Author Archives: Cooper Banks
UPDATED: Woman with four kids in the car shot in Peoria
UPDATE: 6:07 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. --Peoria Police say a woman was shot inside a vehicle with four children sitting nearby this (Thursday) afternoon in what initially appears to be a collateral damage inc...
Oct 13, 2022 (25 News)
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Trump request over seized documents
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected former President Donald Trump's bid to have an independent arbiter vet classified documents that were seized by the FBI from his Florida home as ...
Oct 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. president Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Youngstown, Ohio, U.S., September 17, 2022. REUTERS/Gaelen Morse/File Photo
U.S. Capitol attack panel opens, promising new details on Trump's role
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump's supporters opened what could be its last public hearing on Thursday with ...
Oct 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Police clear the U.S. Capitol Building with tear gas as supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather outside, in Washington, U.S. January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith/File Photo
Ameren: Winter heating costs will rise in service region
PEORIA, Ill. --Ameren Illinois confirms winter heating cost hike concerns for local customers, saying the utility still has a significant amount of natural gas to purchase before they're fully stocked...
Oct 12, 2022 (Ameren Illinois)
Alex Jones must pay Sandy Hook families $965 million for hoax claims, jury says
(Reuters) -Alex Jones must pay $965 million in damages to numerous families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting for falsely claiming they were actors who faked the tragedy, a Connecticut j...
Oct 12, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Infowars founder Alex Jones speaks to the media after appearing at his Sandy Hook defamation trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S., October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
Last Honor Flight of 2022 returns to Peoria soon
PEORIA, Ill. -- The latest group of area military veterans to travel to Washington D.C. for memorial tours returns tonight and this will reportedly be the final Honor Flight of the year. More than 70 ...
Oct 11, 2022
Extended fall break isn't for everyone in Peoria Public Schools
PEORIA, Ill. -- While most students in Peoria are enjoying an extended fall break, there are still hundreds who require services provided at local school facilities. Peoria Public Schools District 150...
Oct 11, 2022 Midwest Communications
Legendary WEEK-TV weatherman Vic Burnett dies at age 91
PEORIA, Ill. -- Many local residents will be saddened to hear a voice from their childhood has passed on. Well known 25 News weatherman Vic Burnett died Friday. An Air Force veteran during the period ...
Oct 09, 2022
Tazewell Co. top cops file lawsuit to stop SAFE-T Act
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. -- Top cops in Tazewell County have filed suit to stop the SAFE-T Act from taking effect next year. 25 News reports that Tazewell County State's Attorney Kevin Johnson and Sherif...
Oct 08, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Explosion destroys part of Crimea bridge crucial to Russian war effort
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Defence Ministry said on Saturday that Russian troops fighting in the Mykolaiv, Kryvyi Rih and Zaporizhzhia regions of southern Ukraine could receive all the supplies they ...
Oct 08, 2022 A view shows a fire on the Kerch bridge at sunrise in the Kerch Strait, Crimea, October 8, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer
