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Friday, November 24, 2017
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Small Business Saturday: A day that celebrates big local impact
PEORIA - If Black Friday belongs to big box conglomerates and the steep discounts they can sacrifice to create customer …
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Dragons battle big-time opponents at Washington
BOYS BASKETBALLWant some tough competition to start the boys basketball season? Then participate in the talent laden, na…
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Signs point to Michael Flynn cooperating with Russia probe
A lawyer for former national security adviser Michael Flynn informed an attorney for President Donald Trump this week th…
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Jobs Partnership Re-Entry program teaches life skills to low-level offenders
PEORIA - Tommy Munoz is simply ready for a change.The 51-year-old Peoria man has a criminal rap sheet that's long but no…
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Luciano: Readers give thanks for swinging the ax
Gobble, gobble! Readers indulge in a feeding frenzy of pecking apart your friendly neighborhood columnist in a Thanksgiv…
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Christmas Fund: Grandmother wants to give grandkids a nice holiday
PEORIA - In an eventful year, the most exciting moment for Angela Whelan was the birth of her eighth grandchild Nov. 2."…
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Dunlap School District continues to investigate Snapchat comment
PEORIA - Officials with the Dunlap School District say they are still looking into statements by a middle school student…
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Blackburn College's 'bee tree' leads to sweet lesson for students
CARLINVILLE - Benjamin Nichols is finding out that working with European honeybees is a sweet endeavor.In August, Nichol…
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Rivermen center Chris Horn goes from 'hockey heaven' to Cloud 9 in Peoria
PEORIA - Christian Horn is what Peoria Rivermen coach Jean-Guy Trudel calls a high-IQ hockey player.Fitting, then, the c…
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Farmington Road Crusen's bar employee among two shot early Thursday
PEORIA - Authorities are investigating two shootings early Thursday morning.The Peoria County Sheriff's Office responded…
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Peoria County Jail Booking Sheet for Nov. 23, 2017
Bookings at the Peoria County Jail over the past 24 hours through 7 a.m.
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OSF HealthCare reaches agreement to keep Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance
PEORIA - After a month and a half of additional negotiations, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois health insuranc…
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Alternate route encouraged to EP's Winter Wonderland
EAST PEORIA - To try easing long lines of traffic trying to get to the entrance of the Folepi's Winter Wonderland off of…
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Editorial: Have a nice Thanksgiving
To listen to many pundits, local police departments should be fully staffed this holiday to deal with the fights that wi…
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Nick in the AM: Pekin city manager might be interviewing for Arizona job
Tony Carson, the Pekin city manager, has been in his current position for almost exactly one year. But it appears he mig…
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