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Tuesday, April 17, 2018
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Police to motorists: Put your cellphone down
PEORIA - April is national Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and police are reminding motorists to put down their cell…
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Washington agrees to $15,000 payment to visitors bureau
WASHINGTON - The city will send $15,000 to the Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau for tourism services during 20…
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Dunlap down to two finalists in superintendent search
DUNLAP - The search for a new superintendent of Dunlap School District is down to two finalists - the superintendent fro…
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Jehan Gordon-Booth seeks to remove cost barrier on criminal expungements
PEORIA - More than 400 people last year attended a weekend event designed to help them file paperwork to expunge low-lev…
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Starved Rock State Park struggling to keep up with visitors
LA SALLE - Starved Rock State Park is struggling to keep up with the more than 10 million visitors that have come to the…
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Security footage shows two people pour gas onto SUV, light it on fire
PEORIA - An SUV fire early Sunday in the North Valley is being investigated as arson.According to a Peoria police report…
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Can grocery deliveries help with Peoria's food desert?
PEORIA - One of the ways to make up for the lack of supermarkets in Peoria's food desert may be to have the groceries de…
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Peoria food strategy group changes focus
PEORIA - The food strategy group that's been working on Peoria's food desert problem is doing some fine-tuning that may …
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Peoria City Council could settle garbage contract Tuesday
PEORIA - The city's next garbage contract may start a year sooner than expected if the Peoria City Council approves the …
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Editorial: Fly Allegiant at your own risk?
The TV news program "60 Minutes" ran a piece Sunday that questioned whether Allegiant Air values profits over passenger …
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Washington woman charged with invasion of mother's East Peoria home
PEKIN - Charges now confront a Washington woman who allegedly arranged for her drug dealer and two other men to burglari…
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Dunlap woman calls police after ex-boyfriend's 47 calls and texts
DUNLAP - An ex-boyfriend allegedly made 47 calls and texts to a Dunlap woman, who made just one call: to police.On April…
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More than $6,000 snatched in Norwood saloon burglary
NORWOOD - Two burglars used a pry bar to bust into a tavern and swipe more than $6,000, police said.At 10 a.m. April 10,…
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Rivermen captain Dave Pszenyczny is SPHL Defenseman of the Year
PEORIA - Peoria Rivermen captain Dave Pszenyczny was named SPHL Defenseman of the Year on Monday.The veteran of 755 game…
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LISTEN: CityLink general manager Doug Roelfs
General manager Doug Roelfs chats with the Journal Star's Steve Tarter about the state of public transportation in Peori…
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