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Friday, September 1, 2017
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Chiefs clinch Midwest League playoff spot, celebrate on Dozer Park field
PEORIA - Peoria Chiefs manager Chris Swauger says his team has a habit of treading water to hang in games.Well Swauger a…
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Caterpillar dealers provide articulated trucks for rescue operations in Texas
PEORIA - At least two independent dealers of Caterpillar Inc. equipment are donating machinery and manpower to assist in…
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Tazewell jail guards injured in fight
PEKIN - Two Tazewell County Jail officers suffered head and other injuries when an inmate allegedly attacked them last w…
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Illinois farmland prices down in first half of 2017
The price of Illinois farmland fell again through the first half of 2017, continuing a trend of the last two years, acco…
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Peoria church brings Little Free Pantries to PPS
PEORIA - In an outside-the-box arrangement, miniature food pantries are popping up outside schools in some of the city's…
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Dunlap Eagles take Houston school under their wing after hurricane
DUNLAP - After a Dunlap High School graduate asked for help, current Dunlap High School students raised more than $10,50…
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Fundraising to fix up Peoria Stadium to start
PEORIA - Plans for a public fundraising drive to renovate Peoria Stadium are beginning to take shape, and the $150,000 g…
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Peoria dry cleaning employee jumped, robbed at gunpoint of $1,600
PEORIA - An employee checking a locked door at a Sterling Avenue dry cleaner told police she was jumped, threatened and …
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Peoria man heard gunshots, thought he was hit, but turns out he wasn't
PEORIA - Peoria police responded to a call of a shooting early Thursday morning near the Lexington Hills Apartments but …
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Insect discovery prompts two Canton schools to quarantine computer devices
CANTON - The discovery of insects in computer devices issued to two students has prompted a quarantine of such devices b…
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Peoria Dollar General robbery suspect arrested
PEORIA - The suspect in Saturday's armed robbery of the Dollar General on Prospect Road turned himself in Thursday morni…
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Lacon Alderman Wabel becomes acting mayor
LACON - Alderman John Wabel became the acting mayor of Lacon on Wednesday night by a unanimous vote of the City Council.…
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LISTEN: 'Chappie' Chapman and Princess Diana
Chappie Chapman is the guest on "Tarter Source" this week. Chapman is a financial advisor known to longtime area residen…
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Varna man struck and killed by semi on I-39 in Marshall County
WENONA - A 67-year-old Varna man was killed Thursday morning when he was struck by a semi after stepping onto Interstate…
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Numerous photography exhibits opening in area for upcoming photographic education conference
PEORIA - The Peoria area will soon become a photographer's mecca, if only temporarily.Although the Society for Photograp…
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