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Thursday, December 14, 2017
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Dunlap Schools' top leaders say farewell
PEORIA - Lisa Parker's final superintendent's report for a Dunlap School board meeting was full of praise for staff and …
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Experts: Net neutrality vote Thursday could cost consumers
PEORIA - A decision to roll back net-neutrality regulations could leave consumers with access to fewer, more costly inte…
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GIRLS BASKETBALL: Pekin's '3Ms' manufacture a Mid-Illini victory
The NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers have their "Killer B's." The Pekin girls basketball team has its "3M's."
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Park Board restores July fireworks at Glen Oak Park
PEORIA - The fireworks are back on for Glen Oak Park on July 3.Peoria Park District trustees restored the traditional at…
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Peoria man sentenced to 50 years for beating, burning 2-year-old girl
PEORIA - For severely burning and also beating a 2-year-old child last spring, a Peoria man was sentenced Wednesday to 5…
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Several cars broken into at ice rink, Lakeview Park
PEORIA - Five people reported to Peoria Park District police that their cars were broken into while parked Sunday aftern…
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BOYS BASKETBALL: Cold shooting Dragons lose at Glenwood
Five points.That was the Pekin boys basketball team's offensive production in the first and third quarters Tuesday night…
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Landscaping business coming soon to North Pekin
NORTH PEKIN - On a North Pekin site now occupied by concrete remnants of a building long-ago demolished, Brandon Dentino…
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Stark County will seek public safety sales tax hike
TOULON - The Stark County Board followed through Tuesday night on slating a March 20 referendum on raising the county's …
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Peoria County Jail Booking Sheet for Dec. 13, 2017
Bookings at the Peoria County Jail over the past 24 hours through 7 a.m.
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Editorial: 'Bama's scary tide
Roy Moore came way too close to claiming one of Alabama's U.S. Senate seats Tuesday for us to give Alabamans much credit…
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Editorial: Non-partisan local elections a slam dunk
There is nothing inherently Democratic or Republican about filling a pothole.
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Governor candidates want action on Legionnaire's outbreak at veterans home
Illinois gubernatorial candidates pounced Wednesday after a report aired on public radio about ongoing deaths at the Ill…
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You (and millions of holiday travelers you encounter) are washing your hands wrong
For my fourth-grade science fair project, I tested different soaps to see which ones were the most effective at keeping …
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Living in a wind farm: Communities divided over pursuit of clean energy, its incentives
Wind farms generate clean energy. They also produce some unwelcome effects: Strobe-like shadow flicker. Loud, whooshing …
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