Author Archives: Ed Hammond
Shooting victim not cooperating with police
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria police are investigating a Friday night shooting with apparently nothing to go on from the victim. A man was driven to a local hospital around 10 p.m. with what police described ...
Jun 08, 2024
Biden, Macron to discuss Israel and Ukraine in pomp-filled state visit
PARIS (Reuters) - Fresh from commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day, French President Emmanuel Macron will host U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday for a state visit marked by pomp and a parade ...
Jun 08, 2024 Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, June 6, 2024. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
PCAPS has urgent need for pet adopters
PEORIA, Ill. - If you are looking to add a furry friend to your family, now is the time. Peoria County Animal Protection Services (PCAPS) is waiving adoption fees through Friday, June 7. PCAPS officia...
Jun 02, 2024 PCAPS new mobile Spay/Neuter Service unit outside PCAPS' facilities. (PCAPS Facebook)
Donald Trump joins the TikTok video platform he once sought to ban
(Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has joined TikTok, the short video social media platform that is owned by China-based tech giant ByteDance and that he tried to ban as presid...
Jun 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during a press conference at Trump Tower in New York City, U.S., May 31, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Members of House speaker's staff sue over ongoing unionization conflict
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Members of a would-be union representing staffers in House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch's office filed suit against their boss on Friday, asking a Cook Cou...
Jun 02, 2024 House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch speaks during a news conference at the Bank of Springfield Center in Springfield in this January 2021 file photo. Welch says that he has enough votes to be House speaker for a second term and he looks forward to working with an even larger supermajority of Democrats than during his first term. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Vietnam Memorial Traveling Wall returning to East Peoria
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The Vietnam Memorial Traveling Wall will be on display a second time in East Peoria. City officials say the traveling wall will be on display in Levee Park Sept. 25-29. Admission i...
Jun 01, 2024 (City of East Peoria)
Ban on 'captive audience' meetings, AI regulations among 466 bills to pass this session
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - (Capitol News Illinois) - A bill banning what unions refer to as employer-sponsored "captive audience" meetings about religion and politics has cleared both chambers of the General...
Jun 01, 2024 The Illinois Capitol dome is pictured through the trees in Springfield. Lawmakers adjourned their spring session this week after passing 466 bills this year. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Marian Robinson, mother of Michelle Obama, dies at 86
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Marian Robinson, mother of former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, who provided support and stability, especially during the eight years of Barack Obama's presidency, died on Fri...
Jun 01, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (L) sits alongside her mother Marian Robinson as she hosts a Mother's Day event in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington May 7, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Reed/File Photo
UPDATE: US storms kill at least 21 across 4 states on Memorial Day weekend
UPDATE 1:49 P.M. (Reuters) -Tornado-spawning thunderstorms that swept the Southern Plains and the Ozark Mountains have killed at least 21 people across four U.S. states as of Monday afternoon and wrec...
May 27, 2024 Wreckage is strewn across a property the day after a deadly series of tornados hit the central United States, in Valley View, Texas, U.S. in a still image from aerial video. ABC Affiliate WFAA via REUTERS
IL Senate Democrats send $53.1B spending plan to House
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Two days after the General Assembly was scheduled to adjourn its spring session, Democrats in the Illinois Senate advanced a $53.1 billion budget to the Hou...
May 27, 2024 Lawmakers in the Illinois Senate celebrate Sunday night after passing a budget. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
