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Monday, February 19, 2018
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Peoria County Sheriff's Office announces arrests in business burglaries
PEORIA - An investigation into numerous business burglaries resulted in the arrest Sunday of a Peoria man and another fr…
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Antique vehicle saved from Peoria garage fire
PEORIA - A detached garage at 3828 W. Verner Drive caught fire at 10:13 a.m. Saturday, leaving the building unfit to rem…
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Rivermen destroy Marksmen 8-1 as Economos nets first pro hat trick
PEORIA - Mike Economos changed his stick model and notched his first pro hat trick to help the Peoria Rivermen stick it …
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Two Peoria bars burglarized Saturday morning
PEORIA - Two bars within a city block were broken into Saturday morning.Police found evidence of forced entry at Kellehe…
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South Peoria man says he was stabbed at party
PEORIA - A Peoria man told police he was stabbed in the lower back when he tried to break up a fight at a house party ea…
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Democratic primary for Peoria County auditor features political newcomers
PEORIA - The pair of political newcomers vying to become the Democratic candidate for a countywide office next month wil…
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Primary includes referendum on Peoria County auditor's office
PEORIA - Voters across Peoria County will be asked at the March 20 primary election whether or not to do away with the e…
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Peoria's Central Illinois Ballet dances over to Main Street
PEORIA - Tiny sock-footed ballerinas have already made themselves at home in Central Illinois Ballet's new location on M…
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Sales tax increase up for vote in Stark County
TOULON - Stark County voters will decide in a March 20 referendum whether to increase the county sales tax to provide mo…
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Illinois has embraced its role as the Land of Lincoln
SPRINGFIELD - Abraham Lincoln may not have been born in Illinois but he clearly is among the state's favorite sons.Linco…
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Word on the Street: Motorists ask about tooth-rattling intersection
The calls, messages and emails started coming fast and furious Wednesday morning last week.People, it's clear, care abou…
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Sen. Duckworth still breaking barriers, and she likes it
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Breaking down barriers is nothing new for Sen. Tammy Duckworth, and that's the way she likes it.The d…
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Farm and Food File: Debt with a productive purpose
It was an inarguable fact on the southern Illinois dairy farm of my youth that there was no earthly reason my grandfathe…
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Rivermen induct Clark into Hall of Fame, deconstruct Fayetteville, 7-3 on Hagaman hat trick
PEORIA - David Bruce handed Darren Clark his Hall of Fame plaque during a ceremony on the ice Saturday at Carver Arena a…
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Tears, exuberance as 'Black Panther' opens across Africa
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - "Black Panther" has burst onto the screen in Africa, handing a powerful response to the un…
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