Author Archives: Ed Hammond
Girl rescued from country club pool dies
PEORIA, Ill. - One of two girls found unresponsive in a pool has died. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Nola Lobdell, 6, died at 2:14 p.m. Friday at the Children's Hospital of Illinois. An aut...
Aug 02, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Trump fires U.S. labor official over data
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday fired a top Labor Department official on the heels of a market-shocking weak scorecard of the U.S. job market, accusing her without evi...
Aug 02, 2025 Signage is seen at the United States Department of Labor headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Three household hazardous waste collections scheduled
PEORIA, Ill - Peoria County, in conjunction with GFL, will be holding three hazardous waste collection sites within three months. All of them are open to Peoria County residents only. The collection s...
Aug 02, 2025 Photo: Peoria County
Legendary Cubs 2B Ryne Sandberg dies at 65
(Reuters/Field Level Media) - Baseball Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg, a longtime Chicago Cubs star who was one of the game's greatest-ever second basemen, died on Monday at age 65. Sandberg battled pros...
Jul 28, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Apr 4, 2025; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg throws out a ceremonial first pitch before the game between the Chicago Cubs and the San Diego Padres at Wrigley Field. Mandatory Credit: David Banks-Imagn Images/File Photo
Boeing's contract offer rejected by union members
(Reuters) -Union members who assemble Boeing's fighter jets in the St. Louis area have "overwhelmingly voted" to reject the company's contract offer on Sunday, with the company now preparing for an im...
Jul 27, 2025 Boeing logo is seen in this illustration taken July 26, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
US and EU clinch deal with 15% US tariff on most EU exports to avert trade war
US and EU clinch deal with 15% US tariff on most EU exports to avert trade war By Andrew Gray and Andrea Shalal TURNBERRY, Scotland (Reuters) -The United States struck a framework trade deal with the ...
Jul 27, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, in Turnberry, Scotland, Britain, July 27, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Heat Advisory - noon until 8 p.m. Monday
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Jul 27, 2025
Medical group urges Kennedy not to fire U.S. care task force
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. should not fire an advisory panel that determines what cancer screenings and other preventive health measures insurers must cover, an...
Jul 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at a Make Oklahoma Healthy Again kickoff event at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. June 26, 2025. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo
Hundreds brave wet weather for Whitney's Walk
BRIMFIELD, Ill. - Help is available to people who have entered a dark moment in their lives is among the messages provided through Whitney's Walk. The 22nd annual Whitney's Walk for Suicide Prevention...
Jul 27, 2025 Photo: 1470 & 100.3/Ed Hammond
Grayson attorneys drop "cease and desist" request
PEORIA, Ill - Attorneys for former Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson have withdrawn their motion to limit the Massey Commission's activities in Peoria, where Grayson will be tried this fal...
Jul 27, 2025 Sean Grayson is pictured in a booking photo. The former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy is charged with first-degree murder and accused of shooting Sonya Massey to death in her kitchen. (Source: Sangamon County Sheriff's Department)
