Author Archives: Ed Hammond
Musk announces forming of 'America Party' in further break from Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The tattered bromance between Republican President Donald Trump and his main campaign financier Elon Musk took another fractious turn on Saturday when the space and automotive b...
Jul 05, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk speaks during a press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured), at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
One in custody after shots fired in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria police have confirmed no injuries after a report of shots fired in South Peoria. But, one man is in custody. Spokesperson Simone Roth says officers were initially called to the 6...
Jul 05, 2025 Peoria Police Department
Pope Leo takes first action to address abuse by Catholic clergy
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Leo on Saturday appointed a French archbishop as the new leader of the Vatican's commission on clergy sexual abuse, in the U.S. pontiff's first public move to confront an...
Jul 05, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Pope Leo XIV looks on during a meeting promoted by the Dicastery for the Clergy in Rome, Italy, June 26, 2025. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo
Two Peoria apartments destroyed by fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Fireworks were determined to be the cause of a fire that engulfed two South Peoria apartments. Firefighters were called to Braves Court near John Gwynn Jr. Avenue around 11:15 Friday ni...
Jul 05, 2025 Midwest Communications
Peoria garage destroyed by fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters are investigating the cause of the fire that destroyed one garage and damaged another. A detached garage was found fully engulfed in flames as firefighters arrived n...
Jul 05, 2025 Midwest Communications
In July 4 ceremony, Trump signs tax and spending bill into law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump signed into law a massive package of tax and spending cuts at the White House on Friday, staging an outdoor ceremony on the Fourth of July holiday that to...
Jul 05, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump presents a sweeping spending and tax legislation, known as the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," after he signed it, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis
At least 24 dead in Texas flash flooding; two dozen young campers missing
(Reuters) -Torrential rains unleashed flash floods along the Guadalupe River in Texas on Friday, killing at least 24 people as rescue teams scrambled to save dozens of victims trapped by high water or...
Jul 05, 2025 First responders survey rising flood waters of the Guadalupe River after flash flooding in Kerr County, Texas, U.S. July 4, 2025 in a still image from video. ABC Affiliate KSAT via REUTERS
Teen shot in northwest Peoria
PEORIA - A shooting in Peoria Saturday night left a 16-year-old boy hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the stomach, according to Peoria Police. PPD Spokesperson Semone Roth says officers were called...
Jun 29, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATED: Two firefighters killed in Idaho ambush, suspect dead, sheriff says
Updated: 3:59 a.m. (6/30) (Reuters) -A gunman ambushed and shot dead two firefighters responding to a forest fire in northern Idaho on Sunday, wounding one other during an hours-long incident before t...
Jun 29, 2025 An armored police vehicle leaves an area where multiple firefighters were attacked when responding to a fire in the Canfield Mountain area outside Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, U.S. June 29, 2025. REUTERS/Young Kwak
Hall-of-Fame horse trainer D. Wayne Lukas dies at 89
(Reuters-Field Level Media) - Hall of Fame thoroughbred trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who guided four horses into the Kentucky Derby winner's circle, died Saturday night in Louisville, Ky. He was 89. Accord...
Jun 29, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas talks about his Kentucky Derby hopeful Will Take Charge after his early morning workout at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, April 29, 2013. REUTERS/John Sommers II/File Photo
