's Grundy School during the end of the school day
MORTON, Ill. - There were no reported injuries after a car fire Tuesday afternoon in front of Morton's Grundy School. In a statement from Morton District 709, the fire occurred just after 2:45 P.M. in...
Dec 02, 2025 (Morton School District Unit 709)
Pritzker signs bill allowing Illinois to issue state-specific vaccine guidelines
Article Summary Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill allowing the Illinois Department of Public Health to issue vaccine guidance independent of federal guidelines. It broadens IDPH's scope to consider the a...
Dec 02, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker signs House Bill 767 at a Dec. 2 news conference in Chicago. He said the bill will protect Illinoisians using science-backed guidelines, rather than “junk science” used by the federal administration under the guidance of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (CNI photo by Maggie Dougherty)
