Author Archives: Ed Hammond
Road construction projects scheduled to begin
PEORIA, Ill. - Another round of road construction projects are slated to get underway, or resume, Monday. A major upgrade project will begin on Route 9 just west of Tremont to East Street. That will i...
Jun 22, 2025 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond, File
Trump says Iran's key nuclear sites 'obliterated' by U.S. airstrikes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. forces struck Iran's three main nuclear sites, President Donald Trump said late on Saturday, and he warned Tehran it would face more devastating attacks if it does not agre...
Jun 22, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation alongside U.S. Vice President JD Vance, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. June 21, 2025, following U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Pool
Trump says U.S. forces bombed Iran nuclear sites
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Saturday said that a "very successful attack" on three nuclear sites in Iran had been successfully carried out, including at Fordow. In a posting on Tr...
Jun 21, 2025 A fragment falls through the sky after Israel's Iron Dome intercepted a missile launched from Iran towards Israel, amid the Iran-Israel conflict, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel June 20, 2025. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Shot fired during fight at gas station
PEORIA, Ill. - One person was injured during a fight at a gas station parking lot in Peoria's West Bluff. A Peoria Police spokesperson said a single gunshot was fired during the disturbance at Main an...
Jun 21, 2025 Photo: 25 News
Four cats rescued from Peoria house fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people escape and four cats are rescued from a house fire in Peoria. Firefighters found heavy smoke and fire throughout a two-story home near Frostwood Parkway and Richards Lane whe...
Jun 21, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Children's Home offering support for expecting mothers
PEORIA, Ill. - It takes a village to raise a child, said a spokesperson for Peoria-based Children's Home Association of Illinois, which is offering help for expecting moms and mothers of young childre...
Jun 21, 2025 Photo: 25 News
Japan scraps U.S. meeting after Washington demands more defense spending, FT reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Japan has canceled an annual high-level meeting with key ally the United States after the Trump administration demanded it spend more on defense, the Financial Times reported on...
Jun 21, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Japanese and U.S. Flags fly side by side outside the White House in Washington, U.S., April 5, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Israel says it killed veteran Iran commander as both sides attack
JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israel said on Saturday it had killed a veteran Iranian commander as the countries traded attacks, a day after Tehran said it would not negotiate over its nuclear prog...
Jun 21, 2025 A missile launched from Iran is intercepted as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, June 21, 2025. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
UPDATE: Suspect in Minnesota lawmaker killing visited other legislators' homes, prosecutors say
Updated: 11:57 a.m. MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (Reuters) -The suspect in the assassination of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband this weekend drove to the homes of three other state politicians before h...
Jun 15, 2025 People visit a memorial outside the Minnesota State Capitol in honor of Democratic state assemblywoman Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, after a gunman killed them, in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S., June 15, 2025. REUTERS/Tim Evans
Peoria murder suspect in custody
PEORIA, Ill. - The second of two suspects in connection with the death of a Peoria tow employee is in custody. Peoria police say Terrance Shaw, 18, was arrested around 5:24 p.m. Saturday without incid...
Jun 15, 2025 Photo: Peoria County Sheriff's Office
