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PETA expected to visit fishing competition in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD - About 100 teenagers will be on Lake Springfield on Saturday to compete for $10,000 worth of scholarships a…
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Quest raising teacher salaries but staff turnover continues
PEORIA - Quest Charter Academy teachers no longer have to worry about earning bonuses based on students' academic perfor…
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Pekin Park District seeks ideas for future of deteriorating skate park
PEKIN - Built in 2001, parts of the skate park at Mineral Springs Park in Pekin have deteriorated to the point where th…
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Pekin and North Pekin reach tentative agreement over sewer spat
PEKIN - The Pekin City Council on Monday will consider a tentative agreement with the Village of North Pekin for fundin…
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Pekin man charged with major drug crimes Friday after police seized meth lab
PEKIN -The occupant of an apartment where an alleged methamphetamine lab was discovered this week faces up to 30 years …
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Fundraisers go "Over the Edge" to alleviate poverty
PEORIA - Charity has never been so thrilling.Donors who raised thousands of dollars to fight poverty in the Peoria area …
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Bad summer to be a European carp in Eureka Lake
EUREKA - They all will die.That's the plan for the overpopulated European carp community in Eureka Lake when the city of…
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Judge: Move Fulton Sheen's remains from New York to Peoria
PEORIA - A New York judge ruled Friday that the remains of Archbishop Fulton Sheen be sent to Peoria.The decision is the…
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Homeowners raising storm over Peoria's stormwater tax
PEORIA - John Salch would like to think that the 7,000 bricks he's used in the driveway at the Moss Avenue home he's wor…
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Editorial: Immoral and un-American to take children from border-crossing parents
There is no better example of big, bad government than one which separates children, even babies, from their parents, be…
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Peoria man ordered held on $2 million bond for fatal shooting of his uncle
PEORIA - A dispute between an uncle and a nephew in the early hours of Thursday morning at first turned violent - and th…
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Morton baseball team powers into Class 3A state championship game
JOLIET - After striking out in his first two at-bats, Nick Guerra finally came through Friday at the Class 3A baseball s…
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Little Raven Creamery in Campustown closes
PEORIA - For fans of grilled cheese, macaroni and cheese and cake-shakes, the word is nevermore.Little Raven Creamery, t…
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Nick in the AM: Beer garden might stem alleged problems behind Pitch Karaoke Bar
Establishing a beer garden behind a West Bluff bar might mitigate noisy and alleged illicit behavior taking place in tha…
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Peoria County Jail Booking Sheet for June 8, 2018
Bookings at the Peoria County Jail over the past 24 hours through 7 a.m.
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