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Tuesday, October 24, 2017
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Rivermen icon Norm Ulrich dies at 78: 'It's time we made this the place we used to be'
PEORIA - I have so many Norm Ulrich stories. We spent 14 years traveling around the country together, covering the Peori…
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PPS aims to attract more subs with more pay
PEORIA - Substitute teachers at Peoria Public Schools will get a pay increase as part of the district's multi-pronged ef…
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Vietnam veteran wants to see POW-MIA flag at Peoria airport
PEORIA - A Vietnam veteran who wants to see the POW-MIA flag fly at the Gen. Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airpo…
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Pekin finishes strong, crushes Limestone
It began with a kickoff return for a touchdown and ended with a goal-line stand.
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Running water: Pekin girls qualify for sectionals
The Pekin girls cross country team is headed to sectionals.
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Is Peoria making progress in fighting its racial disparity?
PEORIA - What have city leaders been doing to tackle the growing, systemic disparity between Peoria's haves and have-not…
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Central Peoria man pleads guilty to robbery
PEORIA - A Central Peoria man pleaded guilty Monday to robbing another person whom he and others lured to a house on De…
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Eminian: SPHL ushers in the Pick Your Opponent playoff era
PEORIA - Get ready for the Challenge Round.The Southern Professional Hockey League added a wrinkle to its playoff format…
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Peoria councilman opposes sales tax for Portillo's
PEORIA - At Large Peoria City Councilman Sid Ruckriegel said he's a big Portillo's fan who hopes the Chicago-style eater…
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Editorial: Do the right thing, override veto on insurance bill
The Illinois Legislature should override the governor's amendatory veto of a bill that would compel life insurance compa…
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Henry men killed in car-tractor crash near Princeton
PRINCETON - Two Henry men were killed and a third was injured about 6 p.m. Saturday in a car-tractor accident on Illinoi…
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Report: Peoria man charged in connection with 1994 DuPage County death
LISLE - Questions surrounding the mysterious death of a 71-year-old Lisle woman more than two decades ago soon could be …
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Top Peoria employers give students glimpse of jobs at CareerSpark
PEORIA - By the time the first Greater Peoria CareerSpark event wraps up Tuesday afternoon, thousands of Peoria-area eig…
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Judge tosses 2 counts in Aaron Schock corruption case
PEORIA - Attorneys for Aaron Schock managed to convince a judge that two of the two dozen counts against their client sh…
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Peoria County Jail Booking Sheets for Oct. 21-22, 2017
Bookings at the Peoria County Jail for the weekend of Oct. 21-22, 2017
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