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Saturday, December 30, 2017
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Rivermen attack has bark and bite for 4-3 OT win on wiener dog race night
PEORIA - The Peoria Rivermen attack turned a dizzying display of bark into one defining bite Friday on Wiener Dog Race N…
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Winter weather piles snow in Peoria before deep freeze
PEORIA - The winter storm that put plow and tow truck drivers on high alert - and snow shovels in short supply - dumped …
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Long-overdue budget, eclipse among top Illinois 2017 stories
CHICAGO - The Illinois Legislature passed a long-overdue state budget this year, and people in southern Illinois got to …
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New 182nd Airlift Wing commander thankful for lucky turn decades ago
PEORIA - The journey to become the head of the 182nd Airlift Wing started some 32 years ago, when Col. Daniel R. McDonou…
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Sandy Randle retires as central Illinois CPR queen
PEORIA - Sandy Randle celebrated her retirement Friday with fellow employees at one building on Sterling Avenue - Advanc…
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Dispatches from Haiti: Wilgues and his checker case, addendum
I called Wilgues Jean-Pierre on Christmas Eve and asked him if I could post about him in Dispatches from Haiti on the Pe…
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LISTEN: Valley views with UNI beat reporter Clay Cunningham
With the Missouri Valley Conference basketball season underway, we start a series of weekly chats with MVC experts. Our …
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Accused Peoria murderer, robber jailed in Tazewell
Charges that could imprison him for decades await a Peoria man whose murder conviction nearly six years ago was overturn…
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Cause of Pekin man's death still undetermined
Exposure to the day's frigid cold apparently was not what killed a Pekin man whose body was found Thursday near the UAW …
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Journal Star's Kirk Wessler chosen for basketball writers Hall of Fame
Peoria native and longtime Journal Star sports editor Kirk Wessler has been selected for induction into the United State…
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'Artistic Abilities' exhibit opens at Foster Gallery on Jan. 7
For some artists, their art work is the only way they can communicate."It is how they express themselves," said Ruth Jus…
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Wednesday crash victim still in critical condition
DEER CREEK - The victim of a vehicle accident Wednesday morning near Deer Creek was listed in critical condition at a Pe…
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LISTEN: Stan Browning, executive director of the Greater Peoria Sanitary District
Stan Browning has been executive director of the Greater Peoria Sanitary District for 27 years and is retiring at the en…
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Nick in the AM: As more snow looms, Peoria plows hitting streets again
The snow the Peoria area received Thursday and on Christmas Eve wasn't enough, apparently.Snow was expected to begin to …
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Peoria County Jail Booking Sheet for Dec. 29, 2017
Bookings at the Peoria County Jail over the past 24 hours through 7 a.m.
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