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Friday, April 27, 2018
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PPS to get split recommendation on renaming Woodrow Wilson
PEORIA - Peoria Public Schools board members Ernestine Jackson and Dan Walther continued to spar during a PPS building c…
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Intersection of Farmington and Plank roads closed after accident
PEORIA - The intersection of West Farmington and Plank roads in Peoria County is closed temporarily because of a traffic…
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Illinois Senate OKs bill to use medical marijuana against opiod addiction
SPRINGFIELD -A bill that would combat opioid addiction with medical marijuana easily passed the Illinois Senate Thursday…
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Caterpillar paid CEO Umpleby more than 200 times median worker pay in 2017
DEERFIELD - In his first year as the chief executive officer at Caterpillar Inc., Jim Umpleby demonstrated what company …
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Avanti's founder recalls early days when Bradley made up 80 percent of business
PEORIA - Albert Zeller remembers the early days at Avanti's. The era may have been the Swinging '60s, but while others w…
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PCHS ROUNDUP: Seniors in spotlight at Dragon Invitational track meet
The 32nd annual Dragon Invitational on Friday will serve multiple purposes for the Pekin boys track and field team.
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Peoria-area Marine reservists to hold reunion
PEORIA - A mid-May reunion is planned for Marine Corps veterans who served with Company C., 6th Engineer Support Battali…
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National search for new Civic Center general manager is ongoing
PEORIA - Almost a month after its general manager stepped down, the Peoria Civic Center is still in search of a replacem…
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West Main Street designs on display Friday, Saturday
PEORIA - An exhibition of design ideas for West Main Street developed by architecture students at the University of Illi…
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Rivermen trying to avoid 'watching another team celebrate again'
PEORIA - Has the shock worn off yet?The Peoria Rivermen were on a bus to Huntsville 90 minutes after throwing away Game …
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West Peoria council rejects mandatory recycling
WEST PEORIA - The West Peoria City Council this week reversed its support of a mandatory recycling program by rejecting …
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LISC director: Peoria's low-income neighborhoods need investment
PEORIA - Karen Davis is in it for the long haul. "Community development is a slow process," said the executive director …
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Editorial: About that weapon of choice, not just another tool of self-defense
Police say that Travis Reinking, formerly of Morton, used an AR-15 to kill four and wound four Sunday at a Waffle House …
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Sky Harbor Steak House a trip back in time
PEORIA - The Klusendorf name has been synonymous with good food in Peoria since the 1950s. And it continues today with t…
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MS conference in East Peoria gets support from Lt. Gov. Sanguinetti
EAST PEORIA - Illinois Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti talks about having multiple sclerosis every chance she gets, and she …
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