Author Archives: Ed Hammond
East Peoria hosts 90th Veterans Day Parade
East Peoria hosts 90th Veterans Day parade EAST PEORIA, Ill. - (25 News) - The oldest continuous Veterans Day parade in Tazewell County continued its tradition Saturday. Veterans of different military...
Ed Hammond Nov 07, 2021 25 News
Mural unveiled in Peoria's Warehouse District
PEORIA, Ill - (25 News) -- Bradley University students joined a group of volunteers to make the Warehouse District a little brighter with a new mural. Big Picture Peoria unveiled the new "Hello Peoria...
Ed Hammond Nov 07, 2021 25 News
ISBE report card reflects pandemic's impact on Illinois schools
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois State Board of Education has released its latest school report card. The data has shown how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Illinois schools. ISBE Research Officer ...
Ed Hammond Oct 31, 2021 Midwest Communications
Taylor Swift, Obama lead tributes in star-studded Rock Hall of Fame ceremony
CLEVELAND, Ohio (Reuters) - Taylor Swift serenaded Carole King, former U.S. President Barack Obama praised rapper JAY-Z, and Paul McCartney paid tribute to the Foo Fighters on Saturday at a Rock &...
Ed Hammond Oct 31, 2021 REUTERS/Gaelen Morse
CDC says unvaccinated young foreign travelers do not need to quarantine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Saturday that unvaccinated foreign nationals under the age of 18 traveling to the United States by air do not have to...
Ed Hammond Oct 31, 2021 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
American Airlines cancels flights due to staff shortages, bad weather
(Reuters) - American Airlines Group Inc said on Saturday it has canceled hundreds of scheduled flights over the weekend due to staff shortages and unfavorable weather conditions. The airline said it h...
Ed Hammond Oct 30, 2021 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski
Deere, UAW agree on new 6-year contract subject to union vote
(Reuters) - U.S. tractor maker Deere & Co agreed on a new six-year contract with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union that would be subject to a vote by the company's striking workers, the company ...
Ed Hammond Oct 30, 2021 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Scott Morgan
Alec Baldwin calls movie shooting death 'one in a trillion episode'
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Alec Baldwin on Saturday described the fatal shooting on the set of his movie as a "one in a trillion episode" and said he support limits on the use of real guns in films and t...
Ed Hammond Oct 30, 2021 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo
Influential U.S. comedian Mort Sahl dies at age 94
(Reuters) -Mort Sahl, who strolled onstage with a newspaper and shook up the comedy world in the 1950s and '60s with a groundbreaking critical look at American life and politics, died on Tuesday at th...
Ed Hammond Oct 26, 2021 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Josh Edelson
White House: Schumer, Manchin in talks at Biden's Delaware home on infrastructure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Senators Chuck Schumer and Joe Manchin were in talks with President Joe Biden at his home in Delaware on Sunday as Democrats scrambled to reach agreement on social sp...
Ed Hammond Oct 24, 2021 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz