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3 days ago | 
25newsnow.com | Liz Lape
PEORIA (25News Now) - Sunday afternoon, the first-ever Memorial Susan G. Komen for the Cure Mother’s Day brunch, Mother’s Day Breakfast and Bubbles, was held at Peoria’s Premier Event and Entertainment Center. Organizers said the event is continuing the celebration of the More Than Pink Walk, which marked its 40th anniversary on Saturday. People were invited to buy tickets to the event, honoring the special women in their lives. Guests were also able to pay for a raffle drawing.
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3 days ago | 
25newsnow.com | Liz Lape
PEORIA (25News Now) - Peoria Heights’ Tower Park was filled with art enthusiasts over the weekend for the annual Peoria Heights Arts Collaborative Fine Art Fair. Running for almost a decade, the fair draws hundreds of people for the two-day event. The 2025 fair featured 41 artists from across the country and locally, food vendors, children’s activities, and live music.
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5 days ago | 
25newsnow.com | Liz Lape
NATIONAL (25News Now) - President Donald Trump struck a trade deal with the United Kingdom Thursday, reducing the initial tariff percentage imposed on the country. Under the Deal, Trump said the U.K. will reduce nontariff barriers on U.S. products like beef, ethanol, machinery, and chemicals. Illinois is the third-largest producer of ethanol in the U.S., exporting more than 100 million gallons to the U.K. every year.
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5 days ago | 
25newsnow.com | Liz Lape
MCLEAN COUNTY (25News Now) - Connect Transit confirmed it will be taking over rural McLean County transportation routes this summer. Normal Town Council voted to let the company operate outside of Bloomington-Normal’s corporate limit a month ago. The transportation company will take over Show Bus’s routes from Bloomington-Normal to outlying towns like Chenoa, Lexington, Towanda, Bellflower, LeRoy, Downs, and Saybrook.
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5 days ago | 
25newsnow.com | Liz Lape
PEORIA (25News Now) - Illinois Rep. Eric Sorensen (Illinois-D) reintroduced this week that would expand disabled veterans’ access to necessary home modifications. Right now, a disabled veteran will only receive $6,800 to make at-home modifications for disabilities due to their time in the service. A veteran will only get $2,000 for injuries or disabilities unrelated to their military service.
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6 days ago | 
25newsnow.com | Liz Lape
PEORIA (25News Now) - East Peoria City Council Commissioners took the next steps to further develop the Levee District at Tuesday night’s meeting. The council approved an ordinance to amend the Levee District overlay plan. It calls for a new area to be developed along Center Street behind Costco, named Center Street Crossing. Plans for the area include what the agenda details describe as more sidewalk dining and entertainment opportunities.
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6 days ago | 
25newsnow.com | Liz Lape
EAST PEORIA (25News Now) - The City of East Peoria is offering an incentive to help people replace lead service lines in their homes. East Peoria City Council Commissioners approved the $50,000 grant program at their meeting on Tuesday night. In 2021, the state passed the Lead Service Line Replacement and Notification Act, which requires cities to identify all lead pipes through resident surveys. Mayor John Kahl said out of 9,000 households in East Peoria, around 267 homes need line replacements.
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1 week ago | 
25newsnow.com | Liz Lape
PEORIA (25News Now) - Seventeen attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Monday over an executive order banning wind energy development. President Donald Trump signed the executive order Jan. 1, pausing all approvals, permits, and loans for all wind energy projects in the U.S. and overseas. Illinois currently for wind power production, with more than 3,800 wind turbines across the state.
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1 week ago | 
25newsnow.com | Liz Lape
PEORIA (25News Now) - A recent parvo outbreak at a St. Louis County animal shelter led to 19 dogs being euthanized. Peoria Humane Society Director Kitty Yanko said parvo is a fatal virus, but dog owners can help prevent it. Yanko said right now, those at the Humane Society and the combined shelter, PAWS, at Peoria County Animal Protection Services, are not concerned about an outbreak locally. She said parvo cases at their shelter have dropped over the last two decades.
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1 week ago | 
25newsnow.com | Liz Lape
PEORIA (25News Now) - A change could be coming to one of Peoria’s busiest crossroads. Peoria’s Planning and Zoning Commission recently approved plans for a small shopping center to take over 1.5 acres of a 4.5-acre lot near the University Street and War Memorial Drive intersection. The plans call for businesses like Dutch Bros Coffee and a drive-thru restaurant to be built in the proposed shopping center.
