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Saturday, January 27, 2018
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Rivermen put the pieces together, take apart Thunderbolts in contentious 6-3 win
PEORIA - The Peoria Rivermen read a sign placed in their locker room by head coach Jean-Guy Trudel before the game, then…
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Tazewell County judge to retire
PEKIN - Thomas Keith will retire in March as Tazewell County's felony court judge, an assignment he began with the new y…
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Woodruff students build mini-golf holes for fundraiser
PEORIA - A new Peoria Public Schools fundraiser that will debut Saturday, in which a mini-golf course meets a bar crawl,…
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Connected named a 'Distinguished Restaurant of North America'
PEORIA - A fine dining establishment that opened on the heels of the last decade's recession in a location that few thou…
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Editorial: Days of reckoning
As a prominent doctor/serial child molester was sentenced to prison last week in Michigan, the recognition was already s…
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Awareness training aims to instill alert approach to unexpected situations
PEORIA - A free workshop next month at Illinois Central College will center on ways citizens can adapt police training t…
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Armed habitual criminal from Peoria gets 19 years in prison
PEORIA - A South Peoria man was sentenced Friday to 19 years in prison for being an armed habitual criminal, a charge br…
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Handgun taken from vehicle parked in East Bluff driveway
PEORIA - An East Bluff man reported an unloaded 9-millimeter handgun was taken from his car sometime Wednesday night.Acc…
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Nick in the AM: Mental-fitness exam sought in LaHarpe murder case
The teenager accused of shooting and killing a LaHarpe woman on New Year's Day might undergo a mental-fitness examinatio…
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Man killed in two-vehicle accident on Plank Road in Peoria County
PEORIA - A man was killed Friday morning in a two-vehicle accident in Limestone Township, authorities said.
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Peoria County Jail Booking Sheet for Jan. 26, 2018
Bookings at the Peoria County Jail over the past 24 hours through 7 a.m.
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Nick in the AM: Meijer might not be coming to Peoria for a while
PEORIA - Much has been written and said about the departure of two Kroger supermarkets from the Peoria area. Both are lo…
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Teacher shortage prompts changes at Quest Charter Academy
PEORIA - Current and future staff turnover is prompting major changes in the top leadership at Quest Charter Academy and…
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He walked 1,000 miles on bloody feet. Now this 'Lost Boy of Sudan' helps other refugees
HANFORD, Calif. - Sometimes when refugees are at their lowest emotional point in his office in Hanford, Jacob Awar Ayuen…
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Caitlyn Jenner reportedly will pay $800,000 to family caught up in deadly car crash
Caitlyn Jenner has agreed to pay a whopping $800,000 to the family of five caught up in the "I Am Cait" star's deadly fo…
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