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Wednesday, April 25, 2018
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Peoria raises age to buy tobacco to 21
PEORIA - The legal age to buy tobacco products in Peoria is 21 following action taken by the Peoria City Council on Tues…
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Illinois gun dealer licensing veto override vote could happen Wednesday
SPRINGFIELD - Lacking the necessary votes Tuesday, an attempt to override Gov. Bruce Rauner's veto of a gun dealer licen…
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Rivermen playing for the ring as SPHL President's Cup Finals begin
PEORIA - Eight teams in the last 54 years.That's how many pro hockey teams in the minors have reached the championship r…
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SPHL President's Cup Finals: Peoria Rivermen (1) vs Huntsville Havoc (4)
SPHLPRESIDENT'S CUP FINALS(best-of-3 series)PEORIA RIVERMEN (1)vsHUNTSVILLE HAVOC (4)Game 1: Huntsville at...
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Local mail carriers rescue elderly Pekin women
PEKIN - Kay Cook suffers from Alzheimer's disease. She forgot about the rescue call transmitter she was wearing when she…
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Peoria police seek public's help identifying men after Golden Corral fight
PEORIA - Police are asking for the public's help in identifying two men in connection with a fight at Golden Corral last…
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The S.O.S. Band performs the Black and White Gala this Saturday
EAST PEORIA - The Tri-County Urban League's annual Black and White Gala will be held this Saturday at the Par-A-Dice Hot…
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Peoria teen indicted in double homicide, shooting at Bradley Avenue party
PEORIA - A South Peoria teen allegedly shot another man at an off-campus Bradley University party because he was affilia…
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Two pets killed in Peoria house fire
PEORIA - A stove left on in North Peoria Tuesday morning likely started a house fire that caused an estimated $40,000 in…
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Autopsy inconclusive for Peoria man found near Illinois River
PEORIA - Autopsy results for Maurice Wells, whose body was found Monday along the Illinois River, were inconclusive, Peo…
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LaHood among sponsors of opioid addiction bill
PEORIA - U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood has joined three other Congress members in sponsoring legislation that is designed to ta…
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Peoria County man goes to bar to numb toothache, leaves with busted jaw
PEORIA - A man who went to a bar to numb a toothache ended up with a fractured jaw, police said.Shortly after 2 a.m. Thu…
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Stark County woman is state's fourth reported death from synthetic cannabis
PEORIA - A 37-year-old Stark County woman is the state's fourth fatality in an epidemic of massive bleeding in synthetic…
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LISTEN: Journal Star opinion page editor Mike Bailey
Mike Bailey started at the Journal Star in 1985 and has been writing for the Journal Star's opinion page since 1991. He …
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Rural Varna man convicted of sexually abusing teen
LACON - A 41-year-old rural Varna man was convicted Tuesday of molesting a 14-year-old girl as she slept last summer in…
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