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Monday, June 25, 2018
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Getting your kicks on Route 66
SPRINGFIELD - Perhaps it is the yearning for yesteryear that endears so many to Route 66.Who wouldn't want to jump into …
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Ceremony will mark 100th anniversary of Columbia steamboat sinking
PEKIN - The Tazewell County Museum will observe the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Columbia steamboat tragedy on Saturday…
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Toluca-area wind farm project resurfaces
LACON - An effort to resurrect a wind farm project that has lain dormant for several years has surfaced in the southeast…
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Washington library board hires interim director
WASHINGTON - The Washington District Library will have an interim director immediately after Director Randall Yelverton …
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Will Illinois raise the minimum salary for teachers?
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois last set a minimum salary for schoolteachers in 1980.In the 38 years since, those salary levels h…
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Klooster ending 13 years at Stark County schools helm
WYOMING - When Jerry Klooster retires June 30 after 13 years as the superintendent of the Stark County School District, …
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Peoria police seek council help to keep opioid users off the road
PEORIA - Peoria police are looking for help from the Peoria City Council on Tuesday to cope with problems arising from t…
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Food and Farm: Heartland's influence - and farms - need tending
June has always been a big month for me. I was born in June, graduated from high school in June, was readmitted to the B…
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Word on the Street: Shouldn't all offices have qualifications?
Our first thought regarding the lawsuit Tazewell County Auditor Shelly Hranka filed against her employer:Can it be inval…
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Two people killed in plane crash near Monmouth airport
MONMOUTH - Two people were killed Sunday morning in a plane crash about half a mile northeast of the Monmouth Municipal …
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Multiple gunshots reported at Galesburg carnival
GALESBURG - For as long as Tiffany Charles can remember, the annual Railroad Days Carnival brought corn dogs, games of c…
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