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Around 300 Quest Charter Academy students transition to District 150 classrooms
PEORIA (25News Now) - Peoria students return to the classrooms Wednesday as the Peoria Public School District 150 helps the remaining Quest Charter Academy kids transition into their new schools. Quest Charter Academy closed its doors for the last time in June. This left around 400 middle and high school...
Peoria’s Mr. Soccer - Jim DeRose- leads the charge for Peoria City
PEORIA (25News Now) - Jim DeRose retired last November after 28 years as Bradley soccer coach. One of his greatest accomplishments at Bradley was the Braves’ move to Shea Stadium. This summer in his new job as Peoria City President, DeRose again has a winning soccer team, Peoria City,...
Manual’s Dietrich Richardson ends summer as hot recruiting target
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — Summer is over for Dietrich Richardson. School starts Wednesday at Manual High School where Richardson will begin his senior year. He says the summer may be over but the work continues. “I’ve been working on my three-point shooting and upper body strength. That’s what I was working on most of this […]
Disc golf arrives on Peoria’s Riverfront
PEORIA (25News Now) - There’s plenty to do on Peoria’s Riverfront, but on Tuesday there was something that’s rarely seen there. Choose Greater Peoria teamed up with the Ledgestone Open to bring disc golf to the Riverfront. Organizers set up an 18-hole disc golf course outside the...
As workers return to the office, residents are moving back to Chicago and other cities, driving up home prices
Ta Juana Tang, 45, bought a home in Frankfort, a southwestern suburb of Chicago, during the COVID-19 pandemic when she started working remotely. But when in-person work started to return, Tang’s commute became too much. In April, she sold her Frankfort townhome and purchased a four-bedroom home in West Town. “When you work in construction, I’m in the office at 7:00 (or) 7:15 a.m.,” said Tang, ...
Hall Foundation Hosting Aug. 12 Fundraiser at Jack's in Spring Valley
How'd you like to help out the teachers of Hall High School, while enjoying a great meal?. The Hall Education Foundation is holding a fundraiser on Monday, August 12 at Jack's Tap in Spring Valley. Twelve dollars gets you a pork tenderloin dinner. Drinks aren't included in the price. The...
Spook the Loop to return to Geneseo with special guest
GENESEO, Ill. (KWQC) - Geneseo will be hosting its second Spook the Loop event on August 10 with special guest Butch Patrick. Patrick, a former resident of Geneseo, is known as Eddie Munster from the classic Munsters TV sitcom, according to a media release. He lived above a downtown storefront and attended school at St. Malachy Elementary School. He also attended the event in 2023.
Live Music Returns To Downtown Moline With Chillin’ In The Courtyard
Moline, IL – July 29: The Chillin’ in the Courtyard events will bring music, food, and fun back to Moline’s Historic Block Courtyard in August and September. Admission is free and attendees are asked to bring a lawn chair. Saturday, August 10th, the live music starts at...
Kalamazoo man pleads guilty in international scam of elderly victims
Federal attorneys announced four people pleaded guilty Tuesday to participating in an international mail and wire fraud scheme originating in Nigeria and targeting elderly and vulnerable people. 37-year-old Fatai Okunola of Kalamazoo was charged along with three co-conspirators in Illinois and Texas. U.S. Attorney Mark Totten says the defendants used...
OLNEY PRINCIPAL SERVING AS ILLINOIS PRINCIPALS ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT
(SPRINGFIELD) Congratulations to a Richland County school administrator as the Illinois Principals Association (IPA) has announced that Cris Edwards, principal of Richland County Elementary School in Olney, will serve as President of the IPA for the 2024-2025 school term. A member of the Illinois Principals Association since 2007, Edwards has most recently served as the State Director for the Wabash Valley region and a member of the IPA Board of Directors, plus she was named Illinois Elementary Principal of the Year in 2023, received the Wabash Valley “Reaching Out & Building Bridges” award in 2021, and the Wabash Valley Herman Graves award in 2019. Edwards began her career in education in 1992 as a Language Arts & Current Events teacher in Tuscon, Arizona, moving to Edwards County High School in Albion as Economics, Government, & Language Arts teacher and on to Parkview Junior High School in Lawrenceville as Social Sciences teacher before becoming an administrator in the Richland County School District in 2007.
Illinois Is Getting Digital Licenses: Here’s How It All Works
We've been keeping an eye on the progress of Illinois House Bill 4592 (HB 4592) for a while now, and because we're technology geeks we're pretty excited that it brings that little plastic card in your wallet into the digital age by allowing us to have our driver's licenses or state IDs on our phones, where we have seemingly everything else.
Daily severe storm risk through Friday | Live Doppler 13 Weather Blog
INDIANAPOLIS — A complex of strong storms in central Illinois has prompted a Severe Thunderstorm Watch across the border in Illinois until 1 p.m. This storm system is tracking southeast toward Indiana. Here's what to know. Severe risk across Indiana again Wednesday. The Storm Prediction Center has once again...
Illinois Storm Warning: Strong Winds and Hail Threaten Chicagoland Tonight
Illinois, July 31, 2024 – A round of severe thunderstorms is expected to sweep through Illinois late tonight, with the National Weather Service (NWS) issuing a severe weather alert for areas south of I-80. Residents in these areas should prepare for damaging winds and quarter-sized hail as storms develop after midnight and continue into early Thursday morning.
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