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Wednesday, September 26, 2018
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City Council members take aim on blight, landlords
PEORIA - Those property owners who don't comply with city codes take notice: A budget-conscious Peoria City Council is l…
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Eureka solar carousel spins back to Woodford County Board
EUREKA - For the second time in two months, the Woodford County Zoning board has recommended approval of a 2-megawatt so…
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East Peoria man accused of wanton cruelty in stabbing death
PEORIA - An East Peoria man faces up to 100 years in prison for allegedly killing an East Bluff man with a butter knife …
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Peoria man indicted, to face aggravated DUI charges for fatal wreck
PEORIA - An East Bluff man was indicted Tuesday for allegedly being under the influence of alcohol during a fatal traffi…
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Shop local movement expands to 365 days a year
PEORIA - The shop-local movement is no longer a subject just raised for the holidays. The concept has morphed into a reg…
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Thinking big in small spaces: Six tiny-living tricks
Like most New Yorkers, Erin Boyle is no stranger to small spaces. Her first Brooklyn Heights apartment with her now-husband, James, was a teeny-tiny 240-square-foot loft.
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$850 of electronics stolen from Northwest Peoria store
PEORIA - The combination of stolen goods and damage cost Experimac an estimated $1,450 in a burglary early Sunday mornin…
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LISTEN: On to the second half of the high school football season
We're headed into Week 6, and the second half of the high school football season in central Illinois. Journal Star Sport…
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Peoria Target store renovation is part of nationwide plan
PEORIA - When the overhaul of a bustling Peoria department store is complete later this fall, the finished look will fe…
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Peoria man resentenced to same 94-year prison term for 2011 murder
PEORIA - A Peoria man was resentenced Friday to the same 94-year prison term he received several years ago in connection…
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Nick in the AM: Store specializing in calendars, toys opens at Northwoods
Northwoods Mall in Peoria is home to a new store, just as the calendar indicates Christmas shopping season is nigh.Go! C…
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Nick in the AM: Happy birthday, soap-opera star and ex-Chillicothean Josh Taylor
Good morning, troops. It's Tuesday, Sept. 25.This is the 75th birthday of the one and only Josh Taylor, who would be mem…
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Nick in the AM: Arson to blame in early-morning Faraday Avenue fire
PEORIA - A South Peoria house burned early Tuesday, the result of arson, according to authorities.Firefighers were calle…
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Iowa man killed in head-on crash west of Monmouth
KIRKWOOD - A man from Burlington, Iowa, was killed Monday night in a two-vehicle accident west of Monmouth, authorities …
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New social-emotional learning program sparks debate at PPS board meeting
PEORIA - Peoria Public Schools' new social-emotional learning program was the hot topic at the School Board meeting Mond…
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