Author Archives: Cooper Banks
PPD: Peoria murder case closure rate in 2021 just over 26 percent
UPDATE: 1:12 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- While violent gun crimes saw a major drop in the first two months of this year in Peoria, police still have a lot of open murder cases left over from last year to sol...
Mar 04, 2022
Peoria man pleads guilty to federal charges in 2021 gun store burglary
PEORIA, Ill. -- Federal prosecutors say a Peoria has pleaded guilty to charges he stole more than 20 firearms from a local gun shop. 29-year-old Corey Brooks broke in through a window at Pinnacle Gun ...
Mar 04, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Ukraine and Russia agree on evacuation corridors as U.S. punishes oligarchs
BORODYANKA/LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine agreed on Thursday to the need for humanitarian corridors to help civilians escape Moscow's eight-day-old invasion, the first apparent progress ...
Mar 03, 2022 A woman pushes her bicycle after fleeing from Russia's invasion of Ukraine arrives at the border crossing in Sighetu Marmatiei, Romania, March 3, 2022. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
Pritzker promises new fight against corruption following Madigan indictments
UPDATED 10:29 a.m. Governor J.B. Pritzker is making a new pledge to lead a new fight against corruption in Illinois state government. His statements come after news of federal corruption related charg...
Mar 03, 2022 REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Public asked to help deputies and U.S. Marshals locate alleged sexual predator
PEORIA, Ill. -- Residents were being asked to help track down an alleged sexual predator who is now being treated as a fugitive from justice. The initial alert was issued shortly before 6 p.m. Wednesd...
Mar 02, 2022 (Peoria County Sheriffs Department)
East Peoria leaders approve two more short term rental businesses
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- There will be two more short term rental businesses coming to East Peoria, bringing more steady growth to a more recent evolution in the lodging business. On Tuesday night, East P...
Mar 02, 2022 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
Illinois State Fair announces headline entertainers for 2022 event
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- It'll be a little of everything for music lovers at this year's Illinois State Fair. The entertainment line-up for the annual event has been announced. All performances are slated...
Mar 02, 2022
Biden rallies Congress behind Ukraine, says Putin has 'no idea what's coming'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden assailed Russian President Vladimir Putin, barred Russian flights from American airspace and led Democratic and Republican lawmakers in a rare display o...
Mar 01, 2022 US President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union Address before lawmakers in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S., March 1, 2022. Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via REUTERS
Baseball-MLB and players fail to reach labor agreement, league cancels games
(Reuters) -Major League Baseball (MLB) and its players union failed to reach a labor agreement by the league's Tuesday deadline and as a result, MLB has cancelled the first two series of the regular s...
Mar 01, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Jun 29, 2021; Chicago, Illinois, USA; General view of fans watching a baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins during the third inning at Guaranteed Rate Field. Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports
Pritzker orders end to earlier Illinois school mask mandate
PEORIA, Ill. -- The tide is turning against continuing mask mandates and now Illinois' Governor is even ending a policy he'd been fighting in the courts to maintain. On Monday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker anno...
Feb 28, 2022 REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
