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Wednesday, July 4, 2018
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Street Outreach brings additional protection to Peoria fireworks, neighborhoods
PEORIA - East Bluff and South Peoria residents brought an extra level of protection to the Glen Oak Park Fireworks Spect…
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Firefighters resuscitate dog after South Peoria house fire
PEORIA - Firefighters saved a dog injured in a kitchen fire in South Peoria Tuesday but were too late to save a second d…
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Washington business ZGlass finds auto glass niche with unique tool
WASHINGTON - When something sprung up from the highway and struck the windshield of Larry Waller's recreational vehicle,…
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Wind turbines rolling out of EP under cover of night
EAST PEORIA - The first of more than 900 oversized truckloads of wind turbine parts have exited the TP&W railyard in Eas…
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Peoria to celebrate Neighborhood Appreciation Week July 9 to 14
PEORIA - The city of Peoria's Community Development Department hosts its annual Great Neighbor Appreciation Week from Ju…
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Can't paint your boring white apartment? Try these colorful finds instead.
Sterile, blank white walls are the bane of many renters' existence. You want to feel at home in your new home, but your options are limited when it comes to painting and papering. So we asked Washington designer Patrick J. Baglino Jr., who...
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Unite Fest returns with Christian artists Micah Tyler and Derek Minor, kids activities and more
PEORIA - A festival designed to unite the greater central Illinois community next weekend will be bringing in kids activ…
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Dee-Mack principal becomes district's first female superintendent
MACKINAW - Michele Jacobs is the new superintendent of Deer Creek-Mackinaw Community Unit School District 701.Jacobs, th…
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Dispatches from Haiti: Mika's Story
I heard someone banging on the metal guest house door in Port-au-Prince and I wandered over to see what was happening. H…
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Nick in the AM: St. Bede grad J.A. Happ might be leaving Blue Jays soon
It's a good time to be J.A. Happ.The Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher, the pride of St. Bede Academy in rural Peru, wa…
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Nick in the AM: East Bluff's Lawn Order Academy establishing neighborhood youth center
(NOTE: Nick in the Morning is off Independence Day and on assignment the rest of the week. Off and on, get it? We're rea…
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Peoria man arrested in connection with stabbing death
PEORIA - A 56-year-old Central Peoria man claims he stabbed another man in self-defense when attacked at a relative's re…
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