Author Archives: Cooper Banks
Landmark raises, retention bonuses in new 3-year Peoria union teacher contract
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Public Schools District 150 Board of Education members have now ratified an earlier announced collective bargaining agreement with union educators and staff in Peoria. On Septem...
Sep 27, 2022 Midwest Communications
Illinois farmers urged to petition Congress for red tape relief
PEORIA, Ill. -- Ag business operators in the region are being urged to take action and cry foul on a package of bills that will ramp up emissions reporting requirements for many Illinois farmers, if p...
Sep 25, 2022
Storm Fiona ravages Canada's east coast, causing 'terrifying' destruction
STEPHENVILLE, Newfoundland (Reuters) - Powerful storm Fiona ripped into eastern Canada on Saturday with hurricane-force winds, forcing evacuations, knocking down trees and powerlines, and reducing man...
Sep 25, 2022 A sailboat lies washed up on shore following the passing of Hurricane Fiona, later downgraded to a post-tropical storm, in Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada September 24, 2022. REUTERS/Eric Martyn
Putin allies express concern over mobilization 'excesses'
(Reuters) - Russia's two most senior lawmakers on Sunday addressed a string of complaints about Russia's mobilization drive, ordering regional officials to get a handle on the situation and swiftly so...
Sep 25, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Governor of the Novgorod region Andrei Nikitin in the city of Veliky Novgorod, Russia, September 21, 2022. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
25-year-old killed as police investigate Peoria's 19th homicide of 2022
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have been investigating the city's 19th homicide of the year following a shooting reported overnight. Officers say the initial report came in around 12:54 a.m. Saturday o...
Sep 24, 2022 Midwest Communications
Judge rules that Arizona can enforce near-total abortion ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Arizona judge ruled on Friday that a 1901 ban on nearly all abortions in the state can be enforced after being blocked for about 50 years, a decision that drew immediate crit...
Sep 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO - Fencing including razor wire forms a barrier to the Arizona state Capitol complex after it was installed following protests against the United States Supreme Court after it overturned the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision, in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Caitlin O’Hara
Dow drops but narrowly avoids confirming bear market status
(Reuters) -The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled to its lowest level since November 2020 on Friday, but narrowly missed ending more than 20% below its Jan. 4 closing record high. A Dow cl...
Sep 23, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A screen charts the Dow Jones Industrial Average during the trading day on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Suspect wanted region-wide arrested after Peoria Police shooting investigation
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man wanted by law enforcement agencies in multiple jurisdictions across central Illinois is now in police custody following Peoria Police investigators' work in the wake of a shootin...
Sep 23, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Fire Chief announces $4M in federal grants to hire new firefighters
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Fire Chief Shawn Sollberger is celebrating confirmation that his department will indeed receive a massive federal grant which will go toward funding much needed new hires. Sollb...
Sep 21, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Biden accuses Russia of 'irresponsible' nuclear threats, violating U.N. charter
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden accused Russia on Wednesday of violating the core tenets of membership in the United Nations by invading Ukraine and said Moscow was making "irrespon...
Sep 21, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 21, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
