Author Archives: Ed Hammond
Winter Storm leaves behind icy roads, colder weather
PEORIA, Ill. - A New Year's Day winter storm resulted in as much as 5 inches of snow in some areas of Central Illinois and left behind snow packed and icy roads and the promise of colder weather ahead...
Jan 02, 2022 1470-100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley (file)
Snow removal efforts continue, collision alert issued
UPDATED 1/4/22 Peoria County officials say the Collision Alert was lifted as of 11:08 a.m. Tuesday, January 4. ---------------------------- Peoria, Ill. - Peoria County has issued a traffic collision ...
Jan 02, 2022 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
One person seriously injured in East Bluff house fire
UPDATE - PEORIA, Ill. -Four people escaped a Peoria house fire, but one of them was injured seriously. Firefighters arrived at 1900 N. Dechman Ave. at 9:39 a.m. Sunday to see fire coming from a second...
Dec 26, 2021 1470 and 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
One person treated after Christmas morning fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Fire in an apartment sent one person to a local hospital Christmas morning. Firefighters found smoke coming from the first and second floors of an apartment house at 2730 W. Trewyn Ave....
Dec 26, 2021 Midwest Communications
Bradley holds in-person commencement ceremony
Bradley holds in-person winter commmencement ceremony PEORIA, Ill. - (25 News) - Bradley University held its first in-person commencement since 2019 Saturday to celebrate this year's winter graduates....
Dec 19, 2021 25 News
Peoria firefighters respond to apartment fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Smoke and flames were seen coming from a Peoria apartment building. The fire was reported around 5:50 a.m. Sunday at a two-story apartment building in the 2400 block of Gale Avenue. Fir...
Dec 19, 2021 Midwest Communications
Six dead, no hope of more survivors, after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (Reuters) -Six Amazon.com Inc workers were confirmed dead on Saturday after a series of tornadoes roared through a warehouse near St. Louis, ripping off its roof and causing 11-inch...
Dec 12, 2021 REUTERS/Drone Base
Driver rescued from apparent hit-and-run accident
PEORIA, Ill. - One driver was trapped inside one of two vehicles involved in a Peoria accident. Peoria firefighters responded to a call of a two-vehicle crash at 8:26 p.m. Saturday in the 700 block of...
Dec 12, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Mason City woman injured, one man dead, after Sangamon County crash
CANTRALL, Ill. - A Sangamon County crash claimed the life of a Greenview, Illinois man and injured a Mason City woman. The crash occurred around 5:30 p.m. Friday on Route 29 south of Cantrall, about 1...
Dec 12, 2021 Midwest Communications
One man shot, another stabbed, in Farmington incident
FARMINGTON, Ill. - Two men have been hospitalized after a stabbing and shooting in rural Farmington early Saturday morning. The Fulton County Sheriff's Department says deputies found one male with gun...
Nov 28, 2021 Midwest Communications
