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CAT, Deere in cyclical layoff mode, say industry experts
PEORIA (25News Now and KWQC) - Manufacturing competitors Caterpillar and John Deere are implementing layoffs as material prices rise across the industry, say experts familiar with the sector. Deere laid off 170 manufacturing employees on Wednesday, following hundreds more workers in the Quad Cities area the past few months. A...
Peoria’s Fire Department passes out truckload of school supplies for area kids
PEORIA (25News Now) - For the third year, hundreds of kids and families flocked to Trewyn Park for some of a truckload of school supplies doled out by Peoria’s Fire Department. The Fill the Truck backpack giveaway is a collaboration between Peoria’s Afro-American Firefighters Association, Peoria Firefighters Local 50,...
Harold Osborn- World's Greatest Athlete - Part Two- we meet two of his daughters
PEORIA (25News Now) - Harold Osborn won 1924 Olympic Gold Medals in both the decathlon and the high jump. Osborn’s daughters often played with those gold medals in the attic! Their Dad was the Word’s Greatest Athlete 100 years ago and they share their memories of this remarkable man.
Young basketball players credit Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese for growing women’s hoops
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — When Kristen Gillespie and Illinois State University played Iowa in the NCAA Tournament two years ago, she knew something was different. “Walking into that NCAA Tournament game with 15,000 fans, sold out for a first round game, you knew there was something special brewing,” the ISU women’s basketball coach said. That’s […]
Mentors help redirect youth down a less violent path
PEORIA (25News Now) - At-risk teens are learning about the struggle of recidivism and surviving it through men who experienced it for themselves. Nearly a dozen boys and another dozen previously incarcerated men are involved in this mentorship. They’ve been partnered for the last 90 days to steer teens away from following in similar footsteps.
Nebraska Avenue Reconstruction Project Public Meeting Set for July 31
The City of Peoria Department of Public Works will host an informational meeting regarding the Nebraska Avenue – Sterling Avenue to I-74 Reconstruction Project. The hybrid meeting will be held at 5:30 pm on Wednesday, July 31, at Advanced Medical Transport of Central Illinois, 1718 N Sterling Ave. Attendees may also attend the meeting virtually via Microsoft Teams using the following information.
Peoria's Mike Dunne shares his 1984 Team USA Olympic baseball memories
PEORIA (25News Now) - In 1984, Mike Dunne was a proud Limestone Rockets graduate, and a Bradley Braves standout, and a St. Louis Cardinals 1st round draft pick! But the highlight of Mike Dunne’s summer of 1984 was his chance to wear the USA uniform in the 1984 Olympics. Dunne was a member of the first ever USA Olympic baseball team--a team that finished as silver medalists.
Washington celebrates being Illinois’ 30th dementia-friendly community
WASHINGTON (25News Now) - A kick-off event in Washington celebrated the city becoming the 30th dementia-friendly community in Illinois. The event was held at Crossroads Global Methodist Church, located at 1420 N Main Street from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The city is working with Dementia Friendly America, the Alzheimer’s...
IL FOP: Sean Grayson fired ‘without just cause’, files grievance
SANGAMON COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — The Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council filed a grievance saying the deputy that shot Sonya Massey in the face was terminated “without just cause.” Sean Grayson shot 36-year-old Sonya Massey in the head while responding to a call at her home. Grayson was charged with first-degree murder earlier this month. […]
Don’t Go in the Water – 38 Illinois Places Have Swimming Warnings
Summertime is all about getting outside and enjoying the nice weather and swimming is a vital part of that. However, there are now 38 places in Illinois that now have urgent swimming warnings about staying out of the water. As a general rule, I check the Illinois Beach Guard System...
IL representatives propose MINES Act for coal mine collapse accountability
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WCIA) — A bipartisan proposal has been brought forth by Illinois U.S. Representatives to unveil the federal government’s efforts towards preventing coal mine collapses. The Monitoring, Investigating, Navigating and Explaining Subsidence (MINES) Act was brought forth by Representatives Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13) and Mike Bost (R-IL-12), as well as Alex Mooney (R-WV-02) and Matt […]
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