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Monday, October 23, 2017

Firefighters often unaware of hazards from chemicals, toxic smoke

The blade scrapes across Mark Rine's bare back, grating his cancerous skin like cheese, adding to the maze of scars and…

Start, stay, grow: Entrepreneur Amy Blain helps computer users at ExplorePeoria.com

Editor's note: After the announcement that Caterpillar Inc. was moving its headquarters, area leaders put attention on t…

Drivers urged to stay alert during deer-mating season

PEORIA - Illinois motorists who have been sharing roads with farm machinery during the fall harvest are urged to remembe…

Prized parking spots among items in Morton foundation's online auction

MORTON - The Morton Community Foundation is taking a different approach this year to raising the funds it needs for oper…

Stark sheriff cuts staff to close budget deficit

TOULON - For the second year in a row, the Stark County Board appears poised to balance its annual budget largely on th…

Rauner looks to Washington for the power to change pension benefits

Stymied by a Democrat-controlled General Assembly and still in a contract dispute with the largest state employee union,…

Illinois governor's race could be costliest in U.S. history

CHICAGO - The 2018 Illinois governor's race is on pace to be the most expensive in U.S. history, propelled by a wealthy …

Gun control, government transparency, student loan reform and more could be on the table this week as the General Assemb…

Word on the Street: Why no Amazon love for mid-sized cities?

The deadline to submit bids to secure the new, second headquarters of Amazon came and went late last week. Chicago and t…

Changing habits for firefighters could save their lives

PEORIA - The age of bragging about dirty helmets and soot-covered turnout gear has to come to an end, says one of the as…

Firefighter with cancer devotes life to saving his comrades

COLUMBUS, Ohio - No one warned Mark Rine that while he was saving others, he was killing himself.The bad habits that wou…

Rivermen celebrate twice with 5-4 comeback shootout win in season opener

EVANSVILLE, Ind. - The Peoria Rivermen staged a comeback from three goals down that was worth celebrating Saturday in th…

Citizen search party scours Peoria neighborhood for signs of Alexis Scott

PEORIA - It wasn't uncommon for Alexis Scott to be gone for days at a time, to go out on a Saturday night and not come h…

Peoria's transportation history second to none

When this nation's transportation history is reviewed, Peoria must certainly be a part of the discussion.From the 19th c…

Luciano: Metamora thrift store offers help and hope

METAMORA - As a thrift store, Reclaimed Resale doesn't aim to simply sell second-hand clothes and goods: it's in the bus…

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