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Limestone honors athletic stalwart Jim Corpus
BARTONVILLE - Jim Corpus left his mark on Limestone, where he spent 34 years as an educator, baseball coach and athletic…
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Editorial: In wake of police shootings, no time to take a bow
The Peoria Police Department arguably has created quite the PR headache - maybe worse - for itself in giving its annual …
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Darling's in Peoria Heights set to close this weekend
PEORIA HEIGHTS - A Peoria Heights pub will have its last hurrah this weekend before it closes permanently.Darling's Dine…
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South Side Mission to purchase vacant Aldi property in Central Peoria
PEORIA - A former grocery store in Central Peoria will get new life as a South Side Mission resale store.The organizatio…
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Five parts of Peoria labeled federal Economic Opportunity Zones
PEORIA - Five census tracts within the city of Peoria and one within Pekin have been designated Economic Opportunity Zo…
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Coroner identifies man who jumped from Murray Baker Bridge
PEKIN - A 27-year-old man drowned Thursday after he jumped from the Murray Baker Bridge between Peoria and East Peoria, …
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Art at Peoria Public Library gives homeless a voice
PEORIA - Artist Heather Ford knows firsthand that poverty is never far away."Both my parents were homeless for a while w…
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Bike ride meets pub crawl at Saturday's 'Beers and Gears' event
PEORIA - A fleet of bike riders will be traveling from pub to pub Saturday with the Rock Island Trail as their guiding p…
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Carson's to cut 3,500 employees in Illinois as it closes all stores
More than 3,500 Carson's employees in Illinois will lose their jobs this summer as the department store chain shuts down…
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Bicentennial brews featured at Fox Pub's Beer Fest this Saturday
PEORIA - The entire state of Illinois is spending 2018 reveling in its bicentennial year with almost every entity within…
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Gunman opens fire in Texas high school, killing 10 people
SANTA FE, Texas (AP) - A 17-year-old boy carrying a shotgun and a revolver opened fire at a Houston-area high school Fri…
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Nick in the AM: Anchors Away seafood restaurant moves from Peoria to Springfield
Good morning, troops. It's Friday, May 18.Over the winter, a seafood restaurant that had received at least one...
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Nick in the AM: Accused Waffle House killer Travis Reinking talks with Nashville TV
Accused Waffle House shooter Travis Reinking, a former Morton resident, plans to handle his own legal defense.
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