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FIRST Robotics competition aims to teach more than tech
PEORIA - The mission could not have been more prescient for Patrick Seiler, who will mentor a group of Peoria Notre Dame…
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Jerry Daughters, Creve Coeur trustee and former police chief, dies
CREVE COEUR - Longtime Creve Coeur official Jerry Daughters died Thursday, the Police Department announced on Facebook.A…
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Kroger ratifies agreement with Local 536
PEORIA - The Kroger Co.'s Central Division announced Thursday it has ratified a new labor agreement with UFCW Local 536.…
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Simulation seeks to help Peorians understand what it means to be poor
PEORIA - More than 100 volunteers took part in a poverty simulation exercise held Thursday at Dream Center Peoria.Partic…
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With Rivermen: A showdown in Florida between SPHL's top two teams
SPHLPEORIA RIVERMENvsPENSACOLA ICE FLYERSPeoria vs. Pensacola, Friday, Pensacola Bay Center, Pensacola, Fla., 7:05 p.m.P…
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Academic contest in Peoria for Indian-American students builds winners
PEORIA - It's a Sunday afternoon in a Hindu center above the Batteries Plus store along University Street.In one small, …
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LISTEN: Playing in Peoria - or not?
So, the IHSA boys state basketball tournament returns to Peoria for another weekend, this one with the Class 3A and 4A c…
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Gov. Rauner looks into state buying vacant nursing home in Quincy
SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Bruce Rauner is looking into buying a new home for veterans in Quincy, as well as adding a new buildi…
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Under the Dome: Guns and more guns, and we're really close to the election
On this week's episode of Under the Dome, talk about gun control was front and center once again at the Illinois Stateho…
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OSF is using a new app to improve communications with EMS
PEORIA - A serious accident gave EMTs from the Eureka-Goodfield Fire Protection District their first opportunity to use …
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Several people killed in pedestrian bridge collapse in Miami
MIAMI - A new pedestrian bridge collapsed onto a highway at a Miami-area college Thursday, crushing at least five vehicl…
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Schock: Justice Department says 1995 corruption ruling is wrong
CHICAGO - The Justice Department says in a new filing in former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock's corruption case that a 1995 rul…
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Mike Jenkins out as Quest basketball coach
One week after taking the six-year-old Quest boys basketball program to its greatest postseason heights, Michael Jenkins…
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Monmouth-area man killed in Henderson County traffic accident
BIGGSVILLE - A man from the Monmouth area was killed Wednesday, the result of a single-vehicle accident in Henderson Cou…
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LISTEN: All about the Central Illinois Sneaker Fest
Richwoods High School grad Andre Allen of the Central Illinois Sneaker Fest shares some details about the event
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