Author Archives: Cooper Banks
OSF Health offers timely tips for controlling holiday sugar intake
Peoria, Ill -- OSF Healthcare is offering some timely tips for diebetics about sugar intake during the holidays. In a Thursday publication called "Navigating Diebetes During the Holidays", OSF endocro...
Nov 12, 2021
Illinois AG publishes list of unsafe child toys
CHICAGO, Ill. - Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul today released his annual Safe Shopping Guide highlighting hazardous toys, children's products and household items ahead of the holidays. All of t...
Nov 11, 2021 WMBD/State of Illinois
Ag business stakeholders insist, "It isn't a turkey shortage"
Peoria, Ill -- It isn't a "turkey shortage". That's what we keep hearing from stakeholders in ag business as shoppers rush to get Thanksgiving meal plans ready for this year's holiday. Trey Malone, an...
Nov 11, 2021 Midwest Communications
Pritzker touts improving financial outlook for Illinois
Peoria, Ill -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker is patting himself on the back for an improving state financial outlook as Illinois also stands to gain billions in federal pandemic and infrastructure assistance. Th...
Nov 10, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Governor of Illinois Jay Robert Pritzker speaks during a science initiative event at the University of Chicago, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. July 23, 2020. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski
"Peoria Magazine" co-founder retirement will mean end to local publication
Peoria, Ill -- An era in print comes to an end with the announced retirement of Jan Wright, President and co-founder of "Peoria Magazine". According to a news release issued by WTVP-TV, Wright's retir...
Nov 10, 2021
China builds mockups of U.S. Navy ships possibly for target practice
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's military has built mockups in the shape of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and other U.S. warships, possibly as training targets, in the desert of Xinjiang, satellite images b...
Nov 09, 2021 A satellite picture shows a mobile target in Ruoqiang, Xinjiang, China, October 20, 2021. Satellite Image ©2021 Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS
Pritzker signs law supporting certain COVID-19 vaccine mandates in Illinois
Peoria, Ill -- Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has signed a measure designed to support vaccine mandates for certain employers across the state. You'll remember the state General Assembly passed SB116...
Nov 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Governor of Illinois Jay Robert Pritzker speaks during a science initiative event at the University of Chicago, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. July 23, 2020. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski
White House plans tour to tout Biden's $1T U.S. infrastructure bill
(Reuters) - President Joe Biden and top officials in his Cabinet are hitting the road to promote the $1 trillion infrastructure bill passed in Congress last week, to explain when and where Americans c...
Nov 08, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The American Flag flies at the U.S. Capitol Building, as Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a State of Emergency due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
DOJ sues Texas over new mail-in ballot restrictions
(Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Texas on Thursday over a state law that places strict curbs on voting by mail, in the latest effort by the Biden administration to combat...
Nov 04, 2021 U.S President Joe Biden holds a press conference in the G20 leaders' summit in Rome, Italy October 31, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Viral Peoria Parks officer photo shows love for law enforcement
Peoria, Ill -- There's at least one kid in Peoria who may still want to be a police officer when they grow up. It's a child named Sophia, who's gone viral on social media for a photo she took with a P...
Nov 04, 2021
