Author Archives: Cooper Banks
Peoria parents encouraged to sign kids up for new Pfizer shots
Peoria, Ill -- Local public health officials say they're ready to begin scheduling 5 to 11-year-olds for the newly approved Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines. The FDA and CDC have given the low-dose vaccinatio...
Nov 04, 2021 Midwest Communications
Retirements, staffing shortages challenge Peoria's snow plow team
Peoria, Ill -- Thanks to ongoing impacts from the pandemic, the team of snow plow drivers in Peoria will remain smaller than in pre-COVID winters. The City's Public Works assistant director Sie Maroon...
Nov 03, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in landmark gun-rights case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday explored the divisive issue of gun rights, with the justices hearing arguments in a challenge to New York state's limits on carrying concealed...
Nov 03, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., U.S. June 25, 2021. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
U.S., World leaders tackle climate change fight while China, Russia & India abstain
GLASGOW (Reuters) -Leaders at the COP26 global climate conference pledged on Tuesday to stop deforestation by the end of the decade and cut emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane to help slow ...
Nov 02, 2021 Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Democratic Republic of the Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi and U.S. President Joe Biden stand before speaking at "Action on Forests and Land-Use" event during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 2, 2021. Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERS
Salvation Army: Christmas basket sign-ups in Peoria "have been slow"
Peoria, Ill -- We're told sign-ups for this winter's Salvation Army Christmas Food & Toy Basket giveaways, "have been slow". That's according to an email from local Salvation Army leaders in Peori...
Nov 02, 2021
Peoria Fire Chief: Glen Oak Towers fire could have been much worse
Peoria, Ill -- We're told the three-alarm fire at Glen Oak Towers early Monday could have been much worse. The blaze sent 8 people to the hospital, including three with critical injuries. Peoria Fire ...
Nov 02, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Feds: Illegal alien admits to gun and drug crimes in Peoria
Peoria, Ill -- An illegal alien living in Peoria will now spend roughly the next three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to gun charges. U.S. Attorneys say a multi-agency task force found ...
Nov 01, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The crest of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is seen at their headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
U.S. Supreme Court examines states' rights hack in new Texas abortion law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared to lean toward allowing a challenge brought by abortion providers to a Republican-backed law that imposes a near-total ban on the p...
Nov 01, 2021 Anti-abortion prortestors demonstrate outside the United States Supreme Court as the court hears arguments over a challenge to a Texas law that bans abortion after six weeks in Washington, U.S., November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Dead trees at Peoria Civic Center being replaced to raise awareness
Peoria, Ill -- The ongoing battle against a tree-killing beetle gets full attention as the Peoria Civic Center receives a donation of new trees. At the same time, we learn the U.S. Government has give...
Nov 01, 2021
Excitement building for return of Bradley Braves basketball in Peoria
Peoria, Ill -- There is plenty of excitement building for Bradley Braves basketball. Speaking on WMBD's "The Greg and Dan Show", Bradley Athletic Director Dr. Chris Reynolds shared in the excitement, ...
Nov 01, 2021 Bradley University
