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The following is a list of events of the year 2025 in Illinois.
Incumbents
[edit]State government
[edit]Events
[edit]- January 5 – Illinois is affected by the January 5–6, 2025 United States blizzard.[1]
- February 28 – Joseph Czuba, who stabbed 6-year-old Wadea al-Fayoume to death in Plainfield Township in 2023, is found guilty on all charges. He is sentenced to 53 years in prison on May 2 and dies in prison on July 24.[2]
- April 23 – 2025 Southwest United States measles outbreak: The Illinois Department of Public Health confirms the state's first measles case in 2025.[3]
- April 28 – A car drives into a building used as an after-school camp in Chatham, killing three children and a teenager. Police state the driver may have suffered a medical emergency that led to the crash.[4]
- June 25 – A fire at an apartment building in Austin, Chicago kills four residents and injures three. A man is arrested and charged with arson. Investigators say the suspect was intending to kill his ex-girlfriend and a friend she was saying, though neither were in the building at the time.[5]
- July 2 – Four people are killed and 14 injured in a Chicago drive-by shooting.[6]
- July 31 – Governor Pritzker signs a bill requiring all public school students from grades 3 through 12 to undergo annual mental health screenings. The law makes Illinois the first state with mandated mental health screenings for students.[7]
- July 31–August 3 – Lollapalooza music festival[8]
Scheduled
[edit]- The COVID-19 Memorial Monument of Honor, Remembrance and Resilience is scheduled to be completed in Chicago.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ herzmann, daryl. "IEM :: SCC from NWS WBC". mesonet.agron.iastate.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
- ^ Kaufman, Elyssa; Feurer, Todd; Machi, Sara (February 28, 2025). "Plainfield, Illinois, landlord convicted of all charges in hate crime murder of 6-year-old Palestinian boy". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
- ^ "IDPH Reports First Measles Case of 2025 in Southern Illinois". www.illinois.gov. April 23, 2025. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
- ^ "Driver in crash at Illinois after-school program that killed 4 may have had medical emergency, police say". CNN. The Associated Press. May 1, 2025. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
- ^ Tellez, Roseanne; Ewing, Tia; Hager, Will (June 26, 2025). "Motive revealed in Austin fire case that killed 4, including child". FOX 32. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
- ^ "Drive-by shooting in Chicago leaves 4 dead and 14 others wounded, police say". The Associated Press. July 3, 2025. Retrieved July 3, 2025.
- ^ Liu, Yi-Jin (August 1, 2025). "Illinois becomes 1st state to require student mental health screenings". ABC News. Retrieved August 3, 2025.
- ^ Colón, Ambar (July 25, 2025). "Lollapalooza 2025: Bag policy, travel tips, what to bring and where to eat". WBEZ. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
- ^ "Chicago will be home of global COVID-19 monument to honor victims, front-line workers". Chicago Sun-Times. February 10, 2025. Retrieved February 11, 2025.