Author Archives: Ed Hammond
Peoria West Bluff fire determined as arson
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters extinguished a fire in a camper and a detached garage in the city's West Bluff. The fire was reported around 12:54 a.m. Saturday in the rear of a house in the area o...
May 18, 2024 Midwest Communications
Actor Dabney Coleman, villainous boss in "9 to 5," dies at 92
By Bill Trott (Reuters) - Dabney Coleman, a character actor who brought a glorious touch of smarm to the screen in playing comedic villains, mean-spirited bosses and outright jerks in films such as "9...
May 18, 2024 Dabney Coleman speaks at a ceremony where the actor received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles November 6, 2014. REUTERS/Phil McCarten/ File Photo
Israel lacks 'credible plan' to safeguard Rafah civilians, says Blinken
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday defended a decision to pause a delivery to Israel of 3,500 bombs over concerns they could be used in the Gazan city of Rafah, sa...
May 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the press at the port of Ashdod, in Ashdod, Israel, May 1, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool/File Photo
Trump says not considering Nikki Haley as running mate
(Reuters) - Donald Trump said on Saturday that former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was not being considered to be his running mate in the November election, dismissing a report by new...
May 12, 2024 October 9, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Trump again attacks New York prosecutor, floats economic plans at New Jersey rally
WILDWOOD, New Jersey (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attacked the Manhattan judge and prosecutor in his New York criminal trial, while hinting at a range of possible economi...
May 12, 2024 Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a campaign rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, U.S., May 11, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
BUILD Peoria announces next community project
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's Friendship House has been selected to receive an upgrade of its outdoor green space. BUILD Peoria says after what it calls "a record number of votes" from the community, an out...
May 12, 2024
Campus Gaza rallies may subside, but experts see possible 'hot summer of protest'
DENVER, Colorado (Reuters) - About a dozen students arrested by police clearing a sit-in at a Denver college campus emerged from detainment to cheers from fellow pro-Palestinian protesters, several wa...
May 12, 2024 Protesters stand and link arms during a demonstration in support of Palestinians, at the Auraria Campus in Denver, Colorado, U.S. May 7, 2024. REUTERS/Brad Brooks
Protesters return to streets across Israel, demanding hostage release
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Thousands of Israelis took to the streets on Saturday demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government do more to secure the release of hostages being held in the Gaz...
May 11, 2024 People attend a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 11, 2024. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Missouri State University leaving Missouri Valley Conference
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Change is coming within the Missouri Valley Conference. Missouri State University released a statement Friday saying it is leaving the current 12-team MVC to be part of Conference U...
May 11, 2024 Bradley women's basketball team conducts a shootaround prior to its game at Missouri State. (Photo: Ed Hammond)
Stateville may close as early as September under Pritzker's prison plan
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - (Capitol News Illinois) - Stateville Correctional Center could close as early as September under a plan laid out by Gov. JB Pritzker's administration on Friday. Top officials with ...
May 11, 2024 Logan Correctional Center, one of only two prisons for women in Illinois, is slated for closure and rebuilding – possibly from Lincoln to the Chicago suburb of Crest Hill – under a plan from Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
