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Friday, October 27, 2017
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Illinois House approves bill to eliminate credit freeze charges
SPRINGFIELD -Credit bureaus could no longer charge consumers fees for placing a security freeze on their credit reports …
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Higher fees look likely for Peoria homeowners
PEORIA - It's likely to get more expensive to live in Peoria next year under a bevy of proposals members of the City Cou…
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Substitute teaching? 'It's not just baby-sitting anymore'
PEORIA - The grade school class hadn't had a substitute teacher, much less its own teacher, for about a month before Kat…
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Peoria Civic Center employee maced, robbed
PEORIA - An employee at the Peoria Civic Center was maced and robbed Wednesday afternoon by a person who was in an exhib…
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Rivermen ready to roll as 2017-18 SPHL home opener arrives
PEORIA - The Peoria Rivermen underwent their first two roster moves of the season on Thursday on the eve of their 2017-1…
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Editorial: A racism contagion?
May those locals who harbor racist feelings and seemingly cannot wait to share them be paying attention to what's happen…
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Editorial: Burn the casting couch
It's just what you do when you've been falsely accused: Pay your lying accuser $32 million. Happens all the time.
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Hairstylist foils robbery in Pekin
PEKIN - A Pekin man allegedly tried to scare and then push around the petite hairstylist he intended to rob in her salon…
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Marshall County joins drug disposal program
LACON - Marshall County will participate for the first time Saturday in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, a mult…
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Illinois House rejects ban on firearm bump stocks
SPRINGFIELD - A bill to ban the devices that increased the firepower of the Las Vegas shooter fell short in the Illinois…
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Farmington man arrested after woman shot in shoulder
FARMINGTON - Bond was set at $120,000 on Thursday for a 55-year-old man who was arrested in Farmington after a woman was…
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Tazewell board puts tax hike to voters
PEKIN - Tazewell County voters will decide in March whether to counter the county's growing budget deficit with a 15 cen…
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Girl, 7, who died after crash near Bartonville was wearing seat belt
PEORIA - Preliminary autopsy results indicate a 7-year-old girl who died Wednesday night as a result of injuries from a …
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Dig It: Water mature trees and shrubs during drought periods
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Veterans' art exhibit, painting exhibit opening Nov. 1 at ICC
EAST PEORIA - Creative works of central Illinois veterans and paintings by a British artist will be on display in two a…
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