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Monday, March 5, 2018
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Gun found outside Peoria nightclub after argument
PEORIA - A gun was located under a car on East Jefferson Avenue after an argument turned physical in Status Nightclub ea…
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Peoria gas station fight costs $500 in damages
PEORIA - A fight broke out in a Shell gas station Saturday night, causing $500 in merchandise damage, police said.About …
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Peoria area students 'all in this together' in protest against gun violence
PEORIA - For 17 minutes, 17 teenagers laid still in the cold grass with paper hearts draped across their bodies. Under a…
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Gov. Bruce Rauner wants to continue fight to 'save our state'
Editor's note: Today begins a series of articles detailing the backgrounds and positions of candidates for governor in t…
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IDOT to work on I-474 Adams Street interchange in Bartonville Lane closures begin March 5 on eastbound I-474
BARTONVILLE - The right lane of eastbound Interstate 474 at the Adams Street interchange in Bartonville will be closed b…
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Rivermen goalie Pulde saves the day: 'He was amazing' in 3-2 win over Kings
PEORIA - The Peoria Rivermen had nothing to lose and Mason Pulde had everything to gain.It worked out for both of them S…
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Washington student's radon video wins national contest
WASHINGTON - Thanks to a class assignment, Washington Community High School junior Maddie Kogelis is a national champion…
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Trump won't back off from tariffs, advisers say
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Administration officials signaled Sunday that President Donald Trump is determined to impose punishin…
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Abraham Lincoln was a pivotal figure in securing Springfield as state capital
SPRINGFIELD - When state lawmakers head to the Capitol to do the people's business, they travel to Springfield. But that…
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Word on the Street: A little mud raises questions about two Tazewell County clerk candidates
The race for the Republican nomination for Tazewell County clerk has been bizarre. That might be the nicest way to put i…
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Congressional candidates forum set in Chillicothe
Here's where candidates for offices at stake in the March 20 primary election are appearing this week:18TH CONGRESSIONAL…
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Random Acts of Kindness: Ameren worker comes to the rescue
I want to express my gratitude to an Ameren worker who was in Bartonville. I am disabled and on Monday, Jan. 22, I had b…
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A time to choose
It's difficult to improve on Mark Shields' apt description of today's Trump White House: "It's like East Berlin," observ…
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Attorney general candidate Erika Harold to speak in Marshall County
TOLUCA - Erika Harold, a Republican candidate for Illinois attorney general, will be the speaker at next week's annual M…
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Peoria-born David Ogden Stiers, who played Major Winchester on 'MASH,' dies at 75
David Ogden Stiers, the actor best known for playing Major Charles Emerson Winchester III in "M*A*S*H*" and Cogsworth in…
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