Author Archives: Cooper Banks
Rivian recalls nearly all vehicles made at Normal plant
NORMAL, Ill. --Electric truck and SUV maker Rivian Automotive is recalling thousands of vehicles, nearly all of the vehicles it's produced, in fact, saying there is a loose fastener that could potenti...
Oct 08, 2022 Greg Gjerdingen / CC
AG Raoul touts $395K grant for police and prosecutor hate crime training
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Attorney General Kwame Raoul's office says new grant money will help him train police and prosecutors all across the state about what hate crime looks like. On Friday, Raoul's off...
Oct 07, 2022 WMBD/State of Illinois
Biden cites Cuban Missile Crisis in describing Putin's nuclear threat
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin's threat to use nuclear weapons threatens to bring about the biggest such risk since the Cuban Missile Crisis, addin...
Oct 06, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks following a tour of IBM in Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S., October 6, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Governor candidates duel over SAFE-T Act, Abortion, Gun Rights and more
NORMAL, Ill. -- It was a prime time debate night for both of Illinois' top gubernatorial candidates, Republican State Senator and challenger Darren Bailey and incumbent Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzk...
Oct 06, 2022 Midwest Communications
OSF announces new 100-bed behavioral health facility is coming to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- A new deal is announced which OSF says will bring a brand new behavioral and mental health treatment center to the area, the state's largest anywhere south of Chicago. OSF announced an...
Oct 06, 2022 (OSF HealthCare)
Biden, Florida's DeSantis stress unity in Hurricane Ian recovery
FORT MYERS, Fla. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden met with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Wednesday to tour the devastation from Hurricane Ian, and stressed the need for a united federal and stat...
Oct 05, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden walk next to Florida governor Ron DeSantis and his wife Casey DeSantis as they tour Hurricane Ian destruction during a visit to Florida, in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, U.S., October 5, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
OPEC+ agrees deep oil production cuts, Biden calls it shortsighted
VIENNA/LONDON (Reuters) - OPEC+ agreed steep oil production cuts on Wednesday, curbing supply in an already tight market, causing one of its biggest clashes with the West as the U.S. administration ca...
Oct 05, 2022 Saudi Arabia's Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud and OPEC Secretary-General Haitham al-Ghais shake hands at the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) headquarters in Vienna, Austria October 5, 2022. REUTERS/Lisa Leutner
Cars appear to crash head-on, injuring two in Peoria
UPDATE 7:14 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. -- Two people are hurt following a vehicle crash that occurred late Wednesday at a busy Peoria intersection. Images from IDOT traffic cameras near the scene appeared to s...
Oct 04, 2022 (Illinois Department of Transportation traffic camera)
Illinois school graduation shooter gets maximum sentence
DIXON, Ill. -- A man will receive the maximum prison sentence allowable after pleading guilty to shooting at an Illinois high school graduation practice several years ago. It happened in 2018 at Dixon...
Oct 04, 2022 (Photo from KWQC-TV pool video via 25 News)
Biden to meet with DeSantis during Florida trip Wednesday -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will meet with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Wednesday during a visit to the state in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, the White House said on Tuesday...
Oct 04, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to reporters as he departs for Puerto Rico from the White House in Washington, U.S., October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
