Author Archives: Cooper Banks
PPS announces eLearning day for Friday as "concerns about travel" remain
PEORIA, Ill. -- Things won't return to normal for Peoria students just yet, as local school district leaders have announced another day of remote learning. Peoria Public Schools announced late Thursda...
Feb 03, 2022 Midwest Communications
U.S. says Islamic State leader killed in Syria raid
UPDATED: 2:32 p.m. AMMAN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The leader of Islamic State died when he blew himself and family members up during a U.S. military raid in Syria, President Joe Biden said on Thursday, d...
Feb 03, 2022 Debris and rubble are seen in the aftermath of a counter-terrorism mission conducted by the U.S. Special Operations Forces in Atmeh, Syria, February 3, 2022 in this picture obtained from social media. Courtesy of Mohamed Al-Daher/via REUTERS
U.S. intelligence: Russia may stage video to create pretext for Ukraine war
UPDATED: 12:45 p.m. (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence officials believe Russia has formed a plan to fabricate a pretext for an invasion of Ukraine, potentially by producing propaganda videos showing a sta...
Feb 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Chess pieces are seen in front of displayed Russia and Ukraine's flags in this illustration taken January 25, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
U.S. says Islamic State leader killed in Syria raid
UPDATED: 11:14 a.m. AMMAN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The leader of the jihadist group Islamic State died in a U.S. special forces raid in northern Syria on Thursday when he detonated a bomb that killed him...
Feb 03, 2022 Debris and rubble are seen in the aftermath of a counter-terrorism mission conducted by the U.S. Special Operations Forces in Atmeh, Syria, February 3, 2022 in this picture obtained from social media. Courtesy of Mohamed Al-Daher/via REUTERS
UPDATE: Flights resume at Peoria's airport after snowstorm stoppage
UPDATE: 2:21 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- Airlines are once again flying at General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport following a brief shut down of flights, presumably due to weather. Peoria airp...
Feb 02, 2022 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
ISP: Jack-knifed semi shuts down Central Illinois interstate
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's unclear how serious any injuries might be, but Illinois State Police say they responded to a jack-knifed semi blocking a major interstate in Central Illinois. It happened late Wed...
Feb 02, 2022 Midwest Communications
Day One: Stranded motorists, closed highway ramps and scrambling snow plows
PEORIA, Ill. -- Snow covered roadways, scrambling snow fighters, stranded motorists and sporadic traffic deadlocks are what marked the early part of Wednesday in Peoria, day one of what the Weather Ch...
Feb 02, 2022
Pritzker issues preemptive disaster declaration ahead of "Winter Storm Landon"
PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is issuing a disaster declaration ahead of a significant winter storm forecasters believe could bring a foot or more of snow to Peoria and perhaps as much a...
Feb 01, 2022 REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
LATEST: More school changes and parking bans extended for Thursday
PEORIA, Ill. -- Several municipal and educational authorities around the Peoria metro are extending parking bans and educational changes as a winter storm continues to impact Central Illinois. Here is...
Feb 01, 2022 Midwest Communications
Defiant Putin says West has ignored Russia's security concerns
KYIV/MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West on Tuesday of ignoring Russia's security concerns and deliberately creating a scenario designed to lure it into war. In his fir...
Feb 01, 2022 FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019 file photo, President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia. An Associated Press review shows the idea of Ukrainian interference took root during Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, was spread online and then amplified by Putin before some of America’s elected officials made it their truth. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
