Author Archives: Cooper Banks
Two fires, same Peoria house, both reportedly ruled arson
PEORIA, Ill. -- A house fire that kept Peoria crews busy both over last weekend and on Monday -- is now reported to have been arson -- both times. Flames originally sparked at the home Saturday. The h...
Mar 09, 2022 (25 News)
U.S. rejects Poland's offer to give it Russian-made fighter jets for Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States rejected a surprise offer by NATO ally Poland on Tuesday to transfer its Russian-made MiG-29 fighter jets to a U.S. base in Germany as a way to replenish Ukrain...
Mar 09, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Polish Air Force MiG-29 pilot Adrian Rojek performs during the Radom Air Show at an airport in Radom, Poland August 23, 2015. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File photo
Kasper: "We're moving out of this phase where 'everything is COVID'"
PEORIA, Ill. -- He says, "it's become more likely that regular seasonal things will become what people have rather than COVID." Dr. Doug Kasper, with the University of Illinois School of Medicine, spo...
Mar 08, 2022 Midwest Communications
Masking in state house legislative chambers in Springfield now optional
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- One Central Illinois Republican lawmaker is celebrating a new mask-optional policy now in place at the State House of Representatives in Springfield. State Representative Adam Nie...
Mar 08, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Triple A: Average gas prices jump another 15 cents overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Gas prices in Central Illinois continued steep increases from Monday into Tuesday. According to Triple A, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded in the Peoria-Pekin metro i...
Mar 08, 2022 Midwest Communications
Amid inflation, Peoria Civic Center sees historic revenues at Friday and Saturday shows
PEORIA, Ill. -- While inflation may be to thank for an historic weekend of revenue at the Peoria Civic Center, managers at the venue are still celebrating it as encouraging news. "We're continuing to ...
Mar 07, 2022 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Factbox-Bird flu spreads on U.S. poultry farms
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported outbreaks of a highly lethal type of bird flu in commercial flocks in Maryland and South Dakota over the weekend, adding to concerns that wild b...
Mar 07, 2022 Live chickens are transported in crates on a semi trailer truck into the Pilgrim's poultry processing plant in Enterprise, Alabama, U.S., November 30, 2021. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer/File Photo
U.S. WNBA All-Star Griner detained in Russia, customs service cites hash possession
(Reuters) - U.S. basketball officials said on Saturday they were closely monitoring the situation surrounding seven-time WNBA All-Star player Brittney Griner after Russia said it had detained a U.S. p...
Mar 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Brittney Griner of the United States gestures during a game against Australia at Saitama Super Arena in their Tokyo 2020 Olympic women's basketball quarterfinal game in Saitama, Japan August 4, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
PPD sting nets illegal firearms arrests and two out of state fugitives
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police arrested fugitives from other states including a murder suspect from Missouri this week. PPD is announcing the results of its most recent anti-violence enforcement effort...
Mar 04, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD
U.S. Supreme Court reinstates Boston Marathon bomber's death sentence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday reinstated convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence for his role in the 2013 attack that killed three people and wound...
Mar 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, arrested in the Boston Marathon bombing, is pictured in this handout photo presented as evidence by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston, Massachusetts on March 23, 2015. REUTERS/U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston/Handout via Reuters
