Author Archives: Cooper Banks
Rainy conditions likely slowed demolition work at stricken BioUrja plant
PEORIA, Ill. -- There is still plenty of work to go at the site of the stricken BioUrja Renewables plant in Peoria. Interim Peoria Fire Chief Shawn Sollberger released an update on the situation Thurs...
May 26, 2022 (Cooper Banks/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Two days after Texas school massacre, some details remain murky
UVALDE, Texas (Reuters) - Two days after a teenage gunman murdered 19 children and two teachers inside a South Texas elementary school classroom, many details surrounding the massacre remained murky, ...
May 26, 2022 Law enforcement personnel investigate the scene at Robb Elementary School, the site of a mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, U.S. May 25, 2022. REUTERS/Nuri Vallbona
Top Republican candidates for Illinois Gov. debate from a distance
CHICAGO, Ill. -- It was an unusual way to have a primary election debate -- on two separate stages -- at two separate locations -- on two separate TV outlets. That's how the six Republican candidates ...
May 25, 2022 Midwest Communications
Divided Peoria City Council gets testy over violent crime study
PEORIA, Ill. -- Anger and frustration over Peoria's problem with violent street crime reached a fever pitch during this week's City Council meeting. Passions were perhaps stirred somewhat by Tuesady's...
May 25, 2022 (File-1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy)
UPDATE: Gunman kills 19 children, 2 teachers at Texas elementary school
UPDATE: 10:39 a.m. UVALDE, Texas (Reuters) -The 19 children and two teachers massacred at a South Texas elementary school were in a single fourth-grade classroom where the gunman barricaded himself, a...
May 25, 2022 People react outside the Ssgt Willie de Leon Civic Center, where students had been transported from Robb Elementary School after a shooting, in Uvalde, Texas, U.S. May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Trump rebuked in Georgia as Republicans reject his hand-picked midterm challengers
ATLANTA (Reuters) -Georgia Republicans on Tuesday dealt Donald Trump his biggest defeat in his bid to play kingmaker in this year's U.S. midterm elections, choosing Governor Brian Kemp and Secretary o...
May 25, 2022 Governor Brian Kemp speaks after winning the Republican primary during his primary election watch party in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Dustin Chambers
Biden says no change on 'strategic ambiguity' as Taiwan overshadows Quad talks
TOKYO (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Tuesday there was no change to a U.S. policy of "strategic ambiguity" on Taiwan, a day after he angered China by saying he would be willing to use force t...
May 24, 2022 Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese, U.S. President Joe Biden, Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, pose for photos at the entrance hall of the Prime Minister’s Office of Japan in Tokyo, Japan, May 24, 2022. Zhang Xiaoyu/Pool via REUTERS
One shot, wounded in overnight drive-by shooting in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- One person is injured in the wake of a reported drive-by shooting in Peoria last night. Police say the Shotspotter alert went out around 11 p.m. in an area of North Peoria Avenue and E...
May 24, 2022 Midwest Communications
Backing Trump foe, Pence asks Republicans to focus on the future
KENNESAW, Ga. (Reuters) - Former Vice President Mike Pence campaigned for one of his ex-boss' nemeses on Monday night in the Republican primary for governor of Georgia, urging voters not to dwell on t...
May 24, 2022 Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence attends a rally for Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, ahead of the state's Republican primary, in Kennesaw, Georgia, U.S. May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer
WHO says monkeypox outbreak 'containable', confirms 131 cases outside Africa
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday there have been 131 confirmed monkeypox cases and 106 further suspected cases since the first was reported on May 7 outside the c...
May 24, 2022 Test tubes labelled "Monkeypox virus positive" are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
