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Friday, December 28, 2018
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Christmas trees to be picked up with trash
PEORIA - City of Peoria residents can dispose of Christmas trees by placing them next to the trash cart on their regular…
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Juliana Stratton bringing love of mediation to lieutenant governor's office
Juliana Stratton, who will take the oath of office as Illinois' lieutenant governor on Jan. 14, hopes to bring her profe…
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Catching up with Jovon Snoke, whose classmates watched his adoption hearing
GROVELAND - Jovon Snoke was adopted by Groveland residents Brad and Cindy Snoke in 2012 in an unusually public setting.…
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Peoria-area bird counters uphold century-old tradition
PEORIA - The post went live online Dec. 12 and brought visitors every day to the Illinois River shore just north of the …
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West Bluff burglar absconds with TV, computer, according to police
PEORIA - A television set and an Apple MacBook Pro computer were reported stolen on the West Bluff, possibly on Christma…
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Sleek, simple galley kitchens compete with larger, eat-in spaces
When best-selling cookbook author Jenny Rosenstrach renovated her kitchen, she figured she would squeeze in as much storage space as possible. But over time, she found she had filled all the cabinets and shelves with useless...
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$6,000 in copper wire reported missing from Saddle Up tavern
PEORIA - About 600 feet of copper wire were reported stolen over the Christmas holiday from a Downtown Peoria tavern, ac…
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FAA continues investigation of fatal Monmouth crash
MONMOUTH - While a final report on a fatal plane crash in Monmouth earlier this year is months away, the Federal Aviatio…
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Pritzker taps ex-central Illinois senator, retiring GOP rep for agency posts
A retiring Republican state House member and a former Democratic state senator are among the latest people hired by Gov.…
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Man arrested in South Peoria shooting on Wiswall Street
PEORIA - A 35-year-old man was arrested for allegedly shooting another person in South Peoria earlier this week.Brian Ke…
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Nick in the AM: Former WEEK-TV sports anchor Les Shapiro fighting lung cancer
Good morning, troops. It's Thursday, Dec. 27.Recent news around Peoria has been on the doom-and-gloom side, as Nick in..…
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