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Pockets of sunshine: Marshall County zoning panel OKs three more solar energy projects
LACON - Marshall County's list of potential future solar energy installations continued to grow last week with Zoning Bo…
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Peoria drum circle brings rhythm and relaxation
PEORIA - With banging bongos and the croak of wooden frogs, the Peoria community will beat away its stress and pain with…
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Washington says thanks to first responders who helped after 2013 tornado
WASHINGTON - The city rolled out a 1.4-mile thank-you card Sunday.The thanks were for first responders and others who he…
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Another rejection of Stark County for Enhanced 911 service
LACON - Marshall County officials have ruled out the possibility of entering into an agreement that could enable Stark C…
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Who was voted state's top musician?
SPRINGFIELD - They started as a University of Illinois garage band and reached the heights of arena rock. Now the member…
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Pool school: The perks of making your own oasis
In a secluded corner of Joshua Tree, Calif., a livestock tank painted white, surrounded with cactuses and crowned with black string lights serves as an outdoor tub for ultrahip Airbnb "The Shack Attack," owned by Kathrin and Brian...
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Guebert: Historically, U.S. backs farmers in trade standoffs
Once, when walking across the Charles Bridge in Prague, a friend asked if I knew the story behind the stunning, 14th cen…
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Knife attack follows dispute over donated pizza at homeless shelter
PEORIA - A 45-year-old man cut another man with his knife Saturday afternoon after a disagreement about the right to eat…
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Hearing scheduled on the other Putnam homicide - Diamond Bradley
HENNEPIN - As a rare Putnam County jury trial involving murder and concealment of a homicide was nearing its end last we…
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Word on the Street: No prosecutor for 18 months? An embarrassment, Darin LaHood says
As the pages on the calendar fly by, U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood's rhetoric is heating up about the lack of a top prosecutor …
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Word on the Street: River Trail Apartments dies a well-warranted death
The multi-year saga that is River Trail Apartments appears to be over. Those who fought to preserve parkland along the I…
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Cahokia Mounds in Collinsville: 'America's first city'
A gaggle of rambunctious fifth-graders scrambled to the top of the 100-foot-high Monks Mound to get a great view of the …
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Coroner identifies man found dead in Downtown Peoria
PEORIA - The man who was found dead in Downtown Peoria Saturday night has been identified as 47-year-old Kevin M. West.P…
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Edwards woman, 25, killed in two-vehicle accident west of Peoria
EDWARDS - An Edwards woman was killed early Sunday in a two-vehicle accident west of Peoria, according to authorities.Mi…
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