Author Archives: Ed Hammond
Outline emerges of Putin's offer to end his war in Ukraine
LONDON (Reuters) - Russia would relinquish tiny pockets of occupied Ukraine and Kyiv would cede swathes of its eastern land which Moscow has been unable to capture, under peace proposals discussed by ...
Aug 17, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Servicemen of 39th Separate Coastal Defence Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fires a 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops in a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kherson region, Ukraine March 23, 2025. REUTERS/Ivan Antypenko/File Photo
Zelenskiy to travel to Washington on Monday for talks with Trump
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he would travel to Washington on Monday for talks with Donald Trump, after the U.S. president's summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin failed...
Aug 17, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a press conference in Berlin, Germany, August 13, 2025. REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen/ File Photo
Exclusive-ESPN will not air Spike Lee's docuseries on Colin Kaepernick, network and filmmaker say
BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) - Director Spike Lee's multi-part docuseries for ESPN Films about former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who sparked a national debate when he protested racial in...
Aug 16, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Colin Kaepernick puts his hand over his heart in response to a comment at a special training event created by Kaepernick to provide greater access to scouts, the media, and the public, at Charles. R. Drew High School in Riverdale, Georgia, U.S., November 16, 2019. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo
Erin strengthens to a Category 5 hurricane, NHC says
(Reuters) - Hurricane Erin, the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season, has become a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Saturday. The storm is currently...
Aug 16, 2025 Hurricane Erin, which is the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season and has developed into a dangerous Category 4 hurricane, moves westward near Puerto Rico in a composite satellite image August 16, 2025. CIRA/NOAA/Handout via REUTERS
Melania Trump sends letter to Putin about abducted children
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's wife, Melania Trump, raised the plight of children in Ukraine and Russia in a personal letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, two White ...
Aug 16, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. first lady Melania Trump speaks at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 8, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis/ File Photo
Former basketball tournament director indicted
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (25 News) - A former president of the State Farm Holiday Classic has been indicted by a McLean County grand jury, accused of stealing from the tournament. 25 News reports Kyle Myers,...
Aug 16, 2025 Midwest Communications
LaHood, Sorensen lack trust in Putin as President seeks Russia-Ukraine peace
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Central Illinois' representatives in the U.S. Congress are wary about trusting Russian President Vladimir Putin. Congressmen Darin LaHood (R-Dunlap) and Eric Sorensen (D-Molin...
Aug 16, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A view shows the dome of the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 3, 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo
Countywide traffic detail nets six arrests
PEORIA, Ill - A number of traffic stops were conducted Thursday by the Peoria County Sheriff's Office. Seventy-eight of them to be exact. It was the latest countywide traffic detail funded by an Illin...
Aug 15, 2025 Photo: Peoria County Sheriff's Office
DOJ demands sensitive Illinois voter registration data after state responds
Article Summary In response to a July letter, the Illinois State Board of Elections provided the U.S. Department of Justice with the same limited voter data that it provides to political parties. The ...
Aug 15, 2025 Voters cast their ballots in Springfield during the 2024 general election in November. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Ameren donating money toward power bill payment assistance
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Ameren is offering help to some customers who need help paying their power bills. Company leaders announced Friday the utility will donate $4 million for bill payment assistan...
Aug 15, 2025 (Ameren Illinois)
