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Logan County girl shot to death in Chicago
CHICAGO (25News Now) - A five-year-old girl from Lincoln is one of the latest victims of deadly violence in Chicago following a weekend shooting that Lincoln’s mayor said is a “senseless tragedy.”. A group of people were standing outside when shots were fired about 3:30 a.m. Sunday on...
Correctional workers union criticizes plan to relocate Lincoln prison, residents worry about potential closure
LINCOLN, Ill (25News Now) - AFSCME Council 31, the union representing the state’s prison workers, has released a report. opposing the Illinois Department of Corrections’ proposal to relocate the Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln. In March, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and IDOC announced plans to tear down and rebuild...
Illini Bluffs softball headed back to IHSA state finals after home run in final inning
ATHENS — Illini Bluffs is making that familiar spring trip — to the Illinois High School Association softball state finals. The top-ranked Tigers (24-1) used a late-inning home run to beat No. 4 Carrollton, 2-1 on Monday, claiming the Class 1A Athens Supersectional. IB's next stop is its fifth successive trip to the...
Severe Weather Possible Tonight into Sunday
Potential severe weather is predicted by the National Weather Service in Lincoln, for all of Central Illinois, tonight into Sunday. NWS officials say a couple periods of strong to severe storms are expected over the Memorial Day weekend. Strong storms will move into west central Illinois late tonight and move...
Prep sports recap for May 27, 2024
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — Sophomore Sara Finn hit a tie-breaking homer in the top of the seventh and Illini Bluffs held on to beat Carrollton, 2-1, in the class 1A softball super-sectional at Athens on Monday. The wins sends the Tigers (24-1) to their fifth consecutive trip to state. Ilini Bluffs will face Trico (23-5) […]
Auburn's Taylor lets bat, as well as her arm, do the talking for Trojans' first sectional title
WILLIAMSVILLE — Meena Taylor did everything she could for the Auburn softball team with her pitching arm. It was time for her bat to do some damage. With one on and one out in the top of the ninth inning, the junior hammered the first pitch of her at-bat over the fence in right field to give the Trojans a two-run lead. In the bottom of the same inning, with the tying run at third and the winning run at first base, Taylor polished off the Class 2A Williamsville Sectional championship win by striking out Stanford Olympia's Emma Books.
4 sentenced for bungled gun store burglaries
A federal judge has sentenced four people for their parts in a gun store burglary ring that tried to grab weapons from five counties in Central Illinois, including McLean. Dezmond Hardy, 23, Shaleik Ward, 20, Terrence Daniels, 23, and Erika Garner, 22, are all from Peoria. They admitted attempting and failing to break into gun stores in Bloomington, LeRoy, Lincoln, Decatur, Spring Valley, and Taylorville in August 2023.
Six people hurt, nine cars towed in Rt 54 dust storm crashes
Update on 5/22 at 7:30 a.m. LOGAN COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — State Police have shared new details on the Route 54 crashes resulting from a dust storm that developed Tuesday evening over parts of Central Illinois. Around 5:48 p.m., police responded to reports of four separate crashes near 2000 Avenue. Six people reported injuries on […]
Athens man feels impact of insulin shortage
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — People nationwide are struggling to find and afford insulin after manufacturing delays and transportation issues. Tom Walsh, who lives in Athens, says he was lucky to receive a 90-day supply of his insulin in January. Since March, he's been in a constant state of panic regarding when and where he would find he's next vial of the life-saving drug.
Two hurt in overnight Springfield shooting: Police
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — Two people are recovering in a Springfield hospital after they were shot early Monday morning, police said. Officials said the shooting happened around 12:50 a.m. at Sangamon Towers, 424 North 4th Street. When officers responded, they found a 24-year-old man in the lobby with two gunshot wounds. Another victim — a […]
Illinois quick hits: Union opposes prison plan; water rate hike reviewed; swim safety urged
AFSCME Council 31, the union representing Illinois’ prison workers, has released a report opposing the Illinois Department of Corrections’ proposal to relocate the Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln. In March, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and IDOC announced plans to rebuild the women’s prison. The report states that the plan would likely displace hundreds of workers.
'My dream as a teacher died.' Springfield teachers continue to express concern over safety
After a parade of current and former School District 186 teachers at Monday's board of education meeting talked about verbal and physical threats they have heard and experienced personally in their schools, Douglas Prep teacher Emelie Cherrone produced a sign. "This is what my child," Cherrone said, "would say to...
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