Author Archives: Cooper Banks
PPS Board: Recent dress code survey not officially sanctioned
PEORIA, Ill. -- Some school leaders in Peoria are going out of their way both to question and, perhaps to defend PPS District 150's current dress code. Peoria Public Schools Board member Anni Reinking...
Aug 13, 2022 Midwest Communications
UPDATED: U.S. House gives Biden a win with massive bill on climate change, drug prices
UPDATE: 7:27 a.m., August 13, 2022 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said he will next week sign into law a $430 billion bill that is seen as the biggest climate package in U.S. history, designed to cut...
Aug 12, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden gestures as he delivers remarks on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 28, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Police identify suspect who tried to breach Ohio FBI building
(Reuters) - Police in Ohio on Friday identified a 42-year-old Columbus man as the armed individual who tried to breach the FBI building in Cincinnati before being shot dead by officers following a car...
Aug 12, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A FedEx truck is inspected outside of the front gate of the FBI's Cincinnati Field Office, after police closed off Interstate 71 North after reports of a suspect attempting to attack the FBI building, in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S., August 11, 2022. REUTERS/Jeffrey Dean/File Photo
IDOT: Multi-Year infrastructure investment boosted by four billion dollars
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- If you ever thought there was any end in sight to all the road work, think again. The Illinois Department of Transportation is rolling out details of a newer multi-year infrastruc...
Aug 12, 2022 Illinois Department of Transportation
PPD: Officer uninjured, driver hospitalized after crash with patrol car
PEORIA, Ill. -- We're learning more about a traffic crash that involved a Peoria Police officer. PPD says it happened just after 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the intersection of West McClure Avenue and Nor...
Aug 10, 2022 Midwest Communications
Council unanimously supports RISE program, violence reduction grant framework
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's new RISE program, designed to assist local business owners hard hit by the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, will receive a fresh injection of cash following a report...
Aug 10, 2022 (File-1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy)
Republicans vow probe of FBI's Trump raid if they get U.S. House control
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans moved to turn the FBI's search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate into a campaign issue on Tuesday, vowing to probe what they alleged was political...
Aug 09, 2022 A view of former U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home after Trump said that FBI agents raided it, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. August 9, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Police: Masked suspects stick up pizza delivery driver in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. --We're learning about a reported robbery of a pizza delivery driver in Peoria this week. Police say it happened Thursday shortly after 11:40 a.m. The victim told officers he was deliveri...
Aug 05, 2022 Midwest Communications
Pritzker touts Illinois back to school sales tax holiday, starting Aug. 5
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Governor J.B. Pritzker took part of Thursday to encourage Illinois families to take advantage of an opportunity to purchase school supplies and a much lower sales tax rate. "Our p...
Aug 04, 2022 Midwest Communications
U.S. govt declares monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency
UPDATED 2:38 P.M. (Reuters) -The United States has declared monkeypox a public health emergency, the health secretary said Thursday, a move expected to free up additional funding and tools to fight th...
Aug 04, 2022 A person arrives to receive a monkeypox vaccination at the Northwell Health Immediate Care Center at Fire Island-Cherry Grove, in New York, U.S., July 15, 2022. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
