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Build Peoria Chili Cook-Off whips up $40,000 for resident officer program
PEORIA - Baseball and football fans filled up Dozer Park to fill up on chili Sunday afternoon for the 2018 Build Peoria …
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Michael Jordan voted top athlete in Illinois history
Michael Jordan, who led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA titles, was voted the top athlete in Illinois history by participan…
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Illinois farmers prepare for record crop yields
Helped along by favorable growing conditions, crops are maturing faster than usual, with Illinois farmers expecting reco…
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Brookfield man is 2nd I-39 crash victim; ISP investigation continues
BLOOMINGTON - A Brookfield, Ill., man has been identified as one of the three victims of last week's fiery truck crash n…
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Research into bees' guts could help humans
NORMAL - With the risk of being stung, you might think it takes guts to study bees. But for a researcher at Illinois Sta…
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Q&A: Everything you didn't think to ask about laundry
Brian Sansoni, a vice president at the American Cleaning Institute, joined staff writer Jura Koncius last week for The Washington Post's Home Front online chat. Here is an edited excerpt.
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Despite value, little protection exists for Midwest farmland
Second of two partsAmerica has lost millions of acres of farmland over nearly three decades to urban and rural developme…
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Guebert: Sometimes you get what you vote for
Farmers and ranchers spent most of last month hoping the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) recent crop estimates w…
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Lincoln turns tide in debates against Douglas in Galesburg
The Lincoln-Douglas debates are among the most important events in the history of the United States.The seven debates we…
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