Damaging winds, hail, tornadoes threaten central Illinois

MAPLETON - Bicycling in Lake Camelot, a 49-year-old woman was shoved to the ground by the passenger of a passing truck, a police report said.

PEKIN - Seth Mingus' days on the East Peoria City Council just began. But his days on the Tazewell County Board appear to be numbered.

PEORIA - A woman was shot early Tuesday just north of Downtown Peoria, authorities stated.

BLOOMINGTON - During an arrest Tuesday, a handcuffed and shoeless state-prison parolee broke free and vanished near a trailer park, police said.

For someone who spent almost four days clinging to a tree and submerged up to her waist in floodwaters, Patricia McDowell is doing all right.