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Monday, April 9, 2018
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Rivermen choose Roanoke in inaugural SPHL Challenge playoff opponent draft
PEORIA - The Peoria Rivermen chose tradition over innovation Sunday in the SPHL's inaugural Challenge Round selection sh…
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Peoria community honors shooting victims in vigil Sunday
PEORIA - Three candles were placed at the foot of a street light Sunday afternoon in vigil of the three victims of shoot…
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Illinois lawmakers return for last half of spring session
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers return to Springfield this week from a lengthy spring break, facing a to-do list that c…
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Random Acts of Kindness: Strangers show appreciation for Army veteran
My husband is a Korean War Army veteran. He wears his Army cap all the time. Recently at the Colonial Barbershop, as his…
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Bicentennial: John Looney was the prototype for gangsters who would follow
John Looney was the original Quad-Cities vice lord and also one of the nation's earliest organized crime leaders.Looney …
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Federal funds to bolster election security may not be enough
SPRINGFIELD - Last summer, with an important Illinois election season months away, Shelby County officials in central Il…
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Peoria Public Schools revisits charges of overcrowding at Glen Oak
EORIA - Enrollment at Glen Oak Community Learning Center has been a bone of contention between the school's teachers and…
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Aaron Elster, childhood survivor of Holocaust, speaking in Peoria on Tuesday
PEORIA - A man who survived the Nazis during World War II will speak Tuesday on his experiences during wartime Poland as…
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Word on the Street: No need to worry about Sinclair's influence on local TV news
There's a reason Peoria-area television stations haven't broadcast a now-infamous news message from Sinclair Broadcast G…
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Two people rescued from burning house on Lincoln Avenue in Peoria
PEORIA - Faulty wiring probably caused a South Peoria house fire Saturday night from which two people were rescued, acco…
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Peoria County Jail Booking Sheet for April 8, 2018
Bookings at the Peoria County Jail over the past 24 hours through 7 a.m.
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Bradley student and Peoria man killed in double homicide Sunday
Another Bradley student was also injured in the gunfire at a party just off campus. The violence followed a separate sho…
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Victim identified in fatal shooting Saturday night in South Peoria
PEORIA - A local man was shot and killed Saturday night in South Peoria, according to authorities.John W. Bell III, 24, …
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1 killed in fire at Trump Tower in New York
NEW YORK (AP) - A raging fire that tore through a 50th-floor apartment at Trump Tower on Saturday killed a man inside an…
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Harvest of clams continues to dwindle in New England
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The harvest of soft-shell clams is dwindling along the coast of New England, where the shellfish …
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