Author Archives: TJ Carson
EV maker Rivian gives CEO a Musk-style pay package worth up to $4.6 billion
(Reuters) -Rivian Automotive on Friday replaced Chief Executive RJ Scaringe's previous compensation plan with an award worth up to $4.6 billion that will only pay out if the electric-vehicle maker hit...
Nov 07, 2025 Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe tours the inside of electric auto maker Rivian's manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois, U.S. June 21, 2024. REUTERS/Joel Angel Juarez
UPDATE: Man ordered to remain in jail after allegedly breaking into apartment and pistol-whipping girlfriend at Peoria apartment
UPDATED 3:55 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man was ordered detained by a judge after he allegedly forced his way into his girlfriend's apartment and pistol-whipped her. The Peoria County State's Attorn...
Nov 07, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Drought continues throughout central Illinois, little relief forecasted
PEORIA, Ill. - Drought conditions continue to persist across central Illinois. The latest U-S Drought Monitor report released on Thursday shows all of Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford, Fulton, Marshall, and...
Nov 07, 2025 (NOAA/National Weather Service)
Washington to install new lights in downtown area
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Lighting upgrades will soon be coming to Washington's downtown square and surrounding area. The city council this week approved spending more than 23-thousand dollars to install LED...
Nov 07, 2025 (City of Washington--Facebook page)
Big lottery jackpots up for grabs this weekend
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A lot of money is up for grabs in multi-state lotteries this weekend. It starts Friday night with an $843 million jackpot for Mega Millions. The prize has a cash option of more tha...
Nov 07, 2025 (Multi-State Lottery Association/Mega Millions)
Trump administration seeks to block food aid funding order
(Reuters) -The Trump administration asked a federal appeals court to block a judge's order that the U.S. Department of Agriculture provide full November food stamp benefits to 42 million low-income Am...
Nov 07, 2025 Volunteers place food items in vehicles during a mobile food distribution at Cedar Creek High School, as nearly 42 million Americans face a potential lapse in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, known as food stamps, due to the second-longest U.S. government shutdown, in Cedar Creek, Texas, U.S., November 1, 2025. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee
Restrictions on federal immigration agents' use of riot control weapons extended indefinitely
Article Summary A federal judge has indefinitely extended restrictions on immigration agents' use of riot control weapons like tear gas and pepper balls without adequate justification or warning to th...
Nov 07, 2025 The Rev. David Black, senior pastor for the First Presbyterian Church in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood, speaks during a news conference Thursday after a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction indefinitely restricting immigration agents’ use of riot control weapons like pepper balls and tear gas. Black, a plaintiff in the lawsuit that spurred the ruling, was hit with pepper balls “at least” seven times during a protest at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Broadview, Illinois, processing facility in September, including twice in the head. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
Peoria International Airport not a top 40 airport, but still could be affected by flight cuts
PEORIA, Ill. - The head of Peoria International Airport says he expects some impacts due to a reduction in flights nationwide. US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ordered flight cuts to begin at th...
Nov 06, 2025 Travelers wait in line at Peoria International Airport on November 27th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Former Farmington teacher's aide pleads guilty to allegedly soliciting minor
FULTON COUNTY, Ill. - A former Farmington teacher's aide arrested after allegedly soliciting a minor at her home has pleaded guilty. 40-year-old Kelli Miller was arrested in August last year for indec...
Nov 06, 2025 courtroom gavel
Woman to remain in jail for allegedly setting apartment on fire due to government shutdown anger
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman who allegedly set her apartment on fire due to anger from the government shutdown must stay in jail until her trial. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 45-y...
Nov 06, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
