Author Archives: Ed Hammond
Fatal crash near Green Valley
GREEN VALLEY, Ill. - One man is dead following a two-vehicle crash near Green Valley. The accident occurred around 11:15 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of Towerline Road and Toboggan Avenue. The Ta...
Aug 25, 2024 Midwest Communications
Pioneer Parkway and other road projects begin Monday
PEORIA, Ill. - The road construction season in the Peoria area continues with more projects beginning Monday. The intersection of Pioneer Parkway and Harker Drive in Peoria will be modified to a right...
Aug 25, 2024 Photo: Peoria Public Works
Fire in parking lot of Normal's Rivian plant
NORMAL, Ill. - Several cars in the parking lot of the Rivian Automotive plant in Normal are damaged by fire. Firefighters from Normal were dispatched to the plant around 9:45 p.m. Saturday on a report...
Aug 25, 2024 Photo: Peoria Area Scanner & Dashcam/Facebook
Peoria police investigate shooting of teen
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria police are gathering information concerning the shooting of a teenager. Police spokesperson Simone Roth says a 17-year-old boy was taken to a hospital by private vehicle around 9...
Aug 25, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Bradley men's and women's basketball release non-conference schedules
PEORIA, Ill. - Bradley men's and women's basketball recently released their non-conference schedules for the 2024-25 season. The schedules are highlighted by trips to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for ...
Aug 25, 2024 (Bradley University)
Anthony Fauci, former top US disease expert, recovering from West Nile virus, media reports
(Reuters) - Former top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci is recovering from West Nile virus after being hospitalized with the mosquito-borne illness for nearly a week, he told Stat News...
Aug 24, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and former chief medical adviser to President Biden, U.S., June 3, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
SpaceX to return Boeing's Starliner astronauts from space next year, NASA says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two NASA astronauts who flew to the International Space Station in June aboard Boeing's faulty Starliner capsule will need to return to Earth on a SpaceX vehicle early next year...
Aug 24, 2024 FILE PHOTO: NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams pose ahead of the launch of Boeing's Starliner-1 Crew Flight Test (CFT), in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., April 25, 2024. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo
German police detain individual after festival stabbing that killed 3
SOLINGEN, Germany (Reuters) - Police hunting for an unknown assailant hours after he killed three people and wounded eight in a stabbing attack at a festival in the western German city of Solingen sai...
Aug 24, 2024 Police members and forensic experts work following an incident in which several individuals were killed on Friday night when a man randomly stabbed passers-by with a knife at a city festival, in Solingen, Germany, August 24, 2024. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen
Area road construction projects to begin Monday
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria and Tazewell County road construction projects are scheduled to begin, or move into another phase of construction, Monday. Knoxville Avenue in Peoria will be reduced to one lane ...
Aug 18, 2024 Midwest Communications
Trump says Harris easier than Biden to beat as race for Pennsylvania heats up
WILKES-BARRE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Saturday he believed Democrat Kamala Harris will be easier to beat than President Joe Biden even as some po...
Aug 17, 2024 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, August 17, 2024. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
