Author Archives: Cooper Banks
U.S. and UK ready to punish Putin associates if Russia invades Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States and its allies have prepared a list of Russian elites in or near President Vladimir Putin's inner circle to punish with sanctions if Russia sends troops into Uk...
Jan 31, 2022 A service member walks near armoured personnel carriers of a mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during military exercises outside Kharkiv, Ukraine January 31, 2022. REUTERS/Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy
Peoria Fire: No injuries reported after vehicle fire at Unity Point Methodist parking deck
PEORIA, Ill. -- There are no injuries reported in the wake of a vehicle fire that hit outside a Peoria hospital. According to live emergency dispatch calls heard in the WMBD newsroom, firefighters and...
Jan 28, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria transit leaders celebrate $11M grant for CityLink maintenance upgrades
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria has one of the oldest transit maintenance facilities in the state of Illinois, but with the help of $11 million in new state grants, that's about to change. On Friday, Peoria tr...
Jan 28, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond, File
Russian buildup at Ukraine border includes blood for wounded, U.S. officials say
UPDATE: 2:51 p.m. CST WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian troop buildup along its border with Ukraine includes supplies of blood for the wounded, three U.S. officials told Reuters, a detail reinfo...
Jan 28, 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)
PPD: Arrest made in Peoria W. Forest Hill PNC Bank robbery
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have announced an arrest in an earlier bank robbery from last week. PPD says officers with the Criminal and Special Investigations units caught up with 31-year-old Monter...
Jan 28, 2022 (File-1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol)
Fiscal stimulus fuels U.S. economy in 2021 to its best performance since 1984
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy notched its strongest growth in nearly four decades in 2021 after the government injected trillions of dollars in COVID-19 relief, and is seen soldiering on thi...
Jan 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Warehouse workers deal with inventory stacked up to the ceiling at an ABT Electronics Facility in Glenview, Illinois, U.S. December 4, 2018. REUTERS/Richa Naidu/File Photo
'Truly grateful' Ben Roethlisberger retires
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger officially retired from football Thursday. In a two-plus minute video posted to Twitter with his wife, Ashley, and three kids, Roethlisberger put an ...
Jan 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Jan 16, 2022; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (7) throws a pass against the Kansas City Chiefs during the second half in an AFC Wild Card playoff football game at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports
Biden warns Putin with sanctions as West steps up Ukraine defenses
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he would consider personal sanctions on President Vladimir Putin if Russia invades Ukraine, as Western leaders stepped up militar...
Jan 26, 2022 A service member of the Ukrainian armed forces walks at combat positions near the line of separation from Russian-backed rebels outside the town of Avdiivka in Donetsk Region, Ukraine January 25, 2022. REUTERS/Maksim Levin
Peoria man indicted on multiple federal counts of alleged bank fraud
PEORIA, Ill. -- Federal authorities have announced the indictment of a Peoria man for an alleged multi-year bank fraud scheme. According to a release from the U.S. Attorneys Office of the Central Dist...
Jan 25, 2022 Midwest Communications
PPS tables vote on modified school calendar, for now
PEORIA, Ill -- Peoria Public Schools will not move to a modified learning calendar just yet as school board members elected to table a decision on the matter during a key meeting Monday. Superintenden...
Jan 25, 2022 Midwest Communications
