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Journal Star
Aug 9, 2020
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Second youth’s body recovered from Illinois River at Beardstown

BEARDSTOWN -- The body of a second boy missing since Thursday night in the Illinois River at Beardstown has been recovered.

Are local teachers ready for COVID-19 learning? We ask them.

DUNLAP - Gone is the menagerie of stuffed animals, the vast collection of first-reader books, the futon, the padded cushions on the plastic crate seats and about every last thing that personalized and softened Mrs. Genia Workheiser's classroom in Dunlap Grade School.

 
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Bandits use gun to rob childrens’ East Bluff lemonade stand

PEORIA - Not even a kid's lemonade stand is exempt from violence these days, evidently.

COVID surge prompts Mendota mayor to declare state of emergency

MENDOTA -- A state of emergency has been in effect since Thursday night in Mendota, which has seen a surge of COVID-19 infections, according to city officials.

For Scott Phegley, with another baby boy comes another Men’s City golf title

PEORIA - In 2015, when Scott Phegley last won the Peoria Men's City golf tournament, his wife Casie was pregnant with their son Logan, who was born a few weeks later.