Author Archives: Ed Hammond
Update: Explosions at US Steel plant leaves two dead, 10 injured
Updated 10:53 p.m. (Reuters) -Multiple explosions on Monday at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh killed two people and injured 10 others, according to the company and local authorities. The blasts at...
Aug 11, 2025 U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works plant is seen after an explosion in Clairton, Pennsylvania, U.S. August 11, 2025 in this screengrab obtained from an aerial video. ABC Affiliate WTAE via REUTERS
Woman arrested after alleged stabbing
PEORIA, Ill. - A weekend stabbing in Peoria has resulted in the arrest of a woman. Peoria police say officers responded to the area of the 1000 block of NE Perry around 7:30 a.m. Saturday. When they a...
Aug 11, 2025 (File-1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol)
Victim refuses treatment after Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria police are looking for the suspect in an early morning shooting. Officers responded to the 4000 of Brandywine Drive around 2:10 a.m. Monday on a report of a man armed with a gun....
Aug 11, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Semi driver injured in I-39 crash
MINONK, Ill. - A crash on I-39 near Minonk is under investigation. Woodford County Chief Deputy Sheriff Dennis Tipsword said the accident occurred at 9:01 a.m. on I-39 near Minonk. A northbound semi r...
Aug 11, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Shots fired at man in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - One man is in custody after admitting to police he fired shots at another man. Officers responded to a call of nine shots fired around 10:25 a.m. Friday near Warren Street and Lincoln A...
Aug 11, 2025 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
UPDATE: Woodford County shooting victims' conditions released
WASHBURN, Ill. - More details are revealed concerning the conditions of two shooting victims in Woodford County. Woodford County Sheriff Dennis Tipsword said deputies responded to a call at a house on...
Aug 10, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
One Powerball player in Illinois wins $1 million
ATLANTA, Ga. - One Powerball player in Illinois is $1 million richer. That player matched all five numbers, but not the Powerball, drawn Saturday night. So, that player wins $1 million. No one matched...
Aug 10, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Powerball tickets are seen at a liquor store, in Washington, U.S., July 19, 2023. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Peoria celebrates Annie Malone Day
PEORIA, Ill. - Local and state proclamations helped celebrate the 159th birthday of Annie Malone. Malone became one of the nation's first black female millionaires of the 29th century. A birthday cele...
Aug 10, 2025 Photo: 25 News
Peoria city and county road projects begin Monday
PEORIA, Ill. - The closure of a portion of Moss Avenue in Peoria highlights area road construction work beginning this week. Moss Avenue will be closed from Western Avenue to Duryea Place, beginning M...
Aug 10, 2025 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond, File
Annual run, walk raises awareness toward blood clots
PEORIA, Ill. - The annual Run, Walk or Trot 2 Stop Blood Clots stepped off Saturday in Peoria. The event is organized by the Deveraux Hubbard II Foundation in memory of the 19-year old Eagle Scout who...
Aug 10, 2025 Photo: 25 News
