Author Archives: Ed Hammond
Major Nor'easter blankets U.S. East Coast with snow, heavy winds
BOSTON - (Reuters) - The northeastern United States was walloped by a fierce winter storm on Saturday that dropped more than two feet of snow on some areas while packing high winds, prompting thousand...
Jan 30, 2022 REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs
Nadal edges Medvedev in five-set thriller to win Australian Open
MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Rafa Nadal edged Daniil Medvedev in a classic Australian Open final on Sunday, roaring back from two sets down to claim a record 21st Grand Slam title only months after fearing hi...
Jan 30, 2022 REUTERS/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake
Fire at Dunlap High School
DUNLAP, Ill. - Firefighters from Dunlap and three other area departments responded to a fire at Dunlap High School. The fire was reported around 6:45 p.m. Saturday. According to a post on the Dunlap H...
Jan 23, 2022
Deployment ceremony for Illinois service members
Deployment ceremony for Illinois service members NORMAL, Ill. - (25 News) - A deployment ceremony was held Saturday as hundreds of Illinois servicemen and women head to Africa Sunday as part of Operat...
Jan 23, 2022 25 News
Peoria police release results of latest anti-violence initiative
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria has released a third update of his department's anti-violence initiative. Echevarria, in a news release, said Peoria police, along with the Illinois ...
Jan 23, 2022 MWC-Peoria Police Media Release
"Bat Out of Hell" singer Meat Loaf dies at age 74
LONDON (Reuters) - Meat Loaf, the U.S. rock star whose debut "Bat Out of Hell" became one of the best-selling albums of all time, has died aged 74. Delivering epic anthems about love, lust and motorcy...
Jan 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Bobby Yip (HONG KONG)
FBI storms Texas synagogue to release hostages, gunman dead
UPDATE: 5 a.m. 1/17: COLLEYVILLE, Texas -- U.S. and British authorities continue to investigate the weekend standoff at a Texas synagogue that ended with an armed British national dead and a rabbi cre...
Jan 16, 2022 REUTERS/Shelby Tauber
Djokovic flies out of Australia after losing court appeal
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Tennis superstar Novak Djokovic boarded a plane to leave Australia on Sunday after the Federal Court upheld a government decision to cancel his visa on the grounds that his decis...
Jan 16, 2022 REUTERS/Loren Elliott
JOLT Harm Reduction moves to new location
PEORIA, Ill. - (25 News) - A local organization - aimed at healing communities - is expanding into a bigger, better building. JOLT Harm Reduction said goodbye to its old building on Northeast Adams St...
Jan 16, 2022
Winter break extended for Peoria Public Schools
PEORIA, Ill. - A surge in COVID-19 cases locally and across the nation has resulted in a schedule change for Peoria Public Schools. The school district announced Sunday the current winter break will b...
Jan 02, 2022 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
