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Eureka man accused of beating 4-year-old faces preliminary abuse charges
A 4-year-old child is in the pediatric intensive care unit at a Peoria hospital after being beaten, allegedly by a man tasked with their care. Eureka police say Logan Lowery was arrested Friday in connection with the case after police and DCFS followed up on a child abuse report. Lowery...
Leaving Milwaukee, Illinois RNC delegates say Trump’s economic message should sway voters
MILWAUKEE — Illinois’ Republican delegation left the party’s presidential nomination convention expressing optimism that Donald Trump would regain the presidency in November and hope that some of the messages in his lengthy acceptance speech could win over voters in a state that overwhelmingly rejected the former president in the past two elections. With Trump’s nomination official and the ...
Beware of Scam in Illinois Involving Amazon and Temu Package Shipments
Thieves are working around the clock trying to come up with new ways to trick you using all the latest technology and techniques to steal your identity and money. Illinois and Wisconsin residents who order products online that are being shipped to their homes need to know about this latest scam that uses fake text messages about package deliveries.
Central IL county, city services report system issues amidst network outage
A worldwide outage of the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike struck Microsoft devices throughout Central Illinois, disrupting state, county and municipal systems. The City of Champaign and its library were just two of the organizations that dealt with the headaches caused by the outage.
2 hazardous waste collections planned for October in the stateline
(WIFR) - This fall, two hazardous waste collections will be held in the stateline, giving area communities the chance to safely dispose of unused or leftover hazardous household products. The one-day collections are open 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. on:. Saturday, October 12, at Ogle County Solid Waste Management Department,...
Teen continues lemonade stand for St. Jude in honor of her brother
EAST PEORIA (25News Now) - 14-year-old Olivia Pennington has fundraised around $100,000 for St. Jude since 2013. Over ten years ago, Oliva started a lemonade stand with her late brother Nathan, who was diagnosed with an aggressive type of brain cancer, Medulloblastoma. Nathan was a former patient of St. Jude who unfortunately lost his battle in 2017.
Man injured in shooting in Normal early Saturday morning
A man is injured after a shooting just after midnight Saturday in Normal. Normal police officers responded to a shots fired call on Traders Circle. A man who was struck by gunfire was found and taken to the hospital. His condition is unknown. Anyone with information is asked to send...
$11.6M in total donations for 47th annual St. Jude Telethon
PEORIA (25News Now) - Thank you Central Illinois! It was another record-breaking year for the St. Jude Telethon. The 47th annual telethon concluded with $11,659,92 in total donations. Additionally, donations for the 2024 St. Jude Runs totaled $5,974,975. The St. Jude Memphis to Peoria Run alone raised $1,420,518 in total...
Morton superintendent to retire at the end of the school year, replaced by his assistant
MORTON, Ill. (WMBD) — Out with the old and in with the new, sort of. On Friday, Morton School District 709 announced Superintendent Craig Smock would be retiring at the end of this coming school year, to be replaced by Assistant Superintendent Joseph Sander, who has been in that job for three years.
Area summer baseball team sizzling hot
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — The Rhino/K’s 2026 baseball team is beyond hot. It carried a 14-game winning streak into its third consecutive tournament on Thursday. Then it won again to extend the winning streak to 15. The Rhino/K’s travel baseball organization won two tournament titles in a ten-day stretch from July 6-15. The tournament championships […]
Peoria City Soccer wins first playoff game
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 […]
25 Sports Friday - July 19, 2024
(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.
A run to Peoria for St. Jude's; Schaefer does it for her daughter
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 -...
In East Peoria, medical professionals describe ravages of Gaza war
PEORIA (25News Now) - Illinois medical professionals are back on U.S. soil after a humanitarian trip to Gaza, and they shared their war zone experiences Friday night at Illinois Central College in East Peoria. Critical care nurse Hamza Abdul Qader spent several months there and described the destruction of Gaza’s...
Peoria Library hosts bicycle giveaway raffle for their summer reading program
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.
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