Author Archives: Ed Hammond
Bridge inspection, lane reductions begin Monday
PEORIA, Ill. - Another round of lane reductions will greet area motorists Monday. A routine bridge inspection of the westbound McClugage Bridge will take place all this week with daily lane closures. ...
Apr 20, 2025 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond, File
UPDATE: Coroner identifies victims of small plane crash in Illinois
UPDATED 4/21/25 5 a.m. TRILLA, Ill. - The Coles County coroner confirms there were no survivors of the crash of a small plane near the Coles-Cumberland County line on Saturday. Coroner Ed Schniers has...
Apr 20, 2025 25 News video
Russia jails 19-year-old for nearly three years for condemning Ukraine conflict
ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) - A Russian court handed down a prison sentence of nearly three years to Darya Kozyreva, a young activist who used 19th-century poetry and graffiti to protest the conflict in U...
Apr 19, 2025 Activist Darya Kozyreva, who is charged with repeatedly discrediting the Russian armed forces in the course of Russia-Ukraine military conflict, speaks her last words before the verdict announcement during a court hearing in Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 18, 2025. REUTERS/Anastasia Barashkova
Russia's Putin declares unilateral Easter ceasefire in Ukraine
(Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a surprise one-day ceasefire in Ukraine for Easter on Saturday, but Kyiv said attacks continued, Putin couldn't be trusted and Moscow should inste...
Apr 19, 2025 Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS
Grocery tax on Peoria City Council agenda
PEORIA, Ill. - The future of a one-percent grocery tax in the city of Peoria is on the Peoria City Council's agenda Tuesday. The state's version of the tax expires January first. The Council will deci...
Apr 19, 2025 (File-1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy)
Rivermen eliminated from SPHL playoffs
EVANSVILLE, IN - There will not be a repeat for the defending SPHL President's Cup champion Peoria Rivermen. The Rivermen were eliminated from this year's playoffs after a 3-1 loss at Evansville Frida...
Apr 19, 2025 (Peoria Rivermen)
U.S. Supreme Court temporarily halts deportations of Venezuelan migrants under wartime law
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court early on Saturday paused President Donald Trump's administration from deporting Venezuelan men in immigration custody after their lawyers said they were at imminent ...
Apr 19, 2025 ICE Bluebonnet Detention Facility, Anson, Texas. Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement/Handout via REUTERS
Social Security rescinding its plan to end phone-based filing called a win for Illinois seniors
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois chapter of AARP played a role in the Trump administration reversing itself and allowing Social Security beneficiaries to have the option of filing fo...
Apr 19, 2025 Candace Trees, a 71-year-old retiree from Springfield, speaks about the challenges of applying for Social Security benefits Thursday, April 10, at the Illinois state capitol. Trees described the current process as “frustrating.” Photo via April 10 Facebook live stream, AARP Illinois.
Washington woman waiting for kidney transplant
WASHINGTON, Ill. - A mother from Washington is among almost 4,000 people in Illinois waiting to receive a kidney transplant. April is National Donate Life Month, a time in which Amy Ahten and all the ...
Apr 19, 2025 25 News
Illinois Army National Guard soldiers return home from the Middle East
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - Nearly 275 soldiers from the Illinois National Guard have returned home from a deployment in the Middle East. Their return was the day after around the same number of soldiers retu...
Apr 13, 2025 25 News File Photo
