Author Archives: TJ Carson
7th Circuit denies Madigan's bid to stay out of prison while he appeals corruption conviction
Article Summary Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan will still have to report to prison later this month after a federal appeals court denied his bid to stay out on bond while he fights his ...
Oct 04, 2025 Flanked by his two daughters, former Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan, the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history, departs the Dirksen Federal Courthouse after receiving a 7 ½-year prison sentence on corruption charges on June 13, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Mother of Peoria shooting victim remembers teenaged son
PEORIA, Ill. - The mother of a teenaged homicide victim in Peoria from this week says she is taking it one day at a time. 15-year-old Keyaun Hardimon was found shot dead in a home near Sheridan and Mc...
Oct 03, 2025 (25 News)
Hamas agrees to parts of Trump's Gaza plan, seeks more talks
CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas said on Friday it would agree to some of the terms in U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to end the Gaza war, including releasing hostages, but avoided addressing more vexing is...
Oct 03, 2025 Displaced Palestinians fleeing northern Gaza due to an Israeli military operation in the central Gaza Strip, October 1, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Bid to end shutdown fails in Senate; Trump freezes aid to Chicago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's administration froze $2.1 billion in Chicago transit funding on Friday, starving another Democratic city of funds as a bid to end the government shu...
Oct 03, 2025 A view of the U.S. Capitol dome, following a partial government shutdown in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 2, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
Sean 'Diddy' Combs sentenced to more than 4 years in prison over prostitution conviction
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sean "Diddy" Combs was sentenced on Friday to more than four years in prison over the hip-hop mogul's July 2 conviction on prostitution-related charges. Combs, 55, was convicted on...
Oct 03, 2025 Sean "Diddy" Combs listens as lawyer Alexandra Shapiro argues during a hearing over his bid to overturn his conviction on charges of transportation to engage in prostitution, at a courtroom in New York, U.S., September 25, 2025 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
Peoria man arrested after allegedly stealing police ammo during downtown shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Another person has been charged in connection to unrest that occurred following a shooting early Sunday morning in downtown Peoria. Peoria Police say 29-year-old Torrance Barber was arr...
Oct 03, 2025
Trump wants to cut federal aid to Portland as his anger with protesters grows
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump has directed his team to review federal aid to Portland, Oregon, that can be cut as his anger with the city's anti-government and anti-fascism protest...
Oct 03, 2025 A demonstrator dressed in an inflatable frog costume stands infront of law enforcement officers during a protest outside of the ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) headquarters in south Portland, Oregon, U.S., October 3, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Scuffles and arrests outside Chicago ICE facility that has been protest focus
BROADVIEW, Illinois (Reuters) -Several arrests were made on Friday as hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in suburban Chicago that has been t...
Oct 03, 2025 A demonstrator is detained as people protest outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Broadview facility in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., October 3, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska
FBI cuts ties with civil rights group Southern Poverty Law Center
(Reuters) -The FBI has cut ties with the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights organization that tracks extremist groups, after conservatives criticized the nonprofit for including slain right-w...
Oct 03, 2025 A person passes by the FBI seal on the wall of the FBI headquarters, days after the Trump administration launched a sweeping round of cuts at the Justice Department, in Washington, U.S., February 3, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Alleged downtown Peoria shooter to make court appearance Friday
PEORIA, Ill. - The man accused of shooting two people in downtown Peoria early Sunday morning will appear in court on Friday for a detention hearing. 29-year-old Adrian Morris is charged with two coun...
Oct 03, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
