Author Archives: Cooper Banks
Peoria's options to limit panhandling are also more limited
PEORIA, Ill. -- The City of Peoria is considering new ways to curb panhandling, but their options are somewhat more limited now. Recent court action has essentially established constitutional free spe...
Apr 28, 2022 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Biden seeks $33 billion for Ukraine, a huge jump in funding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden asked Congress for $33 billion to support Ukraine - a dramatic escalation of U.S. funding for the war with Russia - and for new tools to siphon assets from Ru...
Apr 28, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks while visiting a POET Bioprocessing plant in Menlo, Iowa, U.S., April 12, 2022. REUTERS/Al Drago
Crews work to resolve water distribution issue in Chillicothe
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's still not entirely clear exactly when public works officials in Chillicothe will resolve an ongoing water distribution issue. Thousands of customers in Chillicothe are still advis...
Apr 28, 2022 25 News
Local residents warned of massive Ameren Illinois rate hikes coming by June
PEORIA, Ill. -- Local residents are being warned of a massive hike in energy prices coming within the next month. You're told to prepare your budgets for an average $500 per year increase in your Amer...
Apr 27, 2022 (Ameren Illinois)
Report: Police & Fire pension funding solutions remain risky and costly for taxpayers
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria City leaders are on the hunt for different solutions to a long standing problem, how to fund a growing mountain of police and fire pension obligations on time. Under current sta...
Apr 27, 2022 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
U.S. judge blocks plan to lift COVID border restrictions for migrants
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge in Louisiana has ruled that U.S. authorities cannot immediately proceed with plans to lift pandemic restrictions that empowered U.S. agents at the Mexico border t...
Apr 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A man, part of a migrant caravan that arrived in the night in Mexico City, gets tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Basilica of Guadalupe's Pilgrims House in Mexico City, Mexico December 13, 2021. REUTERS/Luis Cortes/File Photo
Peoria Deputies arrest one, seize 100g of illicit marijuana after traffic stop
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria County Sheriff's Office says it seized more than 100 grams of black market marijuana following a traffic stop this week. Deputies say they spotted a suspect vehicle making a...
Apr 26, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
U.S., allies promise heavy arms for Ukraine, shrug off Russian nuclear warning
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany/KYIV (Reuters) -The United States and its allies pledged new packages of ever heavier weapons for Ukraine during a meeting on Tuesday at a German air base, brushing off a th...
Apr 26, 2022 A man walks near a residential building destroyed during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 17, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Commemorative event honors three Tazewell County Underground Railroad "conductors"
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Local residents and dignitaries were encouraged to take time to attend a commemorative event over the weekend meant to honor several local members of the mid-19th Century Undergro...
Apr 24, 2022 A copy of a daguerreotype taken by N.H. Shephard in Springfield, IL in 1846, when Lincoln was a Congressman. It is the earliest photograph of Abraham Lincoln known to exist. The original daguerreotype is in the collection of the Library of Congress. (AP Photo)
PPD: Suspects found with ammunition, hidden firearm during traffic stop
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police are announcing details about new gun arrests as new police Chief Eric Echavarria holds a promise to crack down on violent criminals, including those who misuse firearms. ...
Apr 24, 2022 Midwest Communications
