Author Archives: Ed Hammond
Biden aide guarantees safe passage for Americans from Afghanistan
UPDATE - 7:53 a.m. (Reuters) -U.S. forces were in the final phase of pulling out of Kabul, ending two decades of costly involvement in Afghanistan, as the country's new Taliban rulers prepared to take...
Ed Hammond Aug 29, 2021 U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kaila V. Peters/Handout via REUTERS
UPDATE: Peoria woman found dead ID'd; person of interest arrested
UPDATE - 2:30 p.m. 8/23/21 Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the woman found dead as 37-year-old Ashley Tankersley, of South Madison Park, Peoria. The autopsy demonstrated she suffere...
Ed Hammond Aug 23, 2021 Peoria County Sheriff's Office
U.S. "unwavering" in Afghanistan evacuations, Biden says
KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has an "unwavering commitment" to get U.S. citizens and at-risk Afghans to safety out of Afghanistan, President Joe Biden said, as Taliban fighters beat b...
Ed Hammond Aug 22, 2021 REUTERS/Stringer
U.S. activates commercial planes to aid evacuees after Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will use 18 commercial aircraft to help transport people who have been evacuated from Afghanistan, moving them from temporary locations after they have landed f...
Ed Hammond Aug 22, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Senior Airman Taylor Crul/U.S. Air Force/Handout via REUTERS
Mask mandate continues in Morton schools
MORTON, Ill. - Morton Dist. 709 Superintendent Jeff Hill is reminding parents and families that a mask mandate will remain in place for students and staff in schools. Hill, in a weekly update, says wh...
Ed Hammond Aug 22, 2021 Midwest Communications
Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson hospitalized with COVID-19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Civil rights leader and former Democratic politician Jesse Jackson and his wife have both been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19, the group he founded said in a s...
Ed Hammond Aug 22, 2021 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
One person wounded in South Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - One person was taken to a hospital following a shooting in South Peoria. Peoria Police Sgt. Amy Dotson said the incident occurred around 9:30 p.m. Saturday in the 2400 block of West Pro...
Ed Hammond Aug 22, 2021 Midwest Communications
Trump assails Biden for Afghanistan "humiliation"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump launched on Saturday a sustained attack on President Joe Biden's handling of the retreat of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, which he called "the grea...
Ed Hammond Aug 22, 2021 File photo: REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare
Two comebacks for the Peoria Motorcycle Club
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - The Peoria Motorcycle Club celebrated two comebacks Saturday. The first was for the club itself, which hosted the Law Tigers Peoria TT races presented by Country Saloon. The event ...
Ed Hammond Aug 22, 2021 25 News
Mitchell Trubisky excels, lifts Bills past Bears
CHICAGO, Ill. - REUTERS - Mitchell Trubisky torched his former team by throwing for 221 yards and a touchdown to lead the visiting Buffalo Bills to a 41-15 victory over the Chicago Bears on Saturday i...
Ed Hammond Aug 22, 2021 Jon Durr-USA TODAY Sports
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