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Rivermen Game 3 SPHL championship tickets on sale 9 a.m. Saturday
PEORIA - The Peoria Rivermen will host the Huntsville Havoc for the championship in Game 3 of the SPHL President's Cup F…
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Rivermen stun Huntsville for 3-2 win in Game 2, force decisive title game in Peoria on Sunday
Not. Dead. Yet.Peoria Rivermen captain Dave Pszenyczny lay face down on the ice, exhausted, while Justin Greenberg piled…
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Kewanee man guilty of beating girlfriend during car trip
PEKIN - A jury convicted a Kewanee man Friday of severely beating his girlfriend after she tried to stop him from drivin…
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Garage catches fire next to Missouri Avenue residence on East Bluff
PEORIA - A garage detached from a vacant house caught fire Friday on the East Bluff. Nobody was injured, according to a …
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Firefighters rescue girl from tree at Rolling Acres Middle School
PEORIA - City firefighters rescued a despondent girl who climbed a tree Friday at a North Peoria school, according to a …
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ISU and PPS students make connections across digital and cultural divides
PEORIA - With Peoria's recent fatal shootings in mind, Derrick Williams created a website all about preventing gun viole…
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Elevate Trampoline Park jumps into Peoria scene
PEORIA - It's the week after Easter, spring break for some, though not all, Peoria-area schools. So it's busier than usu…
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Heights police chief to add interim administrator to job description
PEORIA HEIGHTS - Dustin Sutton will perform double duty in Peoria Heights as police chief and interim village administra…
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Reports: Morton authorities had little contact with Travis Reinking
PEORIA - Village law-enforcement authorities had little interaction with Travis Reinking, the man
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Ancient Himalayan salt therapy is playing well in Peoria
PEORIA - The Peoria Himalayan Salt Cave is off to a good start, even without formal advertising.Since opening this year,…
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West Peoria fire damages house, but dog inside is unscathed
WEST PEORIA - A dog was rescued Friday from a West Peoria house fire in which nobody appeared to be injured.Firefighters…
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Hanna City Work Camp sale legislation passes state House
Peoria County might soon be able to redevelop the long-shuttered Hanna City Work Camp under legislation that passed the …
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Rep. Cheri Bustos slides FEMA disaster funding fix into FAA bill
Provisions in a bill reauthorizing operations at the Federal Aviation Administration could help central Illinois recover…
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Urgent-care center MedExpress closes after less than one year
PEORIA - A privately owned facility where anyone could receive medical care for common ailments, without an appointment,…
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Cedar House becoming a draw for Chillicothe
CHILLICOTHE - The birth of the Cedar House restaurant didn't start with a desire to make a fantastic place to eat or to …
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