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Sun Apr 2 2023

Real estate sales in Peoria and Tazewell counties for April 2, 2023

These are recent real estate transactions in Peoria and Tazewell counties.

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Traffic is stopped after an accident in the westbound lanes of the McClugage Bridge in this Journal Star file photo.

Peoria bridge lane reduction begins this week. Here's what you need to know

A routine inspection of the bridge is expected to last four to five days, weather permitting.

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A set of "I Voted" stickers lie on a table Tuesday, Nov. 8 2022 at the Manual High School polling place in Peoria.

Meet the candidates: What kind of expertise and experience will you bring to Peoria City Council?

An attorney, a realtor, a pastor and more are running for Peoria City Council. In their words, here's what they would bring to the table if elected.

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"He would shake your hand and ask your name and he'd say just a little thing about you that he would remember. He touched several people in many different ways. Friends on his baseball team write us about life lessons that they've learned from Terry, at the age of 13," Terry Badger II said Thursday, March 23, 2023, of his son Terry Badger III, or T3 as he was known to his family and friends. "Just how to be strong and worked through adversity. And there's always a positive out of a negative. How to be friends. How to be a team. How to be an individual person. I mean, it was how to laugh, how to love, how to have fun." Fighting through tears Badger talked about his son, who died by suicide on March 6, 2023, after his family says he was bullied at school.

Baseball phenom, 13, dies by suicide. His final video: 'I hate my life'

Terry Badger III was in a dark place the afternoon of March 6. He believed his life wasn't worth living. His parents say he was bullied at school.

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Cheap Trick opens for ZZ Top at the BMO Harris Pavilion on Sept. 4, 2019.

Legendary musicians, popular comedians and more: Here are 12 fun things to do in Peoria in April

John Mellencamp, Cheap Trick and Walker Hayes are among the popular music acts coming to the Peoria Civic Center. There are many things to do in April

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

2023 all-area team: The best boys basketball players in the Peoria area

Here is the 2022-23 Journal Star all-area boys basketball team, led by the player of the year from state champion Metamora.

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What can the city do to revitalize Downtown Peoria? Here are 9 approaches

How should Peoria reinvigorate downtown? Here are some ideas

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Mega Millions numbers for Friday, Mar. 31, 2023

Here are the winning Mega Millions numbers and results for the $355 million lottery drawing jackpot on Friday, Mar. 31, 2023.

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'She was in shock': 7-year-old Pekin girl catches catfish nearly as big as she is

A 7-year-old Pekin girl went fishing with her dad on the Mississippi River and caught a massive blue catfish.

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