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Monday, October 2, 2017
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Metamora football player targeted in racist video, father says
METAMORA - The father of an African-American freshman and football player at Metamora Township High School said his son …
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Fall harvest signals need for caution on the roads
PEORIA - This is fall harvest season in central Illinois, time for motorists to stay alert for slow, heavy farm machiner…
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Police ask for help in finding missing Peoria woman
PEORIA - The Peoria Police Department is asking for the public's help in finding a 20-year-old woman who was last seen S…
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Calihan keeps supplying sausage makers from its South Peoria location
Editor's note: After the announcement that Caterpillar Inc. was moving its headquarters, area leaders put attention on t…
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Growing enrollment a growing concern in Washington school district
WASHINGTON - Enrollment is growing the Central School District, and there's no end in sight.There's an all-time high 1,3…
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Getting out: Many students leaving Illinois to attend college
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois has the second-highest rate nationally of college freshmen choosing to leave the state to pursue …
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Demanding more
After Hurricane Harvey plowed through east Texas with roof-peeling winds and never-before-seen rain, millions of America…
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Word on the Street: In the case of Eddie Russell Jr., the quiet voices have more impact
Sometimes, the most bellicose voices aren't necessarily the ones that make the most impact.The news conference the famil…
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Dog apparently starts fire in Peoria home, kills self, 2 other pets
PEORIA - A Northwest Peoria family's dog may have turned on a stove burner trying to reach food left on a counter Saturd…
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Unzicker pounces late for a $5,000 win in 100-lap Late Model race at Speedway
PEORIA - Ryan Unzicker had unfinished business Saturday at Peoria Speedway, and he played the closer's role in the 63rd …
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Multiple gunshots fired Friday night on Peoria's Smith Street
PEORIA - Police responded to a ShotSpotter report Friday night in South Peoria that alerted them of the possibility of m…
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Two women found dead in South Peoria appear to be unrelated drug ODs
PEORIA - Two women were found dead in South Peoria on Saturday morning in what appear to be two separate and unrelated d…
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First day of basketball practice getting 'easier' for veteran Braves
PEORIA - For Bradley men's basketball junior forward Luuk van Bree, the first official day of practice this year - held …
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Racial disparities evident in child welfare system
PEORIA - In April, she left the courtroom frustrated. The hearing had been delayed because a caseworker wasn't prepared.…
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Chicago nanny was no accidental photographer
CHICAGO (AP) - Yawning gaps in the life story of enigmatic Chicago nanny Vivian Maier, whose gritty street photography b…
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