Author Archives: Cooper Banks
Resident injured and several pets dead or missing in North Pekin fire
PEKIN, Ill. -- One person was hospitalized and several pets reportedly died as the result of a house fire in North Pekin over the weekend. It happened around 1 a.m. Saturday at a home along Elm Street...
Nov 28, 2022 Midwest Communications
Shanghai protesters, police jostle as anger over China's COVID curbs mounts
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Hundreds of demonstrators in Shanghai shouted and jostled with police on Sunday evening as protests over China's stringent COVID restrictions flared for a third day followi...
Nov 27, 2022 Workers in protective suits keep watch behind a barrier at a sealed restaurant area, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China, November 26, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song
Soccer-Clash of youth in store as buoyant England take on U.S.
DOHA (Reuters) - If you're good enough, you're old enough, so the saying goes, and the young guns of England and the United States added credence to that theory with eye-catching performances in their...
Nov 25, 2022 Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - United States Training - Al Gharafa SC Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar - November 20, 2022 Tim Ream of the U.S. during training REUTERS/Pedro Nunes
Biden says his administration is engaged in talks to avert railroad strike
NANTUCKET, Mass. (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Thursday that his administration was involved in negotiations to avert a looming U.S. railroad strike that could shut down supply chains across ...
Nov 25, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to reporters during a visit to a fire station on Thanksgiving in Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S., November 24, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Colorado Springs shooting suspect appears in hearing with facial injuries
DENVER (Reuters) -The suspect in the mass shooting that killed five people and wounded 17 at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub appeared before a judge in a video link from jail on Wednesday, slumped ...
Nov 23, 2022 Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, the suspect in the mass shooting that killed five people and wounded 17 at an LGBTQ nightclub appears with state public defenders Joseph Archambault and Michael Bowman before a judge during his advisement hearing in a video link from jail, slumped to the side and in a wheelchair and showing facial injuries in a still image from video in Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. November 23, 2022. El Paso County Court/Handout via REUTERS
Walmart Chesapeake shooting: Manager kills 6 fellow workers and himself
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (Reuters) - A manager at a Walmart Inc. store in Virginia entered a break room and opened fire on fellow employees before turning the gun on himself, an eyewitness said on Wednesday, l...
Nov 23, 2022 Police officers stand in the parking lot after a mass shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, U.S. November 23, 2022. REUTERS/Jay Paul
Arraignment date set for alleged Peoria Heights arsonist
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. --A Peoria Heights man who allegedly burned down a home and damaged two others in the area last month now stands indicted by a grand jury. Skylar Walker, 32, is accused in the fir...
Nov 22, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
U.S. Supreme Court clears way for lawmakers to get Trump's tax returns
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the release of Donald Trump's tax returns to a congressional committee, handing a defeat to the Republican former president who had called the Dem...
Nov 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump approaches the podium to announce that he will once again run for U.S. president in the 2024 U.S. presidential election during an event at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
COVID-19 concern abates due to several key factors
PEORIA, Ill. -- A local expert on infectious diseases says COVID-19 has certainly reached an important and encouraging phase, at least when considering the bigger picture. Most COVID-19 strains are no...
Nov 22, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
U.S. consumers propel Thanksgiving air travel to highest level in 3 years
NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. airlines and airports are preparing for a surge in passengers over the Thanksgiving holiday, with the number of travelers expected to hit the highest level in three y...
Nov 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Travellers wait to process through a security checkpoint at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport before the Thanksgiving holiday in Seattle, Washington, U.S. November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo
