Author Archives: Ed Hammond
Town hall meeting held without LaHood
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Voters within the 16th congressional district have been asking Republican Congressman Darin Lahood to host a town hall meeting. Saturday, a group called Citizens for IL-16 held one...
Apr 27, 2025 25 News
Peoria police trained on communicating with people with autism
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police officers are receiving training on how to interact with children and adults with autism. Workshops were conducted this week from retired Addison Police officer and owner o...
Apr 27, 2025 MWC-Peoria Police Media Release
Suspect arrested after alleged car theft, police chase
PEORIA, Ill. - One suspect has been arrested in connection an alleged armed robbery and car theft,. And, it's believed the suspect may be connected to a similar incident in Bloomington. State Police t...
Apr 26, 2025 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Wildlife Prairie Park asks public's help to recover stolen rifle
HANNA CITY, Ill. - Officials at Wildlife Prairie Park are looking for an artifact reported stolen. The Park's Facebook page said a .36-caliber muzzle-loading percussion cap rifle was stolen recently, ...
Apr 26, 2025 Wildlife Prairie Park/Facebook
Trump and Zelenskiy meet one-on-one in Vatican basilica to seek Ukraine peace
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis, met one-on-one in a marble-lined Vatican basilica on Saturday to try ...
Apr 26, 2025 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and U.S. President Donald Trump appear at a meeting, while they attend the funeral of Pope Francis, at the Vatican April 26, 2025. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
Massive funeral and humble burial for Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Presidents, royalty and simple mourners bade farewell to Pope Francis on Saturday at a solemn funeral ceremony, where a cardinal appealed for the pontiff's legacy of caring fo...
Apr 26, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, France's President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron stand as the coffin is carried on the day of the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 26, 2025. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
Cardinal's funeral sermon stresses pope's call to "build bridges, not walls"
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - In front of hundreds of world leaders attending the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday, Italian Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re called for care for migrants, an end to wars, an...
Apr 26, 2025 Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re leads the funeral Mass of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 26, 2025. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
Supporters bid farewell to Washington Mayor
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Washington Mayor Gary Manier will be leaving office May 1, but well wishers and supporters got a chance to say goodbye and thank you. An official thank you reception was held Friday...
Apr 26, 2025 (File-Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
DHL to suspend global shipments of over $800 to U.S. consumers
BEIJING (Reuters) - DHL Express, a division of Germany's Deutsche Post, said it would suspend global business-to-consumer shipments worth over $800 to individuals in the United States from April 21, a...
Apr 20, 2025 Trucks are parked outside a DHL delivery facility in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
March, rally protest Trump Administration policies
PEORIA, Ill. - Hundreds of people gathered and marched in downtown Peoria protesting Trump Administration policies. The event was part of the 50501 movement. A broad coalition of grassroots organizati...
Apr 20, 2025 25 News
