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Monday, January 8, 2018
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Big Daddy Cab driver robbed at gunpoint in Peoria
PEORIA - A Big Daddy Cab driver was robbed at gunpoint around 4:40 a.m. Saturday in Peoria, according to a police report…
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Peoria woman lost up to $100,000 in phone scam, police say
PEORIA - A phone scam cost a Peoria woman an estimated $75,000 to $100,000 over the past three months, according to a Pe…
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Peoria airport runways freeze over, delay flights
PEORIA - Both runways at Gen. Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport were frozen over, director Gene Olson said S…
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$12 million referendum on ballot in Washington's Central School District
WASHINGTON - Eleven years after Central School District voters approved a referendum that paved the way for the construc…
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Coal mining has a deep history in Southern Illinois
Louis Joliet and Pere Marquette, returning from an expedition on the Mississippi River in 1673, were the first explorers…
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Guebert: Catcalls and house calls
It's entirely likely that I will anger people from Delaware to Montana any given week with nothing more than an idea, su…
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Word on the Street: Commission cancellations mean a slowdown for Peoria development
January in Peoria can be frigid, and not just the weather.A couple of city commissions that can be decent harbingers of …
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Luciano: Trooper gave civilian his shotgun to shoot wounded deer
GERMANTOWN HILLS - An Illinois State Police trooper has been disciplined for lending his service shotgun to a civilian t…
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Peoria, Peoria County and Creve Coeur issue traffic collision alerts
PEORIA - The Peoria Police Department has issued a traffic collision alert as icy conditions continued to worsen Sunday…
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Giraffe born Sunday morning at Peoria Zoo
PEORIA - The Peoria Zoo welcomed a newborn giraffe at 2:38 a.m. on Sunday.Vivian gave birth to her second child, a daugh…
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Peoria native Hagaman, 'So nervous,' caps dramatic win for Rivermen with penalty shot in OT
PEORIA - Alec Hagaman stood at center ice in sudden-death overtime, just trying to breathe."I was so nervous," said Haga…
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Uftring looking to get back in business after fire
WASHINGTON - The operations center of Uftring Chevrolet, Washington was a gutted metal shell by dawn on Saturday followi…
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NASA: Legendary astronaut, moonwalker John Young has died
Legendary astronaut John Young, who walked on the moon and later commanded the first space shuttle flight, has died, NAS…
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This week in odd news: Chickens saved and falling iguanas
FLORIDA MAN CALLS 911 TO REPORT HIMSELF DRUNK DRIVINGWINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) - Florida authorities are sharing the detai…
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Jerry Van Dyke, 'Coach' star and brother of Dick, dies at 86
NEW YORK (AP) - Jerry Van Dyke, the younger brother of Dick Van Dyke who struggled for decades to achieve his own stardo…
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