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Gelled diesel fuel for buses causes Peoria Public Schools to cancel school Friday
PEORIA - Students rejoiced and many parents shuddered as Peoria Public Schools has cancelled school for the third day in…
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Peoria couple faces up to 60 years in prison for sexual assault
PEORIA - A Peoria couple was convicted Tuesday of allowing sexual abuse of a then 6-year-old boy and sexually assaulting…
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Opioid-alternative program begins processing medical-marijuana applications
SPRINGFIELD - Medical-marijuana dispensaries in Springfield and Grandview were fielding calls Thursday from people who w…
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Peorian sentenced to 23 years in prison for 2014 stabbing
PEORIA - A Peoria man was sentenced Thursday to 23 years in prison for the 2014 stabbing of another person.John E. Parke…
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Heights ice cream business building up for sale
PEORIA HEIGHTS - The red-brick building that for a decade has housed Emack & Bolio's ice cream shop on Prospect Road in …
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WCBU supporters question BU's handling of public radio
PEORIA - As chairwoman of the WCBU Community Advisory Board, Ambra Haake watched closely as Peoria's public radio statio…
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Downtown Peoria's troubled hotels ready to bounce back
PEORIA - There's a new feeling at the Marriott Pere Marquette in Downtown Peoria."I think what we've seen. We all breath…
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City of Peoria and Peoria County under a collision alert
PEORIA -- As snow continues to fall, the city of Peoria joined Peoria County in issuing a collision alert for motorists.…
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State board fines, reprimands Peoria doctor and pharmacy
PEORIA - A Peoria physician was reprimanded and fined and a Peoria pharmacy put on indefinite probation and fined in sep…
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LISTEN: Peoria City Council candidate Rita Ali
Rita Ali joins Journal Star executive editor Dennis Anderson and associate editor Chris Kaergard to talk about her candi…
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Ardaugh glass plant closure in Lincoln to cost 150 jobs
LINCOLN - The Ardaugh Group glass plant in Lincoln will close by the end of April, officials there announced Thursday, p…
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Peoria firefighters to begin leaving Narcan at overdose sites
PEORIA - The city's Fire Department will begin leaving doses of Narcan at homes where overdoses have occurred.The effort…
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Guns stolen from parked car in Central Peoria
PEORIA - A pair of 9mm handguns was stolen from a vehicle parked on a Central Peoria street, according to authorities.Th…
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Nick in the AM: Western Illinois meth probe ensnares more suspects
Operation Iced Out continues to heat in the winter, evidently.The longstanding investigation of illicit-drug dealing in …
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Nick in the AM: Temperature records continue to fall in Peoria, snow kidding
Good morning, troops. It's Thursday, Jan. 31.Just when we thought the polar vortex was over ... well, it isn't quite ove…
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