Author Archives: Cooper Banks
School report card: Illinois gaining graduates, Peoria schools gaining ground
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The state's annual school report card has been released and it shows there were more high school graduates across Illinois this past year than any school year in the past decade. ...
Oct 27, 2022 Midwest Communications
TOWN HALL INFO: Public input needed on Peoria recreational cannabis regulations
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria city elected leaders want more public input as they consider refining the city's rules around marijuana dispensaries. Some of the questions the city still wants answered include...
Oct 27, 2022 (File-1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy)
No indication Russian nuclear drills are 'cover activity'- Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has not yet seen any indications that Russia's ongoing annual "Grom" exercises of its nuclear forces may be a cover for a real deployment, U.S. Defense Secreta...
Oct 27, 2022 A still image from video, released by the Russian Defence Ministry, shows what it said to be Russia's Tu-95MS strategic bomber taking off during exercises held by strategic nuclear forces at an unknown location, in this image taken from handout footage released October 26, 2022. Russian Defence Ministry/Handout
Two more teens charged in violent vehicle theft at UnityPoint
PEORIA, Ill. -- Two more teenagers have been arrested in connection with a violent purse snatching and vehicle theft from earlier this week. It happened Monday night, when police say a group of juveni...
Oct 27, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
Tesla faces U.S. criminal probe over self-driving claims-sources
Tesla Inc is under criminal investigation in the United States over claims that the company's electric vehicles can drive themselves, three people familiar with the matter said. The U.S. Department of...
Oct 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The interior of a Tesla Model S is shown in autopilot mode in San Francisco, California, U.S., April 7, 2016. REUTERS/Alexandria Sage
Peoria home sales remain lower due to multiple factors
PEORIA, Ill. -- Interest rate hikes and lower housing inventory continue dragging down sales numbers in the Peoria area. It's the latest from the Peoria Area Association of Realtors as they release fi...
Oct 26, 2022
Disagreement over growing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion office in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Council members don't seem to agree on the issue of growing the diversity, equity and inclusion office in the city. A proposal to add a management analyst to assist the city's c...
Oct 26, 2022 (File-1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy)
Violent purse snatching and car theft at UnityPoint, teens accused
PEORIA, Ill. -- Several teenage suspects are charged and a victim is left scarred following a reported violent purse snatching and car theft in Peoria Monday night. Peoria Police released details Tues...
Oct 25, 2022 (File-1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol)
U.S. in 'constant contact' with Russia about Griner, Biden says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is in "constant contact" with Moscow about Brittney Griner, the U.S. WNBA basketball star being held in Russia, President Joe Biden said on Tuesday, after her ...
Oct 25, 2022 U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner appears on a screen via video link from the detention centre during a court hearing to consider an appeal against her prison sentence, in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Region, Russia October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
Synchronized skating tournament coming to Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria will play host to a major event for synchronized figure skating. That's the announcement made today by The Peoria Area Convention and Visitor's Bureau. CEO J.D. Dalfonso was set...
Oct 25, 2022 (File-Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD)
