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Who are Illinois' highest paid state workers? Here's the top 10
Gov. JB Pritzker is often referred to as the richest politician in the country. Yet, it is his personal wealth as an heir to Hyatt Hotel fortune, and not a state salary, that earns him this distinction. Even if he decided to take the $226,800 salary for the current fiscal...
Deaconess Foundation invites applications from organizations in eastern Missouri and southern Illinois
The Deaconess Foundation aims to improve the health of the community and people of eastern Missouri and southern Illinois. The foundation invites applications for its Seeding the Future Grants, which support efforts that accelerate change in conditions and systems transformation through coalition and base building, grassroots advocacy, civic engagement, community organizing, and public policy development/change. Funding will be awarded to bolster organizational and civic infrastructure expansion, advance of public policies, and/or support efforts impacting systems transformation through an intergenerational approach for the improved health and wellness of people in eastern Missouri and southern Illinois. The grant is designed to cultivate a partnership pipeline for the Movement Transformation Cohort.
Local activist group continues to protest the war in Palestine
PEORIA (25News Now) - Dozens of people came out with Peoria for Palestine to protest the war in Palestine Sunday afternoon in Peoria. At the corner of University and Main Streets, the group held signs and chanted songs begging for the violence in the country to stop. This is the...
Peoria City heads to Conference Finals
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Peoria City defeated the Des Moines Menace in a high scoring and physical match on Sunday at Shea Stadium. Peoria City lost a 3-1 lead in regulation, then fought back to tie the game 5-5 in extra tie before winning the playoff match-up in penalty kicks, 6-4. The win is likely […]
Peoria police investigate shots fired inside Big Al’s
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Officers are investigating a report of gunshots inside the building that houses Big Al’s early Sunday. Officers were called the business, located in the 400 block of Southwest Jefferson Avenue, just before 3:30 a.m. on a report of a fight, said Semone Roth of the Peoria Police Department.
Illinois State Police investigating after man killed during encounter with Peoria police
A man was killed during an encounter with multiple police officers Sunday in Peoria. Four Peoria police officers responded to the 1800 block of W. Sherman Avenue around 12:33 p.m. Sunday on a call for assistance with a "violent" male, police said. Officers identified the individual as Donald Wilson, 46, who had a...
Speech Experts Really Don’t Like How You’re Saying ‘Illinois’
There are rebels in our midst that are saying what should be an obvious word incorrectly. It's such a problem that the speech experts have issued a warning to everyone that has managed to say "Illinois" incorrectly. I'm a live and let live kind of person. If you want to...
Don’t Fall Victim to the Latest USPS Text Scam Circulating Illinois
We should all know better by now, but I nearly fell victim to a new package delivery text scam the other day, and I don't want the same thing to happen to you. Here's one thing I can guarantee about me; if you call or text me from a number I don't recognize, I will not answer or respond...ever. My notorious call screening usually saves me from phone scammers, BUT, when I have been waiting for over two weeks for Japanese Beetle traps I desperately need to arrive, receiving a text about a delivery issue almost had me falling hook, line, and sinker into the scammer's trap.
Local lemonade stand has raised money for St. Jude for more than a decade
EAST PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A local lemonade stand has raised more than $9,500 dollars to benefit the St. Jude run from Memphis to Peoria. Olivia Pennington and her family have hosted the popular Nathan and Olivia’s Lemonade Stand in East Peoria for 12 years. It all started...
OPPD crew returning after supporting power restoration efforts in Iowa, Illinois
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The OPPD crew that traveled to Iowa and Illinois to assist power workers there with restoration after a line major storms rolled through the region is headed back home. In an update Saturday, OPPD said that in addition to general power restoration assistance, their transportation mechanics...
Multiple juveniles injured after single-vehicle crash in Dunlap Monday morning
DUNLAP, Ill. – Seven juveniles were taken to a hospital after a single-vehicle crash in Dunlap early Monday morning. The Peoria County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to an iPhone crash in the area of North Hickory Grove and Strathmore Court just before 2:45 A.M. All seven in...
Dozens of runners pay tribute to former Richwoods High School Student for St. Jude
PEORIA (25News Now)—Hundreds of runners are coming together today to continue St. Jude’s life-saving mission through the St. Jude Runs. The Richwoods to Peoria runners are running around 30 miles today, with a goal of raising $37,000. There are 37 runners this year, and each runner is responsible for $1,000 in fundraising efforts.
2 Dead & At Least 28 People Are Hospitalized Following Multistate Listeria Outbreak, CDC Reports
Two people are dead, and at least 28 people have been hospitalized following a multistate listeria outbreak. RELATED: Uh-Oh! FDA Announces Nationwide Recall Of Over 60 Ice Cream Products More Details On The Deaths & Hospitalizations Related To The Outbreak According to CNN, the CDC announced the outbreak in an investigation notice published on Friday, July [...] The post 2 Dead & At Least 28 People Are Hospitalized Following Multistate Listeria Outbreak, CDC Reports appeared first on The Shade Room.
Potentially Severe Mosquito-borne Illness Confirmed in Illinois
It was simply a matter of time. With the number of mosquitos that seem to take over Illinois and Missouri during the summertime, the fact that a potentially severe mosquito-borne illness is now confirmed in the area should not come as a surprise. The Illinois Department of Public Health said...
“I couldn’t pass it up”: TBT reunion just the beginning for Morgan and Ferrell
Juwan Morgan is one of the bridges on Assembly Ball, the IU basketball TBT alumni team. He played as a freshman on the 2016 Big Ten title team that featured Assembly Ball teammates Yogi Ferrell and Troy Williams. And Morgan also played with Assembly Ball teammates Race Thompson and Devonte...
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