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Thursday, January 11, 2018
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Peoria's Golden Corral still closed
PEORIA - The Golden Corral restaurant on North University Street has not reopened a week after closing because of an app…
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At least one person killed in crash on Kickapoo-Edwards Road
EDWARDS - At least one person was killed Wednesday night in a traffic crash on Kickapoo-Edwards Road in Peoria County, a…
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Peoria Public Schools seeks to revive its police force
PEORIA - When a state agency deactivated Peoria Public Schools campus police force four years ago, school safety officer…
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Police break up alleged N.C. slave labor operation that used children to run fish markets
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - Police have arrested four people and are searching for six more on charges that they used the slave…
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Court OKs killing a type of owl to see effect on other owls
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court in San Francisco has upheld a plan by wildlife officials to kill one type o…
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Death toll hits 17 in California mudslides; 13 missing
MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) - Anxious family members awaited word on loved ones Wednesday as rescue crews searched for more t…
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GIRLS BASKETBALL: Flu bugs Pekin before loss to Limestone
First it was a two-hour ride on a freezing cold school bus. Then it was the flu.
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North Peoria house fire causes estimated $60,000 damage
PEORIA - Damage was estimated at $60,000 after a house fire Friday in North Peoria.Firefighters were called at 9:14 a.m.…
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Stark County nixes consultant plan
TOULON - A divided Stark County Board on Tuesday wound up rejecting a much-discussed proposal to pay an outside consulti…
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Editorial: On immigration, Congress' turn
A federal judge has provided another incentive for Congress to do its job regarding immigration reform.On Tuesday, a fed…
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Peoria man robbed at gunpoint
PEORIA - Early Tuesday morning, a 46-year-old Peoria man told police he was robbed at gunpoint on the 700 block of Wayne…
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'House Hunters' to feature Peoria-area couple on Thursday
PEORIA - The real estate spotlight will shine on the Peoria area Thursday night when HGTV will broadcast an episode of i…
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Police say man left dogs in cold outside Creve Coeur strip club
CREVE COEUR - A North Carolina man left his two dogs in his vehicle in sub-freezing cold for more than four hours Monday…
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Families to receive $6 million in 2014 Agridyne deaths
PEKIN - The families of two men who died from poisonous gas inside a railroad tanker car at a Pekin plant three years ag…
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Luciano: Can new hotel deal spark hope for ever-vacant retail space?
In the wake of the city-blessed refinancing of Gary Matthews' hotel complex, there's been an unexpected development...
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