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Monday, March 19, 2018
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Police on scene of crash at War Memorial and Knoxville
PEORIA - Police were on the scene late Sunday of a two-vehicle crash that occurred about 10:30 p.m. at War Memorial Driv…
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Peoria fire truck damaged in bridge accident
PEORIA - The combination of fog and icy conditions caused an eight-vehicle accident on McClugage Bridge Sunday morning, …
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Peoria cricket players bowl for Easterseals
PEORIA - The Cricket Association of Peoria started its season early on Sunday with a winter tournament to raise money fo…
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Police: Facebook posts about Northwoods Mall abduction attempts are false
PEORIA - Recent social media posts about attempted abductions at Northwoods Mall are unfounded, Peoria police said Sunda…
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Peorians find lessons in Greek priest's defiance of Nazis 75 years ago
PEORIA - The power of one person's voice can change the course of history.That was one of many lessons a crowd of severa…
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Illinois primary puts focus on security of state voter rolls
SPRINGFIELD - With the Illinois primary just days away, state election officials are beefing up cyber defenses and scann…
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Hundreds of Missouri's 15-year-old brides may have married their rapists
SECOND IN A SERIESKANSAS CITY, Mo. - District Court Judge Gregory W. Moeller peered down from the bench, aghast."I was h…
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The Daley family legacy runs deep in Illinois, Chicago
CHICAGO - About 20 years before a certain territory along the eastern banks of the upper Mississippi became a state, a m…
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Farm and Food File: Slouching toward 2014
In this space on Feb. 2, 2014, I offered a blunt assessment of the just-passed (and still current) Farm Bill and its key…
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Word on the Street: Negative ads drive away more voters than they attract
A note to candidates, sadly too late for this campaign: Stop the attacks.That's the strongest feedback we received from …
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Random Acts of Kindness: Dead battery, then a good Samaritan
My husband and I were shopping at Kohl's in East Peoria and we got into our car and the battery was dead. We were ready …
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Rivermen get 39 saves from Pulde, stun Pensacola, 2-1, in sudden-death shootout
PENSACOLA, FLA. - The Peoria Rivermen and Pensacola Ice Flyers had a magnificent stare down on Saturday.And rookie goalt…
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Production crew completes talented family for IHSA broadcasts
PEORIA - Sideline reporter Katy Winge had several reasons to travel more than 1,000 miles on two hours of...
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Peoria jewelry store burglarized for cufflinks, charity donation box
PEORIA - Cufflinks and a donation box were taken in a jewelry store burglary Thursday night, according to a police repor…
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Statehouse Insider: Primary season mercifully near its end
It's just two days until primary election day.Let's see a show of hands. Who would like to see the primary campaign seas…
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