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Wednesday, February 28, 2018
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River Trail Apartments project faces new delay
The River Trail Apartments project is facing more delays.City Manager Patrick Urich reported at Tuesday's City Council m…
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Peoria increasing parking ticket fines for Downtown
The price of a parking ticket in Downtown Peoria is increasing from $15 to $20.By a 9-2 vote, the Peoria City Council ap…
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Water company buyout option surfaces at Peoria City Council
PEORIA - Water was the focus at Tuesday's Peoria City Council meeting as council members received a proposal by the CEO …
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Gun control bills advance from Illinois House committee
SPRINGFIELD - After hearing testimony from Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson, a range of gun control measures …
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AGCO acquisition of Precision Planting poises both for tech growth
TREMONT - A family company started by a farmer grew over a quarter century to become a recognized name in agriculture ac…
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What's in the IV bag? Studies show safer option than saline
New research calls into question what's in those IV bags that nearly every hospitalized patient gets. Using a different …
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If North Korea is helping Syria make chemical weapons, it's part of a long history of outlaw ties
WASHINGTON - An incendiary report that North Korea has been providing Syria with material that could be used to make che…
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Trolling, DC-style: Russian Embassy gets a new street name
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Russian Embassy in Washington has a new address, at least symbolically.A one-block section of Wisc…
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How life on Earth might survive on Saturn's ice moon Enceladus
With its subsurface ocean and geysers spewing water and complex organic molecules, scientists say Saturn's moon Enceladu…
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Alaska Rep. Don Young suggests Jews would have survived Holocaust if they had been armed
Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, in an argument against gun control, said Jews might have survived the Holocaust if they had be…
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Woman said she had Steve Wynn's child after he raped her
A woman had a child with Republican mega donor Steve Wynn after he raped her more than four decades ago, according to a …
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Trump names campaign manager for re-election bid
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump never stopped campaigning after winning the White House, and now he's making fr…
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GOP leaders move slowly on tighter gun laws
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday showed little interest in stricter gun control proposals being floa…
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Across Florida, parents, teens, officials, talk safety
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) - Florida's governor said Tuesday that he's determined to make the Parkland school shooting the last…
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Tazewell Sheriff's Office asks for help in finding missing woman
PEKIN - The Tazewell County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in finding a missing 68-year-old woman.Lois…
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