Author Archives: Cooper Banks
VA Police tout quick response in preventing possible mass shooting
(Reuters) - Police in Richmond, Virginia said on Wednesday they thwarted a planned Fourth of July mass shooting in the state capital, after receiving a tip that possibly prevented an attack like the o...
Jul 06, 2022 A man installs memorials after a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, U.S. July 6, 2022. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
Open House unveils proposed downtown Peoria traffic changes
PEORIA, Ill. -- Local planners are proposing significant changes to two main thoroughfares through downtown Peoria, perhaps eliminating one way streets in the process. However, these changes will cert...
Jul 06, 2022 Dagny Mol / CC
Woodford County man charged for alleged sexual acts with teenage girl
GOODFIELD, Ill. -- A Central Illinois man and local campground resident is now accused of having sex with a 14-year-old girl. According to 25 News, the suspect is named as Jose Emmett, a man from Good...
Jul 06, 2022 (Woodford County Sheriffs Department via 25 News)
4th of July fire leaves no injuries, thousands in damage
PEORIA, Ill. -- There are no injuries reported in the wake of an overnight 4th of July fire in Peoria. It happened a little after 10:30 p.m. Monday at a property near North Sheridan and West Meadows L...
Jul 05, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Finland, Sweden sign to join NATO but need ratification
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO's 30 allies signed an accession protocol for Finland and Sweden on Tuesday, allowing them to join the nuclear-armed alliance once parliaments ratify the decision, the most sig...
Jul 05, 2022 Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde and Finland's Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto shake hands during a news conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, after signing their countries' accession protocols at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium July 5, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Fourth of July shooter on rooftop kills 6 in Chicago's Highland Park suburb
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (Reuters) -A gunman perched on a rooftop opened fire on families waving flags and children riding bikes at a Fourth of July parade on Monday, killing six and wounding more than 36 ...
Jul 05, 2022 Police deploy after gunfire erupted at a Fourth of July parade route in the wealthy Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, U.S. July 4, 2022 in a still image from video. ABC affiliate WLS/ABC7 via REUTERS
Shooting near Philadelphia concert wounds two police officers
(Reuters) -Two Philadelphia police officers were shot near the Benjamin Franklin Parkway late on Monday as thousands of people celebrated a Fourth of July concert and fireworks show with the crowd sca...
Jul 05, 2022 Midwest Communications
Early July 4th shooting claims teen's life in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Authorities say Peoria Police got called on a Shot-Spotter alert to the Taft Homes on Northeast Washington Street near downtown a little after 3:30 a.m. The alert reportedly mentioned ...
Jul 04, 2022 Midwest Communications
One Peoria woman arrested, another found dead Saturday
PEORIA, Ill. -- A local woman is arrested and charged and now local authorities are investigating the city's 11th homicide of the year after another woman was found dead inside a home just before sunr...
Jul 02, 2022 Midwest Communications
PPD: Three arrested on outstanding warrants, one ghost handgun seized
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria police are announcing details on recent arrests linked to the discovery of at least one ghost gun, along with several other illegal firearms. PPD says officers with the Special ...
Jul 02, 2022 Midwest Communications
