Author Archives: Cooper Banks
Canton school on alert Friday for threatening bathroom note
Peoria, Ill -- Authorities say a violent note scrawled in a middle school bathroom in Canton -- is not a credible threat. It's the latest since the discovery was made earlier this afternoon. According...
Dec 10, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
'Drive For Miracles' collects over $256K for OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois
UPDATE: 5:41 p.m. Peoria, Ill -- Sister station 93.3 The Drive managed to raise more than $256,000 for OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois in their annual "Drive for Miracles" fundraiser. For the last...
Dec 09, 2021 1470/100.3 WMBD
Actor Jussie Smollett found guilty of staging fake hate crime
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Actor Jussie Smollett, the one-time star of the TV drama "Empire," was found guilty on Thursday of staging a hate crime against himself in what prosecutors said was a bid to gain s...
Dec 09, 2021 Former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett leaves court during his trial for six counts of disorderly conduct on suspicion of making false reports to police, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. December 8, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska
Michigan school shooting 'entirely preventable', says $100-million federal lawsuit
(Reuters) - A deadly shooting rampage at a Michigan high school last week was "entirely preventable," according to a $100 million federal lawsuit filed on Thursday against the Michigan school district...
Dec 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Jail booking photos taken of Ethan Robert Crumbley, 15, charged with first-degree murder in a high school shooting in Michigan, U.S. December 1, 2021, in a combination photograph with his parents Jennifer Lynn Crumbley and James Robert Crumbley who were taken into custody December 3, 2021. Oakland County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS
Peoria Mayor hopes to lead push to buy more time for pension obligations
Peoria, Ill -- Peoria's Mayor now wants to take a leadership role in pushing the timeline for Illinois pension obligations. Mayor Rita Ali says she wants to be the one to bring mayors together from ac...
Dec 07, 2021 (City of Peoria)
Illinois Republican pushes bill to ban vaccine mandates in the state
Peoria, Ill -- One Republican state lawmaker in Illinois thinks he can gather support behind a proposed statewide ban on vaccine mandates. The so-called "Freedom Act" (HB 4239) would make it, "unlawfu...
Dec 06, 2021 State Rep. Adam Niemberg (Illinois General Assembly)
Accused East Bluff killer and arsonist gets $2M bond
Peoria, Ill -- A man blamed for this week's house-fire-turned-homicide in Peoria's East Bluff will remain jailed on $2 million bond. 28-year-old Tahir Goodman went up for a bond hearing on Friday. He'...
Dec 04, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail
Parents of suspected Michigan school shooter, themselves wanted, taken into custody
(Reuters) -The parents of a Michigan teenager accused of murdering four fellow high school students were taken into custody on Saturday, a day after each was charged with four counts of involuntary ma...
Dec 04, 2021 Photographs of James and Jennifer Crumbley, who had been scheduled for arraignment on four counts of manslaughter after authorities say their son Ethan, 15, carried out the deadliest U.S. school shooting of 2021 in Oxford, Michigan, U.S., are seen in these undated handout photos released by police on December 3, 2021. Oakland County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
GoFundMe page started for woman strangled & left for dead in Peoria's East Bluff
UPDATED 4:18 p.m. PEORIA, Ill -- A GoFundMe page is now posted to help the family of a woman reportedly strangled to death and then burned in Peoria's East Bluff this week. You'll remember the case in...
Dec 03, 2021
Vaccine makers could make Omicron-specific booster, says Fauci
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -COVID-19 vaccine makers have contingency plans to deal with the Omicron variant that include a combination vaccine against the original version and the variant as well as a varia...
Dec 03, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A syringe is filled with a dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up community vaccination center at the Gateway World Christian Center in Valley Stream, New York, U.S., February 23, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
