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Saturday, August 25, 2018
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Riley's Cupcake and Coffee Lounge closes Saturday
PEORIA - Riley's Cupcake and Coffee Lounge will close Saturday, just shy of two years since it opened.The announcement w…
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Four sent to the hospital after horrific crash caused by possible hit-and-run
PEORIA - Four people - including two infants - were transported to a local hospital Friday evening after their car wrapp…
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East Bluff residents can apply for home repair funds Wednesday
PEORIA - The tax-increment financing district known as the city's East Village Growth Cell TIF will soon provide a way f…
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Former Springfield city employee files discrimination suit
SPRINGFIELD - The city of Springfield's former assistant purchasing agent has sued the city and Mayor Jim Langfelder, sa…
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Comptroller says nearly all state worker back pay has gone out
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois has finally made good on its oldest outstanding debt.Comptroller Susana Mendoza's office said Fri…
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EP council reverses vote on government change referendum
EAST PEORIA - Never mind.The East Peoria City Council on Friday rescinded a vote it took two weeks ago and dropped placi…
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Newly appointed judge to hold hearing in Urbana next week in Schock case
PEORIA - A Chicago-based federal judge will hold a hearing next week in Urbana's federal court to get an update on the p…
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HVAC work to shutter much of Peoria Public Library Downtown in September
PEORIA - The first and second floors of the Peoria Public Library Downtown will close from Sept. 17 through Dec. 3.The c…
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Fences go up as some work set to begin at future OSF HealthCare headquarters
PEORIA - Visibility is ramping up for work at the future Downtown headquarters of OSF HealthCare.Fences have been placed…
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Peoria part of fight against deadly pancreatic cancer
PEORIA - The disease that killed Aretha Franklin last week, pancreatic cancer, is a death sentence to almost everyone wh…
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Nick in the AM: Rushville hospital selects new chief executive officer
Sarah D. Culbertson Memorial Hospital in Rushville has a new CEO.John Kessler has spent more than 18 years in hospital m…
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Nick in the AM: Victim identified in fatal motorcycle accident on Smithville Road
HANNA CITY - An East Peoria man has been identified as the victim in a fatal motorcycle accident that took place Thursda…
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Hibbett Sports coming to Northwoods Mall
PEORIA - Hibbett Sports, the Alabama-based athletic retailer, is opening a store in Northwoods Mall.The store is aiming…
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Nick in the AM: Late Skynyrd guitarist Ed King once was arrested in East Peoria
Good morning, troops. It's Friday, Aug. 24.Thursday afternoon brought the sad news of the passing of Ed...
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