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Tuesday, July 24, 2018
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Panel seeks to get more women into Illinois politics
SPRINGFIELD - Barriers to women running for office in local elections throughout Illinois has emerged as one of the issu…
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Tazewell County 4-H Show adds 3D printing, drones
PEKIN - For nearly 100 years, the Tazewell County 4-H Show and Junior Fair has represented the culmination of a year's w…
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Speakers call for a fair state tax at Lincoln Library
PEORIA - Illinois needs a "fair tax," not just to benefit a majority of citizens in the state but municipalities that re…
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Peoria council members to consider purchasing riverfront property Tuesday
PEORIA - The River Trail Apartments project may be dead, but the city is still looking to buy property in the vicinity o…
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Electrical fire damages Limestone Township home
PEORIA - A house fire in Limestone Township on Monday left a family unscathed but temporarily without a home.Limestone F…
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Zoning board to hear second attempt to land a solar farm in Woodford County
EUREKA - The first meeting in May ended in a no-decision. On Tuesday the Woodford County Zoning Board will hear a second…
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Heights landlords to register properties under new ordinance
PEORIA HEIGHTS - In an effort to shore up and monitor the conditions of rental properties in the village, the board has …
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Galesburg toddler dies in apparent drowning
GALESBURG - A child died Sunday night in an apparent drowning.According to a Galesburg police report, Emmanuel M. Nsaku,…
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Prosecutors file new murder charge in Galva shooting
GALESBURG - In a rare move, the Knox County State's Attorney's office has again filed a first-degree murder charge again…
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Nick in the AM: Plan to redevelop former 'eyesore' Peoria hotel appears on hold
The plan for the continued renovation of a once-problematic hotel property in Northwest Peoria appears to be in limbo.Du…
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Peoria County Jail Booking Sheet for July 23, 2018
Bookings at the Peoria County Jail over the past 24 hours through 7 a.m.
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Nick in the AM: Elevate Trampoline Park expanding to East Peoria
By the end of 2018, trampoline fans in or near East Peoria won't have to jump across the Illinois River to get their kic…
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