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Illinois quick hits: Illinois prison staff hospitalized; kanes reopen for holiday weekend
Illinois prison staff hospitalized Staff members at a southern Illinois correctional facility were taken to a hospital after experiencing some medical symptoms. Twelve staff members at the Menard Correctional Center had medical symptoms and were taken to a hospital by ambulance. It is unknown what caused the illnesses. The Illinois Poison Control Center, along with the St. Clair County EMA's Hazmat Team is assisting with the investigation. ...
State officials celebrate new Illinois DCFS region/field office
MARION, Ill. (KBSI) – State officials are represetatives from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services held a ribbon cutting Thursday for the new Illinois DCFS region/field office in Marion. The Illinois DCFS was joined by Illinois State Senator Dale Fowler, Mayor Mike Absher, Marion’s former Director of...
Continuing Education programs can map your next adventure
IVCC's Continuing Education Center delivers the world from A-Z, and on an affordable budget. Flipping through the 24-page course catalog, you can explore curling (on ice) or the latest technology tools (Chat GPT) or the earliest survival tools (the atlatl) or basic yoga. Each year, some 3,000 participants ranging in...
Amish Haystack Dinner/Bake Sale to Benefit New School
Local Amish school children have a new school building in the Spring Valley, IL, area. To raise funds for supplies, a unique benefit, “Haystack Dinner and Bake Sale,” will be held Friday, September 13, 2024, from 3:30 to 7:00 p.m. Carry-out food is available. “Proceeds will benefit our...
Illinois high school football recap: Peoria-area highlights from IHSA Week 1
We had dramatic finishes, late finishes and so much more in Week 1 of the Illinois high school football season. Here is the Journal Star preps experience for Week 1, your one-stop shop as we look around the Peoria-area football landscape to open the 2024 high school season: ...
Prosecutor: ‘Appalling’ – term used to describe condition of 27 malnourished dogs,
UPDATED (3:45 p.m.) — A prosecutor told a Peoria County judge that 27 emaciated dogs deemed by an animal control officer were in “appalling” condition. That statement during a hearing Friday afternoon in Peoria County Circuit Court where the owners were charged with a misdemeanor count and ordered not to be around or to possess any pets.
Volunteers needed as Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall set to return to East Peoria
EAST PEORIA (25News Now) - The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall will be in East Peoria next month and the city is asking for volunteers. Volunteers are needed to help set up and take down the wall panels as well as provide information and security. The traveling memorial wall will be...
Peoria’s top cop says ‘Walk and Talks’ have positively impacted the city
PEORIA (25News Now) - Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria said the department’s annual ‘Walk and Talks’ have made a positive impact on the city in the past four years. A police report from earlier this year shows street violence is lower in some categories. Echevarria said the...
Fund Established To Support Historic Landmark In La Salle
Looking for long-term sustainability, folks with Hegeler Carus Mansion in La Salle have partnered with Starved Rock Country Community Foundation. An agency designated non-endowed fund called “Hegeler Carus Museum Campus Sustainability Fund” has been created. Over time, interest generated by the fund will support maintenance projects at the museum campus along with helping with general upkeep and operations.
Peoria man released from custody after being arrested on weapons count
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A Peoria County judge implored a 26-year-old man to do what he could to stay out of the gun violence that is plaguing the streets of Peoria. Judge Mark Gilles, as he has done in the past, gave an impassioned talk to Quovideous A.V. Pierson who appeared in Peoria County Circuit Court on charges of aggravated discharge of a firearm and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon in connection with an Aug. 18 incident in Downtown Peoria.
Danville Wins First Ever DHS Girls Flag Football Game; as New Ned Whitesell Field Opens
ABOVE: Peoria Richwood players (left) and Danville High School players (right) pose before the first ever girls flag football game in Danville High School history; in the first event at the refurbished Ned Whitesell Field. Coaches Taylor Williams and Bryan Simmons saw their DHS Girls Flag Football Team defeat Peoria...
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