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Thursday, November 23, 2017
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OSF HealthCare reaches agreement to keep Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance
PEORIA - After a month and a half of additional negotiations, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois health insuranc…
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Alternate route encouraged to EP's Winter Wonderland
EAST PEORIA - To try easing long lines of traffic trying to get to the entrance of the Folepi's Winter Wonderland off of…
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Editorial: Have a nice Thanksgiving
To listen to many pundits, local police departments should be fully staffed this holiday to deal with the fights that wi…
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Nick in the AM: Pekin city manager might be interviewing for Arizona job
Tony Carson, the Pekin city manager, has been in his current position for almost exactly one year. But it appears he mig…
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Washington moving high school graduation to Renaissance Coliseum in Peoria
WASHINGTON - It appears there will be a new venue for Washington Community High School's graduation ceremony starting i…
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Peoria County Jail Booking Sheet for Nov. 22, 2017
Bookings at the Peoria County Jail over the past 24 hours through 7 a.m.
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Luciano: Despite lifetime of challenges, single mom finds hope, gratitude in Peoria
PEORIA - For 15 years, Kierra Moore has been searching for home.That's half of her life.For the Chicago native, it's bee…
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Christmas Fund: 2017 campaign kicks off with $155,000 goal
PEORIA - This is a story 105 years in the making - and even though some of the details may have become familiar, the Jou…
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Christmas Fund update: November 23, 2017
Total for the day: $3,840In loving memory of Elmer "Fudd" Melton. Arlyn. $10.May 2017 be healthy for everyone, especiall…
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Peoria man sets up as a part-time barber in Wyoming
WYOMING - A family outing, a good cup of coffee and a conversation with a trio of local businesswomen, has prompted a ba…
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Illinois native enjoys holding the reins as Miss Rodeo Kansas
PRATT, KAN. - Mikhayla DeMott grew up in Rio, Ill., and on a horse.She has been riding horses since she could walk and s…
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Nick in the AM: Old Delavan armory to receive new industrial life
(NOTE: Our Ironman streak of Nick in the Morning posts is ending at eight weekdays, but blame the Thanksgiving holiday t…
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Coroner identifies man killed early Wednesday in East Bluff shooting
PEORIA - A man died early Wednesday after he was shot late Tuesday on the East Bluff.Terry G. Linwood Jr., 32, of 1118 E…
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Reconstructed stretch of Peoria's Harvard Avenue reopening to two-way traffic
PEORIA - Harvard Avenue from East Purdue Street to East Shady Oak Drive will reopen to two-way traffic end of day Wednes…
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Daytime lane closures start Monday on Murray Baker Bridge
PEORIA - Daytime lane closures will begin Monday on the Murray Baker Bridge, according to the Illinois Department of Tra…
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