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Illinois State Police seek witnesses to police shooting of Eddie Russell, Jr.
PEORIA - Illinois State Police investigators are asking anyone who witnessed a fatal encounter between Peoria police and…
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Peoria woman struck in face after two masked men enter her apartment
PEORIA - A 26-year-old woman told police she was struck in the face by one of two masked men who broke into her apartmen…
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Nebraska court ends beer sales near South Dakota reservation
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Four Nebraska beer stores criticized for selling millions of cans each year next to an American Ind…
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Yellow wristbands, segregation for Florida homeless in Irma
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) - Shelby Hoogendyk says that when she, her husband and her 17-month-old son arrived at an emerg…
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Report finds GOP tax plan benefits top 1 percent
WASHINGTON (AP) - The new GOP tax plan delivers a big tax cut to the wealthiest Americans while some in lower tax bracke…
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APNewsBreak: No increased danger after Yosemite rocks fall
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) - A geological analysis Friday found there was no more danger than usual of another …
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US to Americans: Stay away from Cuba after health 'attacks'
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States delivered an ominous warning to Americans on Friday to stay away from Cuba and order…
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Prosecutors concede insanity plea for Morgan Geyser in Slender Man stabbing case
WAUKESHA, Wis. - Prosecutors in the Slender Man stabbing have reached a plea agreement that will avoid a trial for the s…
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Harvest of healthy 2017 pumpkin crop under way
MORTON - Two years after heavy rain early in the growing season decimated the central Illinois pumpkin crop, the rebound…
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Stark County arson case ends with jail sentence
TOULON - A Toulon man was sentenced Friday to six months in jail in a negotiated plea deal that ended a long-running res…
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Downtown Pekin street improvements arrive under budget
PEKIN - The last remnants of the downtown signal lights are gone.In March 2016, the city removed the signal lights at th…
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Tazewell County accident victim's condition improves
PEKIN - A rural Pekin man was reported in good condition at a Peoria hospital Friday, two days after a single-vehicle ac…
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Heroin with fentanyl caused spike in Tazewell County drug deaths
PEKIN - Pekin police warned in July that the heroin seeping into Tazewell County carried a far greater danger of death t…
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Peoria County details budget successes
PEORIA - A little belt-tightening can go a long way.That was one of the messages Peoria County leaders wanted to send Fr…
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Rivermen co-owner John Butler pleads not guilty to 44 counts
BLOOMINGTON - After Central Illinois Arena Management owner John Butler pleaded not guilty Friday to 44 criminal charges…
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