Author Archives: Ed Hammond
UPDATE - Police: East Peoria crash caused by drunk driver
UPDATE: EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Two people were seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash in East Peoria. Police say it was caused by a drunk driver. The rollover accident happened at 10:30 Friday night...
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Two former Peoria prep stars commit to Bradley, Illinois women's basketball
PEORIA, Ill. - Two former Peoria prep standouts have committed to continue their collegiate careers with new teams. One of them is coming home while the other is moving closer to home. Former Peoria N...
Apr 13, 2025 Eastern Kentucky University Athletics
Helicopter in fatal New York crash lacked flight recorders, NTSB says
(Reuters) - The helicopter that crashed into New York City's Hudson River on Thursday, killing all six on board including three children, lacked flight recorders, the National Transportation Safety Bo...
Apr 13, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Emergency personnel work at the scene of a helicopter crash on the Hudson River near lower Manhattan in New York, as seen from Newport, New Jersey U.S., April 10, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
Ukraine says 21 killed by Russian ballistic missile strike on Sumy
KYIV (Reuters) - At least 21 people were killed and 83 others were wounded by a Russian ballistic missile strike in the heart of the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday morning, Ukraine's interi...
Apr 13, 2025 A view shows the site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Sumy, Ukraine April 13, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer
Pope Francis makes brief appearance after Palm Sunday service
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis made a brief appearance in St. Peter's Square on Sunday at the end of a Palm Sunday service, greeting the crowds from his wheelchair as he continues to recover fr...
Apr 13, 2025 Pope Francis greets cardinals as he unexpectedly appears during the Palm Sunday Mass in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 13, 2025. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
Deer Creek woman visits Washington D.C. to rally for Medicaid
DEER CREEK, Ill. - As disability groups warn of potential cuts to Medicaid, a Deer Creek woman traveled to the nation's capital in response. She's advocating for people with disabilities who rely on t...
Apr 12, 2025 The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington, DC, U.S., September 20, 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo
Sen. Jones sent spending money to former intern before getting him job feds say was a bribe
CHICAGO. Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Christopher Katz didn't question why he began receiving $300 weekly payments from an executive at Chicago-based red-light camera company SafeSpeed in the summer...
Apr 12, 2025 The federal corruption trial of State Sen. Emil Jones III at Chicago’s Dirksen Federal Courthouse, pictured in November, saw testimony from the senator’s former intern and an FBI agent before the jury was dismissed for the weekend Friday afternoon. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Iran, US to start talks in Oman under shadow of regional conflict
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran and the United States will hold high-level talks in Oman on Saturday aimed at jump-starting negotiations over Tehran's fast-advancing nuclear program, with U.S. President Donald...
Apr 12, 2025 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi in Muscat, Oman, April 12, 2025. Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/ Handout via REUTERS
Bills addressing cannabis odor in vehicle, safe gun storage pass Senate
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Law enforcement officers would no longer be allowed to search a vehicle or detain a driver who is over age 21 based solely on the smell of burnt cannabis in...
Apr 12, 2025 The Illinois State Capitol is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Man charged with sexually abusing relative
PEORIA, Ill. - A 53-year-old man has been formally charged with criminal sexual assault of a relative, when the relative was 12 and 13 years old. The abuse occurred nearly four years ago and the victi...
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