Author Archives: Cooper Banks
'Tsunami' of COVID-19 cases around world raises testing and quarantine fears
SYDNEY/ROME (Reuters) - Global COVID-19 infections hit a record high over the past seven-day period, Reuters data showed on Wednesday, as the Omicron variant raced out of control, keeping workers at h...
Dec 29, 2021 A man takes a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at a pharmacy as COVID-19 infections rise, in Rome, Italy, December 29, 2021. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Peoria leaders focus on problem of violence this week
Peoria, Ill --Peoria leaders want to discuss the problem of increased violence in the city. Today, Peoria Police Chief Eric Echavarria is scheduled to offer remarks on the issue, aiming to, "send a me...
Dec 29, 2021 Chief Eric Echevarria (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Gregarious NFL Hall of Fame coach John Madden dies at 85
(Reuters) - John Madden, the beefy, exuberant Super Bowl-winning coach of the Oakland Raiders who became one of America's best-known TV sports announcers and lent his name to a wildly successful footb...
Dec 29, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Former Oakland Raiders head coach John Madden waves to the crowd before the AFC-NFC Hall of Fame pre-season game in Canton, Ohio, August 6, 2006. REUTERS/Matt Sullivan
Illinois State Police announce changes to FOID card program
Peoria, Ill -- The state of Illinois is trying to streamline the processing of various Firearm Owner Idenfication card issues. In a release this week, Illinois State Police Firearms Services Bureau sa...
Dec 29, 2021 Midwest Communications
Former U.S. Senate majority leader Harry Reid dies at 82
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Harry Reid, the pugnacious son of a Nevada hard-rock miner who rose from poverty to become the U.S. Senate majority leader and earned a reputation as a fierce partisan fighter du...
Dec 29, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Newly elected Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), speaks during a news conference held at the Senate Radio and TV Gallery at the U.S Capitol in Washington November 16, 2004. REUTERS/Shaun Heasley SH/JRB/File Photo
Illinois expert advises COVID-19 caution for some this holiday season
Peoria, Ill -- One Illinois infectious disease expert says people at high-risk for serious illness from COVID-19 should be careful about holiday get togethers. However, the University of Illinois Scho...
Dec 28, 2021 Midwest Communications
CDC: Omicron estimated to be 58.6% of coronavirus variants
(Reuters) - The Omicron variant was estimated to be 58.6% of the coronavirus variants circulating in the United States for the week ending Dec. 25, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease ...
Dec 28, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. helps Ukraine to strengthen its border with Russia, Belarus
KYIV (Reuters) - The United States will finance projects including surveillance and monitoring equipment to strengthen Ukraine's borders with Russia and Belarus, amid continuing escalation with Moscow...
Dec 28, 2021 Members of the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service patrol along the Ukraine-Belarus border, near the border with Poland, in Volyn region, Ukraine November 16, 2021. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Gunman kills four in Denver-area shooting spree before he is killed by police
DENVER (Reuters) -A lone gunman shot four people to death and wounded three, including a police officer, on Monday in a Denver-area shooting spree that unfolded at several locations and ended with pol...
Dec 28, 2021
Peoria fire company remains out of service, perhaps another week
Peoria, Ill -- A beleaguered Peoria fire company remains out of service despite the highest hopes of a quick return and as COVID-19 infections continue spreading. Company Two, serving areas between We...
Dec 27, 2021 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
