Author Archives: TJ Carson
Obamacare premiums double, adding post Halloween fright for US health insurance shoppers
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Americans shopping for 2026 Obamacare health insurance plans are facing a more than doubling of monthly premiums on average and are likely to postpone signing up in hope...
Nov 01, 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
One person rescued from truck that crashed on I-74 early Saturday
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Fire needed the "Jaws of Life" to help rescue someone from their crashed vehicle early Saturday morning. The call came in just after 2:00 A.M. on eastbound Interstate 74 between ...
Nov 01, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Baseball-Dodgers force Game Seven in World Series with win over Blue Jays
TORONTO (Reuters) -The Los Angeles Dodgers kept alive on Friday their hopes of becoming Major League Baseball's first repeat champion in 25 years, with a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays that pu...
Nov 01, 2025 Oct 31, 2025; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow (31) and pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (18) celebrate after defeating the Toronto Blue Jays during game six of the 2025 MLB World Series at Rogers Centre. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images
US judge permanently blocks Trump order requiring voters to prove citizenship
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal judge on Friday permanently blocked part of an executive order from Republican U.S. President Donald Trump, ruling that the president cannot require voters to show passpo...
Oct 31, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 11, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Man injured after being struck by handgun in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - An investigation is underway after a man suffered a head injury reportedly from being struck multiple times by a handgun early Friday morning in South Peoria. Peoria Police says officer...
Oct 31, 2025
Man sentenced for fatal South Peoria hit-and-run crash in 2023
PEORIA, Ill. - A man has been given the maximum sentence in a deadly hit-and-run in South Peoria two years ago. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 41-year-old John Timothy Jr. was senten...
Oct 31, 2025 John Timothy, Jr. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Chance for lots of cash with Halloween candy in Mega Millions drawing
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Someone could get a bucket of cash instead of candy for Halloween this year. Friday's Mega Millions jackpot sits at $754 million after no one matched all six numbers in Tuesday's d...
Oct 31, 2025 (Mega Millions Consortium)
Disney networks go dark on YouTube TV after failed talks
(Reuters) -Disney's networks went dark on Google's pay-TV platform YouTube TV after negotiations to reach a licensing deal failed, the companies said in separate statements late on Thursday. The affec...
Oct 31, 2025 ESPN+ logo is displayed in this illustration taken on July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Tier 2 pension reform bill moves forward, but Pritzker says there's 'a lot more work' to do
Article summary A House panel passed a Tier 2 pension reform Wednesday, but only after promising to hold further action until the spring. Advocates say the reform is needed because the benefits under ...
Oct 30, 2025 Pat Devaney, secretary-treasurer of the Illinois AFL-CIO, testifies before a House committee Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, in favor of a bill to overhaul the state’s Tier 2 pension system. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Peoria man guilty for role in fatal East Bluff shooting in early 2024
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been convicted for his role in a fatal East Bluff shooting from early last year. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 41-year-old David Stone was found guil...
Oct 30, 2025 David Stone (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
