Author Archives: Ed Hammond
Rivermen win SPHL President's Cup
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Rivermen captured their second SPHL President's Cup championship in three years Sunday with a dominant 5-1 win over the Huntsville Havoc in front of a crowd of over 5,800 at ...
Apr 28, 2024 Photo: Peoria Rivermen
Pope Francis visits Venice, says his work isn't easy
VENICE (Reuters) - Pope Francis made his first trip out of Rome for seven months on Sunday with a packed visit to Venice that took in an art exhibition, a prison and a Mass, with the 87-year pontiff a...
Apr 28, 2024 Pope Francis meets with the faithful at the Venice Women's Prison on the Island of Giudecca, Venice, Italy April 28, 2024. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS
South Peoria house fire leaves four people displaced
PEORIA, Ill. - Two pets were killed in a South Peoria house fire Saturday afternoon. Four people were displaced by the blaze that was reported around 4:07 p.m. at 1823 S. Arago St. The Red Cross was c...
Apr 28, 2024 liz west / CC
Driver rescued from fiery East Peoria crash
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois State Police troopers are credited with saving the life of a motorist involved in a fiery crash. It happened early Saturday morning when a car traveling east on Cedar Stre...
Apr 27, 2024 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Five juveniles face business burglary charges
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria police arrest five juveniles, all charged with several counts of business burglary. All the juveniles are female ranging in age from 15-to-17. One of them had an active warrant. ...
Apr 27, 2024
Severe weather a possibility Saturday and Saturday night.
PEORIA, Ill. - Showers and storms are in the forecast as the Peoria area eases into the weekend. 25 First Alert Meteorologist Chuck Collins says this will be a "boom or bust weather day." "If thunders...
Apr 27, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Daimler Truck reaches deal with United Auto Workers, averts U.S. strike
(Reuters) -Daimler Truck agreed to a new labor contract on Friday with over 7,300 hourly workers represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW) at six facilities in the U.S. South, averting a strike at ...
Apr 27, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A sign showing the name of German truck maker Daimler is pictured at the IAA truck show in Hanover, September 22, 2016. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo
Biden administration delays plan to ban menthol cigarettes
(Reuters) -The Biden administration on Friday delayed its plan to ban menthol cigarettes, a move that reflected the potential for a political backlash from Black voters in an election year. For decade...
Apr 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Newport and Camel cigarettes are stacked on a shelf inside a tobacco store in New York July 11, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
UPDATE: Pekin man victim of fatal Peoria County accident
UPDATE: 7:29 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - The victim of a fatal single-vehicle accident in Peoria County has been identified. The Peoria County Coroner's Office says Steven Wright, 34, of Pekin was pronounced ...
Apr 21, 2024
Two dead, six injured in Memphis block party shooting, police say
MEMPHIS, TN - (Reuters) -At least two people are dead and six others injured in a shooting at a block party in Memphis, Tennessee, on Saturday, according to police. Police say the block party was unsa...
Apr 21, 2024
