Author Archives: Cooper Banks
One killed in Memorial Weekend motorcycle crash near Northwoods Mall
PEORIA, Ill. -- We're learning more about a fatal motorcycle crash in Peoria over the Memorial Day weekend. According to a news release from Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood's office, the Peoria Po...
May 30, 2022 Midwest Communications
Cardinals CB Jeff Gladney killed in car accident
Arizona Cardinals cornerback Jeff Gladney was killed in a car accident early Monday morning. He was 25. His agent, Brian Overstreet, confirmed his death to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. "We are devast...
May 30, 2022 Midwest Communications
Ukrainian defenders hold out in Donbas city under heavy fire
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces on Sunday resisted a Russian assault on Sievierodonetsk, the largest city they still hold in the Luhansk region of the Donbas, but endured heavy artillery barrages, U...
May 29, 2022 Smoke rises above a self-propelled howitzer 2S1 Gvozdika of pro-Russian troops, which fired a leaflet shell in the direction of Sievierodonetsk to disperse information materials from combat positions in the Luhansk region, Ukraine May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Boat fire strikes Illinois River marina, injuring more than a dozen
SENECA, Ill. -- More than a dozen people are hurt following a boat fire reported not far down the Illinois River from Peoria this weekend. Illinois State Police reports their officers responded 4:26 p...
May 29, 2022 Midwest Communications
Intoxicated suspect arrested after striking victim at Peoria County 'saloon'
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- We're learning about a violent disturbance at a so-called saloon in rural Peoria County. Sheriff's deputies say they arrested 61-year-old David Baker for allegedly punching a vi...
May 27, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Police face questions over their response to Texas school massacre
UVALDE, Texas (Reuters) -The gunman in the Texas school massacre barged unchallenged through an unlocked door, then killed 19 children and two teachers while holed up in their classroom for an hour be...
May 27, 2022 Texas Department of Public Safety officers stand in front of a memorial outside Robb Elementary school, after a gunman killed nineteen children and two teachers, in Uvalde, Texas, U.S. May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Blinken says China strategy is about rules-based order, not 'new Cold War'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States does not seek to sever China from the global economy, but wants Beijing to adhere to international rules, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a long-...
May 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shows the way to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, before their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit, in Rome, Italy October 31, 2021. Tiziana Fabi/Pool via REUTERS
Trump must testify in New York probe, appeals court rules
(Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump must testify under oath in the New York Attorney General's civil investigation into his business practices, an intermediate state appeals court ruled on ...
May 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump points as he holds a rally in Florence, Arizona, U.S., January 15, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Peoria Police announce new crack down on "Pop Up Parties" and "Roving Vehicle Caravans"
UPDATED 1:48 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police have issued a warning about a new crack-down on so-called "Pop Up Parties" and reckless "Roving Vehicle Caravans" Police Chief Eric Echevarria Thursday t...
May 26, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Three Peoria teenagers arrested on gun charges after Springfield 'pop up party'
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Three young men from Peoria are now facing charges related to weapons violations in connection with an incident in Springfield. According to 25 News, Springfield Police say they r...
May 26, 2022 Midwest Communications
