Author Archives: Ed Hammond
Memorial workout at Morton fitness center
MORTON, Ill - (25 News ) - A fitness center in Morton hosted a memorial workout for the 13 service members killed in a suicide bombing at Kabul Airport in Afghanistan. BRelentless Training and Sports ...
Ed Hammond Sep 05, 2021 25 News
Willard Scott, rollicking weatherman of TV's 'Today' show 35 years, dies at 87
(Reuters) - Willard Scott, the ebullient former "Today" show weatherman, venerator of centenarians, pitchman extraordinaire and the original hamburger-hawking Ronald McDonald, died on Saturday, his su...
Ed Hammond Sep 05, 2021 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Pope hopes many countries take Afghan refugees and young are educated
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Sunday that he was praying that many countries take Afghan refugees and, in an apparent reference to the Taliban's past restrictions on schooling for wome...
Ed Hammond Sep 05, 2021 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Biden to visit all three sites of Sept. 11 attacks - White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will visit all three sites of the Sept. 11, 2001, hijacking attacks next week to honor the nearly 3,000 people killed and mark the 20th anniversary of t...
Ed Hammond Sep 04, 2021 REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Homeowner transported to hospital after house fire
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria house fire results in one person being transported to a hospital. The fire was reported at 8:47 p.m. Friday at 610 East Corrington. Firefighters found the back of the one-and-a...
Ed Hammond Sep 04, 2021 Midwest Communications
Tennis - Osaka plans to take break from the sport
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two-time champion Naomi Osaka's U.S. Open title defense ended in tears on Friday, as she suffered a stunning defeat in the third round to Canadian Leylah Fernandez 5-7 7-6(2) 6-4,...
Ed Hammond Sep 04, 2021 Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports
Actor Ed Asner, star of "Mary Tyler Moore," "Lou Grant," dies at age 91
(Reuters) - Ed Asner, who played a gruff newsman for laughs and for drama in the classic TV series "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and its spinoff "Lou Grant" in the 1970s and 1980s and was honored with s...
Ed Hammond Aug 29, 2021 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Danny Moloshok
Olympics - Former IOC president Rogge dies at 79
(Reuters) - Former International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge has died at the age of 79, the IOC said on Sunday. Rogge served as the IOC's eighth president from 2001 to 2013 and wen...
Ed Hammond Aug 29, 2021 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian
U.S. strikes at Islamic State militants in Kabul as withdrawal nears end
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -American forces launched a drone strike in Kabul on Sunday targeting a suicide bomber in a vehicle who was aiming to attack the airport, U.S. officials said, as the United States...
Ed Hammond Aug 29, 2021 U.S. Marine Corps/Cpl. Davis Harris/Handout via REUTERS
Louisiana braces for Hurricane Ida
UPDATE - 10:29 a.m. NEW ORLEANS - (Reuters) - By early Sunday, Ida was a Category 4 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. At 11 a.m. CDT (1600 GMT)...
Ed Hammond Aug 29, 2021 REUTERS/Marco Bello