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Missouri teen charged in double-fatal wreck in Tazewell County
PEKIN - A Missouri teenager was charged Thursday in connection with the deaths of two people in a two-vehicle crash on T…
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Eureka picks off Dee-Mack, 23-7
MACKINAW - Eureka turned from givers to takers Friday, in what might be the last varsity football game played at Dee-Mac…
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Pekin council to decide Teamsters pacts Monday
PEKIN - The Pekin City Council on Monday will consider tentative contract agreements with four units of Teamsters, Chauf…
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Ex-girlfriend and two pals accused of attacking strip-club deejay in West Peoria
WEST PEORIA - An ex-girlfriend and two other women attacked a strip-club deejay, punching him 16 times, according to a p…
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Two men hurt as pit bull attacks small dog in West Peoria
WEST PEORIA - Two good Samaritans were bitten while stopping a pit bull from attacking another dog, police said.Just bef…
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Coroner: Car seat saved infant's life in car crash that killed mother
PEORIA - In the wake of a fatal car crash in southern Peoria County on Thursday, the county coroner says the proper inst…
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Sen. Tammy Duckworth slams Trump cuts to Obamacare subsidy
PEORIA - U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth slammed the decision by President Donald Trump to halt payments for subsidies that h…
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Peorian gets 25-year sentence in botched robbery that left teen dead
PEORIA - Kainen Lacy said little during the brief hearing Friday morning where he received a 25-year prison term for his…
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Man shot in East Bluff alley
PEORIA - A man was shot in an East Bluff alley Friday afternoon.The man, whose name was not immediately released by poli…
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Labor of love restores vintage 1931 Peoria fire engine
PEORIA - Even for a labor of love, four and a half years is a long time to spend.That's how long a dedicated group of v…
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How Chicago gets its guns
This story, originally published by ProPublica Illinois, was co-published with WBEZ Chicago's "Every Other Hour" series …
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Block of Park Avenue to shut down starting Monday
PEORIA - Weather permitting Monday, the 700 block of Park Avenue will be closed between Northeast Perry Avenue and Rock …
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Death toll in California wildfires reaches historically grim heights
SANTA ROSA, Calif. - The horrific scale of death and destruction is coming into focus, even as wildfires continue to rag…
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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, ev…
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Q&A with two mummies from funk band Here Come the Mummies
PEORIA - The undead don't just dominate the scary spectacle of the Halloween season - apparently they can shred a guitar…
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