Author Archives: TJ Carson
Peoria Fire honors for efforts to install smoke detectors in homes
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Fire Department is celebrating a significant safety milestone. The department was honored Tuesday morning by the Illinois Fire Safety Alliance for installing 1,000 free smoke...
Dec 02, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Washington shooting suspect charged with murder, ordered held in jail
WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - The suspect accused of shooting two National Guard members in an ambush in downtown Washington, D.C., last week was charged on Tuesday with murder and other offenses as h...
Dec 02, 2025 A makeshift memorial at the site of a shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2025. REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz
Former Honduran president released from US prison after Trump pardon
WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump, who has cast himself as a relentless foe of illegal drugs, pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, freeing him from a 45-year s...
Dec 02, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Honduras former President Juan Orlando Hernandez is escorted by authorities as he walks towards a plane of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for his extradition to the United States, to face a trial on drug trafficking and arms possession charges, at the Hernan Acosta Mejia Air Force base in Tegucigalpa, Honduras April 21, 2022. REUTERS/Fredy Rodriguez/ File Photo
Bartonville youth sports charged with alleged inappropriate conduct with minor
PEORIA, Ill. - A Bartonville coach has been charged with allegedly making inappropriate conduct with a minor earlier this year. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 22-year-old Aydan Trueb...
Dec 01, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Second defendant in Peoria home invasion case ordered to remain in jail
PEORIA, Ill. - A 23-year-old man must remain in jail until trial for his alleged role in a home invasion at a Peoria apartment complex that led to the death of a teenager. The Peoria County State's At...
Dec 01, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
White House says admiral approved second strike on boat from Venezuela, defends attack as lawful
WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The White House said on Monday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth authorized an admiral to conduct multiple strikes on a vessel from Venezuela allegedly carrying illegal...
Dec 01, 2025 U.S. Navy Admiral Frank "Mitch" Bradley delivers remarks during the USSOCOM Change of Command Ceremony in Tampa, Florida, U.S. October 3, 2025. Airman 1st Class Monique Stober/U.S. Special Operations Command/Handout via REUTERS.
White House says Trump MRI was preventative, president in excellent health
WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Monday that a recent MRI conducted on President Donald Trump was preventative in nature and revealed that he was in g...
Dec 01, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during travel to Washington, D.C., from Palm Beach International Airport, Florida, U.S., November 30, 2025. REUTERS/Anna Rose Layden/File Photo
US agency will charge $45 fee for air passengers without REAL IDs
WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Security Administration said on Monday it will begin charging air travelers $45 on February 1 if their IDs do not meet stricter federal standards,...
Dec 01, 2025 A Real ID signage is displayed at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City, U.S., May 7, 2025. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper
Peoria Public Works focused on clearing residential streets Sunday
PEORIA, Ill. - With the first snowstorm of the year complete, Peoria Public Works says snow clearing operations are going well. In its Sunday morning update, Public Works says the city's main arterial...
Nov 30, 2025 Peoria snowplow on the streets following the first real snow storm of 2024. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--TJ Carson)
Ukrainian delegation heads to US for peace talks after lead negotiator's exit
KYIV, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that a delegation headed by security council secretary Rustem Umerov was on its way to the United States to continue t...
Nov 29, 2025 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and U.S. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll attend a meeting, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, November 20, 2025. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
