Author Archives: Cooper Banks
Accused father pleads not guilty to killing infant son
Peoria, Ill -- A Peoria man accused in the death of his infant son has reportedly issued a plea of not guilty. Our news partner 25 News reports 23-year-old Zachary Yeo issued the plea in court on Thur...
Dec 02, 2021 Zachary Yeo (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
UPDATED: One arrested after earlier fire death now declared a homicide investigation in Peoria's East Bluff
UPDATE: 12:10 P.M. Peoria Police confirm Tahir Goodman, 28, has been arrested in connection with the case, and is being charged with one count of First-Degree Murder, and two counts of Aggravated Arso...
Dec 02, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail
Unique "Baby Shark Live!" stage show coming to Peoria Civic Center
Peoria, Ill -- Who knew a single children's song could spark an entire traveling stage show? That's exactly what's happened with the group Pinkfong and its hit song "Baby Shark" and the new production...
Nov 30, 2021
Autopsy results on Arizona jogger struck and killed in Chillicothe
UPDATE PEORIA, Ill. - Autopsy results have been released after a jogger was struck and killed in Chillicothe Friday. The Peoria County coroner says Jonah Koponen, 23, of Phoenix, Arizona suffered seve...
Nov 27, 2021 Midwest Communications
New south African COVID-19 variant may be more resistant to vaccines
LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) - Global authorities reacted with alarm on Friday to a new coronavirus variant detected in South Africa, with the EU and Britain among those tightening border controls as resea...
Nov 26, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A computer image created by Nexu Science Communication together with Trinity College in Dublin, shows a model structurally representative of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to COVID-19, shared with Reuters on February 18, 2020. NEXU Science Communication/via REUTERS
Kinzinger says he's only Republican who could oust Pritzker
Peoria, Ill -- There are hints an outgoing Illinois Republican Congressman may have his sights set on the Illinois Governor's Office in 2022. In a recent interview on Crain Chicago Business's "A.D. Q ...
Nov 25, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger gets emotional as he speaks during a hearing by the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 27, 2021. Oliver Contreras/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
State report: Peoria area economy lost 200 jobs in October
Peoria, Ill -- The latest state unemployment report shows the Peoria area lost about 200 jobs in the month of October, 2021 but has added nearly two thousand jobs since October of last year. Total Non...
Nov 24, 2021 Kevin Smith / CC
Georgia jury convicts three white men of Arbery murder, rejects self-defense
UPDATED 2:09 P.M. BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Reuters) - Three white men were convicted of murder on Wednesday for chasing and shooting a Black man named Ahmaud Arbery as he ran in their neighborhood, with a Geor...
Nov 24, 2021 Defendant Travis McMichael watches a video clip the jury asked to see as part of their deliberation during the trial of McMichael, his father Greg McMichael, and neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan in the Glynn County Courthouse, in Brunswick, Georgia, U.S., November 24, 2021. Stephen B. Morton/Pool via REUTERS
Hersey Hawkins becomes first Bradley Brave to enter the College Basketball Hall of Fame
Peoria, Ill -- It's a first for Bradley Basketball. Former Braves shooting guard Hersey Hawkins is now a member of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. The announcement was made on Sunday....
Nov 24, 2021 Bradley University
IL Association of School Boards leaves National School Boards Assocation over lightning rod "NSBA Letter"
Peoria, Ill -- Illinois school board leaders vote to leave the National School Board's Association over earlier controversy. We learned of the decision from the Illinois School Boards Association on T...
Nov 23, 2021 Midwest Communications
