Author Archives: TJ Carson
Peoria Police Chief discusses enforcement of city's nuisance ordinance
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's police chief says the city's new nuisance ordinance will not interfere with constitutional rights. Chief Eric Echevarria released a statement on Friday to announce the implemen...
Oct 17, 2025 Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria takes questions regarding safety during online transactions on January 17th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Homecoming takes place this weekend for Bradley University
PEORIA, Ill. - Alumni from near and far are returning to Bradley University this weekend for Homecoming. Homecoming activities are scheduled to begin Friday night, with the Lighting of the "B" and fir...
Oct 17, 2025 (Bradley University)
Bellevue man arrested for allegedly possessing and distributing child pornography
BELLEVUE, Ill. - A Bellevue man has been arrested after allegedly being in possession of child pornography. The Peoria County Sheriff's Office says 26-year-old Rose Magnus was arrested Thursday mornin...
Oct 17, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Zelenskiy to seek weapons from Trump in the shadow of a new Putin summit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Volodymyr Zelenskiy will ask Donald Trump for Tomahawk missiles on Friday but the surprise announcement that the U.S. President will meet with Vladimir Putin in Budapest appeared...
Oct 17, 2025 Rescuers work at the site of an apartment building which was hit by Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine August 28, 2025. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
State-based health insurance marketplace opens amid federal budget stalemate
Article summary: Open enrollment for health insurance sold through the Affordable Care Act marketplace begins Nov. 1 and runs through Jan. 15, 2026. Many people will see their out-of-pocket premiums i...
Oct 17, 2025 Ann Gillespie, a former state senator who is now the state’s insurance department director, is pictured at a news conference with Gov. JB Pritzker and others in 2023. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
UPDATE: Victim identified in fatal crash Thursday night in Peoria
UPDATED 3:47 P.M. 10/17 PEORIA, Ill. - The victim in a fatal pedestrian versus vehicle crash in Peoria on Thursday night likely died instantly. That's the finding after an autopsy was conducted Friday...
Oct 16, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria-area therapist believes dealing with traumas can reduce youth violence
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria-area therapist is suggesting a compassionate approach to solving the area's youth crime problem. Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria spoke out after three teenagers were arrest...
Oct 16, 2025 A man was shot in the head in the 2300 block of W. Antoinette in Peoria Sunday afternoon. (25 News)
Ex-national security adviser Bolton latest charged in Trump crackdown on critics
GREENBELT, Maryland (Reuters) -John Bolton, Donald Trump's former national security adviser, was indicted on Thursday on charges of retaining and transmitting national defense information, marking the...
Oct 16, 2025 Former National Security Advisor John Bolton speaks at the John F. Kennedy Jr Forum at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., September 29, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
US appeals court rejects Trump bid to deploy National Guard in Illinois for now
CHICAGO (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected the Trump administration's request to pause a lower court ruling that temporarily blocks the deployment of National Guard troops in Illi...
Oct 16, 2025 National Guard members walk at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Broadview facility in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., October 9, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Peoria man arrested after allegedly creating unauthorized video recordings
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been arrested on numerous charges that include stalking and unauthorized videotaping. Peoria Police says officers responded on October 4th to the area of Glen Oak Avenu...
Oct 16, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
