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Jul 3, 2019
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Peoria’s Taft Homes will be torn down, replaced
PEORIA - After more than 60 years, a landmark of the near North Valley, the Taft Homes, will be torn down and replaced with newer, more modern housing.
Other news
Nick in the AM: What is it with people driving too fast through Washburn?

Good morning, troops.

Nick in the AM: Canton duo found passed out in vehicle; drugs suspected

CANTON - Police arrested two Canton residents on drugs charges last week after they were found passed out in a vehicle in a supermarket parking lot.

Illinois sets new tourism record with more than 117 million visitors last year

For the eighth year in a row, Illinois has set a new tourism record, according to annual figures released by the state Tuesday.

Kickapoo Creek/Farmington intersection to close July 8

PEORIA - The northern of the intersection of Kickapoo Creek and Farmington roads as well as the intersection of Farmington and Red Bud Drive will be closed to all traffic Monday.

State pays $4.7 million to struggling independent pharmacies

SPRINGFIELD - Nearly $5 million has been sent to independent pharmacies in Illinois who are caught in a financial squeeze of inadequate reimbursements for filling Medicaid prescriptions.

Bill Tinsley: Spiritual awakening in America

In the early 1740s a young printer in Philadelphia reached an agreement with an itinerant preacher from England to print his sermons and journals.

Dr. Elaine Heffner: About the children

The old gender role division of labor has changed and with it the assumption that women would fill their old job description.

Entertainment
Caterpillar Employee Big Band combines work and play

PEORIA - By day Alan Kenworthy is a large track-type tractor engineering technical steward for Caterpillar Inc., but by night he is a trombone player.

Stay Tuned: ‘Stranger Things’ returns for a highly anticipated season 3

Celebrate America's birthday with screen size fireworks and the third installment of "Stranger Things."Dispatches: Weekly TV newsThe contemporary reboot of Norman Lear's 1975 series, "One Day At A Time," which Netflix cancelled several months ago, has been picked up by Pop TV (now fully owned by CBS Corporation).