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Thursday, January 18, 2018
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Peoria firefighter taken from house fire to hospital, possibly with chest pains
PEORIA - Peoria firefighters remained on the scene of a house fire late Wednesday night on East Kansas Street and one fi…
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Statehouse bill would connect rural Illinois schools to high-speed internet
SPRINGFIELD - More than 90,000 students across 100 school districts in rural Illinois would get access to high-speed int…
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Peoria airport reports passenger traffic up 2 percent last year
PEORIA - Gen. Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport on Wednesday reported a 2 percent increase in 2017 over 2016…
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Tazewell board seeks 'structural change' in budget planning
PEKIN - Cuts in state-supplied revenue prompted a new Tazewell County Board committee to begin work Wednesday on next fi…
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OSF block expected to generate property taxes for Peoria - for five years
PEORIA - OSF HealthCare's plan to put its headquarters on the Downtown block previously held by Caterpillar Inc. means t…
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Galesburg's Mark Kleine withdraws from congressional race
GALESBURG - Local developer Mark Kleine removed himself from the race for Galesburg's seat in the U.S. House of Represen…
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Editorial: Erase 'government shutdown' from political playbooks
Here we go again on shutting down the government unless one petulant side or the other gets its way on a pet issue.Durin…
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A night with Manual's speech team
PEORIA - While most of the area braced for ice storms, a sizable crowd streamed into Manual Academy on Jan. 11.Most head…
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Some federal income tax refunds will be delayed again this year
PEORIA - Taxpayers claiming certain common credits will once again have to wait weeks to months for their federal incom…
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Henry man gets five years for repeat sex offense
HENRY - A Henry man was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for sexually abusing a teenage boy last summer while…
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Rivermen lose winger Miglio, defenseman Patterson to ECHL calls, get Greenberg from IR
PEORIA - The Peoria Rivermen lost two more players to ECHL call-ups on Wednesday, but got good news from their best offe…
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Radio personality Marc Alghini leaves WWCT
PEORIA - A popular Peoria radio personality had his last day on the air Tuesday morning.Marc Alghini, the program direct…
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Luciano: Illinois law sends pedestrian to driving school
In the eyes of the law, Kathleen is an illegal walker.During a misstep while walking from her doctor's office, the 65-ye…
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Share photos of your first dance as a married couple
We are looking for photos of that first dance for a married couple. Please send images and a brief description of your w…
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LISTEN: An SPHL All-Star Dream Team and memories of the bus crash
Peoria Rivermen head coach Jean-Guy Trudel, co-owner and COO Bart Rogers, and play-by-play announcer Brad Kupiec join Jo…
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