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Journal Star
Aug 29, 2020
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His anguish still raw, dad of slain SEAL from Peoria denounces President Trump in ad

MIAMI - Six days after he was sworn in as president, Donald Trump gave the green light for a commando raid into Yemen.

As revitalization project nears completion, ‘streets are full now’ in downtown Havana

HAVANA - April Burgett opened new boutique-style lodging July 1 in downtown Havana.

 
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Agnes the spider monkey, dead at 48

PEORIA - Staff members are mourning the death of Agnes, a female black-handed spider monkey and the longest living resident of the Peoria Zoo.

Lincoln reenactor George Buss arrested on child pornography charges

FREEPORT - George Buss, a Freeport man widely known for the decades he spent portraying the nation's 16th president, was arrested Friday on charges of child pornography and patronizing a prostitute.

Peoria-based helicopter and crew sent to California to fight wildfires

PEORIA -- Six members of a Peoria-based Illinois Army National Guard unit and their helicopter will leave this weekend for California to help fight wildfires there.