🌱 Pritzker Visits Peoria To Talk Budget + Library Workers Picket

Good morning, Peoria! Let's get to today's top stories.

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Here are the top 3 stories in Peoria today:

1. The trial has been pushed to July for an aggravated DUI which killed a 22-year-old woman in South Peoria in 2021. Christopher G. Clayton faces a 14-year sentence for “having meth and cocaine in his body" when he was involved in the deadly crash at Southwest Washington and Edmund Street. (WMBD)

2. Library workers held an “informal picket” of union members over the weekend at the North Branch on Grand Parkway, Peoria Public Radio reports. “We're professionals who have degrees and advanced degrees and we should be compensated for them,” a Lakeview branch employee told the radio station. (WCBU)

3. Gov. J.B. Pritzker was at Phoenix Community Development Services in Peoria Monday to discuss the state budget. It was passed last week at the end of the legislative session in Springfield. “At the end of the day, this is about building a future where everyone, regardless of their zip code, race, or economic status, has their basic needs met — food and housing included,” Pritzker said. (WMBD/25NN)

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From my notebook:

• Investigators found the leaders of Eastview Christian Church in Normal engaged in misconduct with members of the church, 25 News Now reports. (25NN)
• Mona’s Italian Foods in Toluca will be featured on “America’s Best Restaurants.” (Paid source: Journal Star)
• “The world’s largest bounce house and obstacle course” comes to Peoria this weekend at the park district’s Park-a-Palooza event. (Park District)

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— Georgi Presecky

About me: Georgi is a Chicago-based newsletter writer and partner content curator. She spent five years on the entertainment beat for FF2 Media covering film festivals across the U.S. Her feature articles have been recognized with awards from the Illinois Women's Press Association and National Federation of Press Women. As editor-in-chief of the Lewis University newspaper, she and her staff earned honors from the Associated Collegiate Press and American Scholastic Press Associations. She began working for Patch in 2019.

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