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Wednesday, February 21, 2018
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Morton board OKs property tax abatement agreement extension
MORTON - School Board members Tuesday agreed that an intergovernmental agreement regarding property tax abatements for b…
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Peoria Public Works Department ready for rough weather
PEORIA - A winter weather advisory is in effect for the city of Peoria until 6 a.m. Wednesday, and the Public Works Depa…
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Limestone seeks increase in education fund tax rate that won't change total tax rate
BARTONVILLE - If Allan Gresham had his way, the question on the March 20 ballot regarding Limestone Community High Schoo…
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East Peoria's plans to improve Four Corners includes Springfield Road roundabout
EAST PEORIA - There's no money in a tight budget proposal to fund any of it, but the City Council is turning its attenti…
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Another Legionnaires' case found in Quincy as lawmakers meet
SPRINGFIELD - Heated discussion continued at the Capitol on Tuesday about the 2015 Legionnaires' disease outbreak at the…
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CityLink donates retired bus to ICC's diesel program
EAST PEORIA - CityLink has donated a 35-foot Gillig diesel bus to the Diesel Powered Equipment Technology program at Ill…
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Greater Peoria Sanitary District jumps years ahead of EPA with plant upgrade
PEORIA - A single issue has dominated nearly every public discussion of the infrastructure that drains the River City: t…
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Endorsement: Tazewell coroner
Three candidates are seeking the Republican nomination for Tazewell County coroner to fill out the unexpired term of the…
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Endorsement: Peoria County Board, District 16
Republican incumbent Brad Harding has a challenge for Peoria County Board, District 16.Harding, a 60-year-old Trivoli fa…
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Missing Granville teen found safe
GRANVILLE - A Granville teenager who had been reported missing has been found safe.Kaylee Cox, 17, was last seen by her …
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Trump urges ban on gun devices like bump stocks
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has signed a memo directing the Justice Department to prop…
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Illinois Senate plan requires rear-facing car seats until age 2
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Senate is endorsing a plan to require children to ride in rear-facing car seats un…
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Storm system brings flooding, freezing rain, snow to Midwest
CHICAGO (AP) - A storm system that's brought rain, ice and snow to the Midwest and Great Plains was being blamed for fat…
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Cubs' Ben Zobrist hoping to bounce back after down season
MESA, Ariz. - Throughout 2017, Ben Zobrist felt the strain of the previous two years.The lengthened seasons after two Wo…
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Wanted: Bail-jumper with pot-leaf tattoos
ALEDO - The long arm of the law seeks a long arm of cannabis tattoos.Mercer County Crime Stoppers asks the public's help…
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