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Friday, January 19, 2018
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Peoria teen's death honored as more than a number
PEORIA - Peoria's second homicide of 2018 was followed by the year's second Stand Up for Peace at the Gateway Building o…
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Dunlap music teachers want activity fee cut or reduced, at least for fourth- and fifth-graders
PEORIA - The number of grade school students taking band or orchestra in Dunlap School District has declined about 25 pe…
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Rivermen remember as anniversary of Columbus team bus crash arrives
PEORIA - The Peoria Rivermen are on a bus to Huntsville for a set of road games this weekend.While they are focused on t…
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Some ICC instructors get a chance to continue teaching or retire
EAST PEORIA - Five of the 10 full-time Illinois Central College faculty members who recently learned they were no longer…
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Illinois treasurer cites private tuition restriction on college savings plans
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois families with Bright Start or Bright Directions college savings plans will not get a break on the…
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Delivery driver robbed of food
PEORIA - A pizza delivery driver was robbed of his delivery - but nothing else - by a man who pointed a gun at him.The 3…
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Former manager of Peoria County's lead program guilty of misconduct
PEORIA - Jurors took about two hours Thursday to find the former head of Peoria County's lead hazard program guilty of o…
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Under the Dome: More Blago wiretapped conversations. Yes, Rauner says, David Duke is a racist
This week on Under the Dome ...The Illinois State Board of Education has made a bold request for state funding. Will the…
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Peoria County Jail Booking Sheet for Jan. 18, 2018
Bookings at the Peoria County Jail over the past 24 hours through 7 a.m.
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The Spot coffee truck finds its first permanent spot in North Peoria
PEORIA - After its initial choice fell through last year, a mobile coffee company has finally settled on a brick and mor…
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Parking will be no problem at OSF's Downtown headquarters
PEORIA - The 750 employees that OSF HealthCare plans to relocate in Downtown Peoria's former Chase Building are not goin…
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J.C. Penney in Galesburg's Sandburg Mall to close
GALESBURG - J.C. Penney, one of the last remaining stores in the Sandburg Mall, is closing.A corporate spokesman for the…
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Rauner to air extended ad of Pritzker, Blagojevich on wiretap
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner is launching campaign ads this weekend featuring 11 minutes of conv…
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Country star Keith Urban returns to Peoria on Oct. 12
PEORIA - Fresh off a pop-up show Wednesday night in Nashville to announce a new album, country music superstar Keith Urb…
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Nick in the AM: Family, fortitude help make Shaun Livingston the ultimate Warrior
(NOTE: Nick in the Morning is off on assignment Friday. We'd prefer we were assigned to a bar, but no such luck. See you…
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