Author Archives: Cooper Banks
In Thanksgiving tradition, Biden pardons two chatty turkeys
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden, wearing his trademark aviator sunglasses, pardoned two turkeys from North Carolina named Chocolate and Chip on Monday, sparing them from Thanksgiving d...
Nov 21, 2022 Chocolate and Chip, the National Thanksgiving Turkeys, stand on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., November 21, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

OSF Exec. says rise in RSV and flu is a "concern" for now
PEORIA, Ill. -- While national leaders with the Children's Hospital Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics have pleaded for emergency government assistance due to a spike in respiratory di...
Nov 21, 2022 Midwest Communications
Colorado Springs shooting suspect allegedly issued bomb threat in 2021
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) -Police in Colorado Springs on Monday were expected to release more details about the weekend shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub that killed five people and injured 25 mo...
Nov 21, 2022 People react after a mass shooting at the Club Q gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S., November 20, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt
Weekend PPD Gun buybacks end swiftly due to massive demand
PEORIA, Ill. -- A weekend gun buyback event in Peoria had to be cut short because of sky-high demand, according to Peoria Police. PPD held a citywide gun buyback opportunity on Saturday --- no questio...
Nov 20, 2022 Photo courtesy of 25 News
Trump snubs Twitter after Musk announces reactivation of ex-president's account
(Reuters) -Donald Trump on Saturday said he had no interest in returning to Twitter even as a slim majority voted in favor of reinstating the former U.S. President, who was banned from the social medi...
Nov 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A photo illustration shows the suspended Twitter account of U.S. President Donald Trump on a smartphone and a lit window in the White House residence in Washington, U.S., January 8, 2021. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/Illustration/File Photo
Woman shot, killed after reported burglary call in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have announced some details related to the city's latest homicide, but a victim I.D. and precise motive for the shooting remain unknown. Just before 8:30 p.m. Saturday, P...
Nov 20, 2022 Midwest Communications
Two deaths reported as 'lake-effect' snowstorm paralyzes western New York
BUFFALO, N.Y. (Reuters) -An early winter "lake effect" storm dumped heavy snows on parts of western New York state on Friday, with at least two deaths reported, travel disrupted and icy powder expecte...
Nov 19, 2022 Residents walk on the street during a snowstorm as extreme winter weather hits Buffalo, New York, U.S., November 18, 2022. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario
ISU: No injuries in Friday cattle barn fires
LEXINGTON, Ill. --Illinois State University officials are announcing there were no injuries to people or animals in a massive blaze as ISU's Farm in Lexington. Flames somehow sparked inside the sprawl...
Nov 19, 2022
Home likely destroyed after early morning blaze in Washington
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- An investigation continues in the wake of a devastating fire in one Washington, Illinois neighborhood. Local fire officials say it happened just before 8:40 a.m. Friday morning at ...
Nov 18, 2022 Photo courtesy of 25 News
U.S. Justice Department names war crimes expert as special counsel for Trump probes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday named Jack Smith, a war crimes prosecutor, to serve as special counsel to oversee Justice Department investigations related to Don...
Nov 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump announces 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
