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Is a top 10 list of graduates needed? Washington High School wants to answer the question
WASHINGTON - Is having a top 10 list of graduates antiquated and educationally restrictive for students?The School Board…
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City Council members split over the possibility of a Portillo's tax
PEORIA - Will fans of the Chicago-based Portillo's chain be deterred by an additional sales tax on their Italian beef or…
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PPS approves expanding ELITE in a 5-2 vote
PEORIA - ELITE will expand to a third school, but not without the objections of two Peoria Public Schools board members.…
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Scuffle over sunglasses ends with black eye and bloody nose in West Peoria
WEST PEORIA - Wearing another man's sunglasses brought a barroom beat-down to a Bartonville man, police said.The eyewear…
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Pekin, Morton boys teams headed to state tournament
The Pekin boys golf team finished second Monday at the Class 3A Homewood-Flossmoor Sectional, two strokes behind Lincoln…
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Morton's Troyer qualifies for state tournament
The Eureka girls golf team qualified for the Class 1A state tournament for the first time in school history Monday by fi…
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Washington's Ziegler misses cut at U.S. Mid-Am
Dustin Ziegler of Washington concluded play Monday in the rain-delayed U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship at Atlanta National…
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Dunlap ends Morton's Mid-Illini domination
The Dunlap girls tennis team had to wait 10 years and two extra days to claim its first Mid-Illini Conference title sinc…
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Peoria County man seeks police help after attack over drug debt
PEORIA - A Peoria County resident complained to police that he was attacked by a pistol-toting acquaintance seeking to c…
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Bellevue man, 65, trades 'sexual photos' with woman who takes him for $600
BELLEVUE - After an internet meet-up, a 65-year-old man exchanged explicit photos with a woman who later took him for hu…
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Wife stops prescription for Peoria County man with kidney transplant
PEORIA - A rural Peoria County man with a transplanted kidney claims his estranged wife stopped delivery of his anti-rej…
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LISTEN: Vintage radio commercials with Larry Ware
Larry Ware has a massive archive of radio commercials from the past when catchy jingles and over-the-top salesmanship we…
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Child-sex defendant gets prison in Tazewell cases
PEKIN - A 32-year-old man will serve at least 36 years in prison for sexually assaulting one pre-teen girl last year and…
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Rivermen bring back popular goaltender Eric Levine
PEORIA - Eric Levine came full-circle on Tuesday, returning to a Peoria Rivermen team where he started his pro career in…
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Car allegedly hijacked in broken East Peoria drug deal
PEKIN - A young East Peoria man wasn't about to let four people who drove to his home to buy marijuana leave without pay…
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