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Sat Apr 13 2024

When will the cicadas emerge in Illinois? Here's what you need to know

If you see this 17-year periodical cicada, please report its location through a community science platform such as inaturalist.org or cicadasafari.org. A mass emergence of a different brood of cicada will occur in 2025 and may be more visible in Asheville.

Illinois nature is lit: First the total eclipse, soon the cicadas emerge.

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Man arrested after Peoria officer suffers multiple facial fractures

The officer reportedly suffered a significant cut under his right eye and had multiple fractures near his eye.

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Attorney Andy Hale of Hale & Monico sits next to, from left: Lester Mason, a witness to the June 1970 shooting death of Peoria County Sgt. Ray Espinoza; Bertha Mize-Jackson, niece of Cleve Heidelberg; and Marcella Teplitz, a private investigator and former Peoria police officer during a press conference Friday, April 12, 2024.

Appeal likely in Cleve Heidelberg case as attorney insists man's innocence

Andy Hale and others stepped up attacks against the state's attorney's office, claiming it was never "interested in the truth" in the 1970 case.

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Lincoln's Kloe Froebe, left, and Harvey Thornton's Morez Johnson, right, were named 20204 Ms. and Mr. Basketball of Illinois.

Peoria players finish second in Illinois Mr. and Ms. Basketball voting

Morez Johnson of Harvey Thornton, Kloe Froebe of Lincoln voted Illinois Mr. and Ms. Basketball. Peoria's Lathan Sommerville and Aaliyah Guyton were second.

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Colton Underwood attends 2023 Baby2Baby Gala Presented By Paul Mitchell at the Pacific Design Center on November 11, 2023 in West Hollywood, California. The gala raises money for children living in poverty.

Peoria-area native eliminated from 'Masked Singer'

Colton Underwood, a former Washington football player and reality TV star, was part of "The Masked Singer," a singing competition show on FOX.

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