WGLT Newscasts - 4:04pm 5-20-2025

Published May 20, 2025, 9:06 PM

This newscast aired at 4:04pm on 5-20-2025 on WGLT.

DLT Newsroom. I'm Eric Stock. The National Weather Service has a tornado warning in effect for parts of eastern McLean County, southeastern McLean County, along with the northeastern Dewitt County. The storm had passed through the Leroy area a few moments ago. There is a severe thunderstorm warning still in effect for the Leroy area and areas just east of the Twin Cities.

But the potential for tornadoes has pushed further to the eastern part of the county, including Ellsworth, Colfax, Seabrook, and Bellflower. That tornado warning is in effect until 4:30 this afternoon, while the severe thunderstorm warning continues until 4:30 for areas just to the west there, and that includes Leroy.

And bellflower and Colfax along with the Farmer's City, and the entire listening area is under a tornado watch until 8 o'clock this evening.

A homeless services coordinator in Bloomington Normal says a new giving website will better help the unhoused get the resources they need. Liam Wheeler leads the Central Illinois continuum of care. Wheeler says well-intentioned people sometimes give in ways that don't

help.

Just because you believe someone needs um another knitted scarf or someone needs a sleeping bag doesn't mean that that is the best resource to be giving them at that moment in time.

Bloomington and Normal launched the site BNtsolution.com to encourage people to give it to nonprofits to provide homeless services, and to discourage panhandling, and police and prosecutors say they're seeing a concerning increase in juvenile arrests involving guns in Blooming normal. That contributed to a 43% increase in shootings last year.

An 18% jump in gun seizures. There have been 12 more shooting incidents so far this year. Normal police spokesperson Brad Park says crime can be seasonal. These issues with these juveniles is they're very much more active when it's nicer weather out, when, you know, the sun's up a little bit later, you know, just being out and about. Both Bloomington Normal Police also run summer youth outreach.

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