WEEK | 25 News Now | Peoria, IL (2024)

UPDATE: Coroner identifies man killed at Caterpillar’s Mapleton Foundry

Updated: Jun. 7, 2024 at 3:27 PM CDT

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This death comes less than a year after a 25News report in which a Mapleton Foundry employee said she feared for her safety in that building.

Peoria Police say Friday night shooting victim not cooperating

Updated: Jun. 7, 2024 at 11:37 PM CDT

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Man shot twice in the lower leg, said a Peoria Police spokesperson.

Park-A-Palooza expected to attract 10,000 people to Peoria’s Riverfront

Updated: Jun. 7, 2024 at 10:46 PM CDT

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It's Park-A-Palooza's second year

Feds send $1 million for Peoria new housing, sidewalk repairs

Updated: Jun. 7, 2024 at 10:40 PM CDT

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$1 million in tax refunds from the federal government will be used to for sidewalk restoration and to partner with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Peoria.

Regulatory framework for carbon capture and sequestration awaits Pritzker’s signature

Updated: Jun. 7, 2024 at 10:15 PM CDT

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On governor's desk is a deal between industry, labor and environmental groups

Shooting in Galesburg kills 1, injures another

Updated: Jun. 7, 2024 at 7:02 PM CDT

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Fatal shooting in the 900 block of East South Street in Galesburg

Summertime heat is set to return next week

Summertime heat is set to return next week

25News Fastcast - June 7

Updated: Jun. 7, 2024 at 9:40 AM CDT

Peoria native Liv Warfield breaks down her golden buzzer moment

Updated: Jun. 7, 2024 at 10:10 AM CDT

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Liv Warfield shares her journey growing up in Peoria and becoming a singer.

Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, killed in plane crash

Updated: Jun. 7, 2024 at 11:38 PM CDT

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Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state.

Organization unites in effort to raise money and support for its churches

Updated: Jun. 7, 2024 at 4:41 PM CDT

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Governor J.B. Pritzker attended the event and showed appreciation for the First Baptist General State Convention of Illinois.

Mental health event to provide safe space for young people traumatized by violence

Updated: Jun. 7, 2024 at 4:26 PM CDT

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Stop Tripping and Start Living is the name of the event at East Bluff Community Center

Carden International Circus returns to Peoria this weekend

Updated: Jun. 7, 2024 at 3:23 PM CDT

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At Peoria Exposition Gardens this weekend

3 Peoria men sentenced for robbing informant at gunpoint

Updated: Jun. 7, 2024 at 3:08 PM CDT

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Three Peoria men were sentenced for robbing a confidential informant of $1,200 at gunpoint during a federal firearms investigation last May.

Peoria felon receives federal sentence for possessing a firearm

Updated: Jun. 7, 2024 at 2:21 PM CDT

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The statutory penalties for possessing a firearm as a felon are up to 15 years’ imprisonment and up to three years of supervised release.

Power out for hundreds in Metamora after crash

Updated: Jun. 7, 2024 at 6:17 PM CDT

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Power outage after a crash at Monroe and Spring in Metamora.

Dick Van Dyke becomes the oldest Daytime Emmy winner at age 98 for guest role on ‘Days of Our Lives’

Updated: Jun. 7, 2024 at 9:33 PM CDT

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The actor was honored Friday night as guest performer in a daytime drama series for his part as amnesiac Timothy Robicheaux on Peaco*ck’s “Days of Our Lives.”

A few showers to start the weekend

Updated: Jun. 7, 2024 at 2:55 PM CDT

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Plenty of dry time in between showers

’One of the best’ Mexican soccer teams to face Peoria City in pair of matches

Updated: Jun. 6, 2024 at 7:20 PM CDT

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Copa Peoria Series to be held at Shea Stadium

State grocery tax elimination could cost local governments

Updated: Jun. 6, 2024 at 5:56 PM CDT

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Pekin's finance director says it could cost the city around $1.5 million