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Authorities say an Illinois sheriff’s deputy charged with murder in the death of a Black woman shot her in the face during a tense moment over a pot of water in her home.

But he picked up the game so fast he won a national title earlier this month. The East Peoria High School junior was crowned champion of his division at the 2024 American Pool Players Association National Junior Championships June 29-July 1 at the Renaissance St. Louis Airport Hotel in St. Louis.

WASHINGTON — Washington hosting its annual high school football fest has been a summer staple for the last 17 years. But for the first time in the event’s history, Darrell Crouch isn’t the Panthers head coach. Crouch retired at the end of last season, following a decorated 19-year career at Washington that saw 156 victories and 16 playoff appearances. Former associate head coach Todd Stevens has taken the reigns of the program. ...

There she is, Li’l Miss Illinois. That person is Kynleigh Fox of Galesburg, who was recently named Li’l Miss Illinois 2024 through the Miss Illinois Youth Program. Fox, daughter of Stacy Dunham, took part in the pageant recently as Li’l Miss Knox County. Fox recently turned 9 years old and will be a fourth grader at Galesburg Christian School. Among the activities she was required to take part included a talent – she danced – and an interview. Fox aced it as she was named Overall Top Interview.

A slow-moving disturbance will keep up in and out of clouds and a few nuisance showers through Tuesday then a few more showers with a cold front on Wednesday. Severe weather isn’t expected but we could see a few cold air funnels Monday afternoon. These funnels aren’t associated with severe weather, and they rarely touch down. Full blown sun returns Thursday through the weekend, but humidity will be on the rise and highs will climb to near 90.

1 shot, injured in Normal shooting near Trader's Circle.

STREATOR (25News Now) - Streator Police are working to try and identify a suspect in connection with a Saturday afternoon shooting. Police said it happened around 4:45 PM Saturday at City Park. There, officers found a 32-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the back. He was taken to OSF...

June 21, 2024 – Women producers have been taking on more management roles within agricultural operations. To support this rapidly growing population of farmers, the University of Illinois Extension serving DeWitt, Macon, and Piatt counties and Farm Credit Illinois are partnering to offer a six-week risk management course to empower this rapidly growing population of farmers.

(The Center Square) – Illinois political leaders are reacting to President Joe Biden announcing he won’t run for president and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic party’s nominee. Biden made the announcement Sunday afternoon, saying the move is in the “best interest of my party and the country.” "It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President," Biden said. "And while it...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — The Carp have their first ever postseason victory. Peoria City got a pair of second half goals and goal keeper Samy Slimi kept visiting Thunder Bay off the scoreboard in a 2-0 win in the opening round of the USL2 playoffs at Shea Stadium on Friday. Jose Gomez Ortiz scored off […]

(25News Now) - Peoria City’s journey is not done yet. With their 2-0 win tonight against Thunder Bay Chill, the Carp move onto the Central Conference Semifinals to take on divisional rival Des Moines Menace for the 3rd time this season. The two sides have tied in both games so far this season.

For several years, athlete Kelly Schaefer has run one particular stretch of road for St. Jude's It's the La Salle-Peru to Peoria run. While covering that distance, Schaefer remembers rainy cold conditions....and other times – sunny brutally hot conditions. Forty-four experienced runners – including Kelly and her husband -...

PEORIA, Ill. – It could be weeks before the exact reasoning behind a global computer system outage is known, but now fixes are being put into place. Banks, businesses, airlines, hospitals and airlines were affected globally when Austin, Texas-based cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike attempted to update its anti-malware software. “I...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A 4-year-old girl and her family may not be running for St. Jude this week, but they are fundraising in a sweet way: hosting a lemonade stand Friday afternoon. 4-year-old Alice was inspired by her aunt Marie Hatterman, who was diagnosed with Hodkin’s Lymphoma when...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Six weeks of summer reading gave some local kids the chance to take home a new bicycle Friday. Kids ranging from preschool to high school sat in the Peoria Public Library on Lincoln Ave. facing all 73 bikes, and waited to hear their name called to come up to the front of the room and receive a bike in the bike raffle event.

MORTON, Ill. (WMBD) – Jayci Arganbright threw out the first pitch at Friday’s “Strike Out Stroke Event” at the Peoria Chiefs game. The 19-year-old Morton native suffered a stroke just five months ago. She was in complete shock when it happened. “It’s just really scary because...

At least two people have died and 28 were hospitalized in an outbreak of listeria food poisoning linked to meat sliced at grocery store deli counters across a dozen states.