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Saturday, August 5, 2017
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Area districts could end up losers in school funding battle
PEORIA - Just one of the changes Gov. Bruce Rauner made to Illinois' school funding reform bill could mean an estimated …
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Convicted 'Pharma Bro' has an image problem, lawyer concedes
NEW YORK (AP) - Martin Shkreli, the eccentric former pharmaceutical CEO notorious for a price-gouging scandal and for hi…
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US officially tells UN it wants out of Paris climate deal
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration on Friday officially told the United Nations that the U.S. intends to pull ou…
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Jobless rate raises question: How much better can it get?
WASHINGTON (AP) - A drop in the unemployment rate to a 16-year low raises a tantalizing question about the job market: H…
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Peoria landscaper scammed with fraudulent check
PEORIA - A Peoria landscaper who accepted a job from a new out-of-town client reported being scammed out of thousands of…
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Korean National War Museum had history of financial woes
The Korean National War Museum in downtown Springfield was in financial trouble years before it abruptly closed its door…
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Salvage first, demolition second for burned Chillicothe mansion
CHILLICOTHE - The city is looking for proposals to salvage items from the burned out house at 721 N. 3rd St. before it s…
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Bradley University graduate appointed to state post by Bruce Rauner
PEORIA - A 2003 Bradley University alumnus has been tapped to a top job at the state's centralized services agency.Amie…
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McAllister's Deli targeted by man impersonating chief financial officer
PEORIA - A man impersonating the chief financial officer of a local restaurant attempted to scam money from employees on…
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Peoria home suffers $5,000 in fire damage
PEORIA - Firefighters extinguished a house fire Friday morning in Central Peoria that caused an estimated $5,000 damage …
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Two men arrested in Roanoke marijuana bust
ROANOKE - A yearlong investigation of a marijuana growing and processing operation resulted in two arrests and the seizu…
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Peoria-area school districts make cautious plans for new sales tax revenues
Norwood Grade School Superintendent David Black was assistant superintendent of Galesburg's school district in 2010 when…
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Long list of PPS improvement projects a 'good problem'
PEORIA - New parking lots at schools all over town, roofing work and/or tuckpointing at a half dozen more, renovations a…
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Man fatally shot in Pekin
PEKIN - A man died after being shot in Pekin on Friday morning, according to a Pekin Police Department news release.
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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, ev…
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