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Wednesday, October 4, 2017
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Morton School Board approves $75,000 purchase of vacant lot
MORTON - The Morton School District will buy a vacant lot just northwest of Morton Junior High School for $75,000.School…
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Generator worth thousands stolen from unlocked Central Peoria garage
PEORIA - A generator worth thousands of dollars was stolen from a Central Peoria garage this week.A resident in the 3000…
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Fight in Big Al's parking lot leaves man with fractured skull
PEORIA - A fight early Monday morning in the parking lot outside Big Al's left one man with a fractured skull.Police res…
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Golf cart stolen from Peoria Park District's Golf Learning Center
PEORIA - A golf cart was stolen from the Peoria Park District last week a few hours after an employee noticed the keys t…
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Peoria City Council focuses on budget shortfall and how to pay for it
PEORIA - The City Council found out the cost of a balanced budget at a special policy session Tuesday. Council members a…
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'National medical tenant' headed for East Peoria's Levee District
EAST PEORIA - An unspecified "national medical tenant" is coming to East Peoria's Levee District after the City Council …
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Editorial: May Golden Rule conquer local racism
The blatantly racist video made by four Metamora Township High School teens as a "joke" meant for a black fellow student…
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Pekin nursing aide charged with theft
PEKIN - A Pekin woman, hired to help care for an elderly woman's dying husband, allegedly stole from her employer throug…
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Plans for Peoria Portillo's call for 204-seat, 9,000-square-foot restaurant
PEORIA - Some basic details have emerged about the proposed Portillo's restaurant at the outskirts of Westlake Shopping …
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LISTEN: The Journal Star Sportswriters weekly football recap and preview
Week 6 in the books and the high school football season is heating up as teams battle for a spot in the playoffs and a r…
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Police: Peorian struck by rock in 'weed' mix-up
PEORIA - A Peoria man got plunked with a rock hurled by a neighbor angered over a marijuana mixup, according to a Peoria…
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Tractor rollover kills Bloomington man near Carlock
CARLOCK - A Bloomington man died Tuesday morning when his tractor rolled down an embankment in Woodford County near Carl…
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Luciano: After Metamora video, where are we with race relations in America?
GERMANTOWN HILLS - So is this where we are with racial relations in America?A small chunk of a small community
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81-year-old Peorian might have been bilked out of $60,000
PEORIA - An 81-year-old Peoria man might have been bilked out of $30,000 to $60,000 in a phone scam, according to a city…
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Metamora parents seek unity, education following racist video
GERMANTOWN HILLS - Unity and education were at the forefront of a news conference held Tuesday at Great Oaks Church to a…
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