Author Archives: Cooper Banks
Warmer June also dry while July could start with storms
PEORIA, Ill. -- We enter the month of the July with Independence Day celebrations across Central Illinois and looking back at a very hot and pretty DRY month of June. "Despite the pleasant end to the ...
Jul 02, 2022 FILE PHOTO: An electrical line technician works on restoring power after a tornado Vilonia, Arkansas April 29, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Texas, Ohio top courts allow abortion bans to take effect
(Reuters) -The top courts in Texas and Ohio on Friday allowed the Republican-led states to enforce restrictions and bans on abortions after the U.S. Supreme Court last week overturned the nationwide c...
Jul 02, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Abortion rights activists march past the home of United States Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S., June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Outgoing Peoria Sheriff's hand picked successor takes Republican primary
PEORIA, Ill. -- Outgoing Sheriff Brian Asbell's hand-picked successor had little trouble fending off a challenge from a fellow Peoria County officer to become the Republican nominee for Sheriff. By th...
Jun 29, 2022 Courtesy of 25 News
Newcomer Weaver tops incumbent Luft in Illinois House GOP Primary
PEORIA, Ill. -- A well established local politician is beaten by a grass-roots, upstart opponent, who says he benefited from a newly drawn 93rd State House District. Travis Weaver says he felt confide...
Jun 28, 2022 Midwest Communications
King and LaHood earn convincing GOP primary wins
PEORIA, Ill. -- Vote tallies have suggested there was never any doubt who was likely to win two key central Illinois Congressional Republican primary races. Incumbent GOP Congressman Darin LaHood over...
Jun 28, 2022 Esther for Congress
Police hunt for suspect in deadly Tuesday shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- A shooting reported Tuesday afternoon is confirmed to have been deadly and police are asking the public's help in finding the suspect. Peoria Police say officers got a shots-fired call...
Jun 28, 2022
Trump-backed Bailey declared winner of IL Republican gubernatorial primary
PEORIA, Ill. -- Just days after earning former President Donald Trump's "complete and total endorsement" during a campaign rally for Republicans at the fairgrounds in Mendon, Illinois, new GOP front r...
Jun 28, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Pritzker notches unsurprising win in Democratic gubernatorial primary
PEORIA, Ill. -- Incumbent Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker was declared the winner of the Democratic gubernatorial primary race roughly one hour after vote counting began across the state. It is an uns...
Jun 28, 2022 REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Trump did not care that Jan. 6 rioters were armed, ex-White House aide testifies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Then-President Donald Trump did not care that supporters at his Jan. 6, 2021, rally preceding the assault on the U.S. Capitol were armed, including with AR-15-style rifles, a Whi...
Jun 28, 2022 Cassidy Hutchinson, who was an aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows during the administration of former U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives to testify during a public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 28, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Michigan court tosses charges against ex-governor, others stemming from Flint water crisis
(Reuters) - The Michigan Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out charges against former Governor Rick Snyder and eight others in connection with the Flint water scandal, ruling that a lower court judge lac...
Jun 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A pictures of damaged pipes from Flint, a city struggling with the effects of lead-poisoned drinking water, is seen as Michigan Governor Rick Snyder (2nd L) attends a meeting between local and federal authorities with U.S. President Barack Obama in Michigan, May 4, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
