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Klecha finishes hat trick with winner 64 seconds into OT to push Rivermen past Havoc, 5-4
PEORIA - Dakota Klecha sent the Peoria Rivermen in the right direction Friday -- past the Huntsville Havoc and alone int…
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Some ICC part-time instructors no longer eligible to teach
EAST PEORIA - Almost 20 percent of Illinois Central College's part-time instructors may not be eligible to teach this se…
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Couple accused of malnutrition death might not have been neglectful, relative says
LaFAYETTE - Richard Shipman can't believe his daughter and her husband knowingly allowed his 22-year-old, profoundly dis…
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New downtown Pekin pub planned on Court Street
PEKIN - Owners of a former gasoline station and garage on downtown Court Street in Pekin plan to convert it into an Iris…
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New Mexico school shooter left note plotting attack, suicide
AZTEC, N.M. (AP) - A 21-year-old gunman who disguised himself as a student to get into a New Mexico high school where he…
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Florida boy was left alone in a trailer to fend for himself for months, police say
MIAMI - This story has shades of the 1990 holiday movie "Home Alone."But that classic film, starring Macauley Caulkin, w…
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Trump turns celebration of civil rights museum 'into a slap in the face,' activists say
JACKSON, Miss. - Four years after it broke ground and nearly two decades after civil rights veterans began pushing for i…
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Angry worshippers lash out against Trump across Muslim world
JERUSALEM (AP) - Large crowds of worshippers across the Muslim world staged anti-U.S. marches Friday, some stomping on p…
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Director Bryan Singer denies sex assault on teen in 2003
SEATTLE (AP) - A new lawsuit accuses "Superman Returns" director Bryan Singer of sexually assaulting a 17-year…
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Dems mourn Franken's demise but see a 2018 election benefit
WASHINGTON (AP) - Members of both parties are glum and guarded after a shocking week of resignations on Capitol Hill. Bu…
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Ex-aide: Franks offered $5m to carry his child
WASHINGTON (AP) - A former aide to Republican Rep. Trent Franks has told The Associated Press the congressman repeatedly…
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Another person appears to have died from a fentanyl overdose in Peoria
PEORIA - Another day in Peoria, another overdose death, purportedly from what police are calling a "game-changer drug."O…
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Peoria plan to raise amusement tax not amusing to recreation operator
PEORIA - The increase in the city's amusement tax, from 2 percent to 3 percent in 2018, is expected to raise almost half…
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No serious injuries in three-vehicle wreck on Route 40 near Dunlap
DUNLAP - A three-vehicle accident Friday on Illinois Route 40 resulted in no major injuries, according to authorities.Th…
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Dunlap assistant superintendent Karen Beverlin resigns
PEORIA - A second top administrator is leaving Dunlap School District at the end of the year.Assistant Superintendent Ka…
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