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🌱 How East Peoria’s 9-0 win tightened the Mid-Illini softball race
East Peoria, Illinois Patch AM: a 3 min readGreetings East Peoria! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️
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- How East Peoria’s 9-0 win tightened the Mid-Illini softball race
Today's riddle: 4. What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Friday: Some sun, then clouds; cool, with a high of 57 and low of 41 degrees.
- Saturday: Cool with clouds and sun, temps: high: 59, low: 40.
- Sunday: Breezy; an afternoon shower, with a high of 66 and low of 49 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Prep sports recap for April 30, 2026 (centralillinoisproud.com) — East Peoria’s softball team stayed right on Dunlap’s heels in the Mid-Illini race with a dominant 9-0 win over Limestone, improving to 17-4 overall. The recap also highlights Dunlap’s tight baseball and softball victories and other Thursday prep winners across the area. 
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🗞 Nearby News
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- Illinois Recruiting is Currently Stuck in Neutral (mikefarrellsports.com)
Washington
- Federal Reserve leaves interest rate unchanged, signals rates could still be cut in coming months (25newsnow.com)
- Hegseth defends Iran war, defense budget ask in House hearing (25newsnow.com)
- White House says funds to pay TSA and other Homeland Security workers will ‘soon run out' (centralillinoisproud.com)
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