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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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Cow escapes farm to run free with wild bison in Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - A farmyard cow in Poland has chosen freedom this winter, roaming with a herd of bison for three mo…
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Fossil found in Israeli cave may change story of human migration out of Africa
The story of how and when modern humans first left Africa may be more ancient and more complex than anyone knew.This wee…
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Oprah: 'I don't have the DNA' for a presidential bid
ATLANTA (AP) - Before her iconic Golden Globes speech sparked a new presidential push on social media, Oprah Winfrey dec…
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Stormy Daniels says she has been 'threatened' since news of her alleged affair with Trump broke
NEW YORK - Stormy Daniels - the porn star who allegedly had an extramarital affair with Donald Trump - claims she has be…
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Guggenheim Museum offered Trump a golden toilet after he requested a Van Gogh for the White House
NEW YORK - Not all that glitters is a toilet bowl.When President Donald Trump and his wife asked the Guggenheim to "borr…
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More than 20 WH employees quizzed by Mueller, lawyer says
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 20 White House employees have given interviews to the special counsel in his probe of possib…
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New Bradley University housing project on Main Street?
PEORIA - Members of the West Bluff Council heard about the possibility of a new student housing development on Main Stre…
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Peorian sentenced to 90 years for home invasion, sex assault
PEORIA - A South Peoria man was sentenced Wednesday to 90 years behind bars for breaking into a house early last year an…
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Editorial: Our Hall of Famer
On the numbers alone - starting with 612 homers, eighth best in major league baseball history, better yet if you subtrac…
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Wife's testimony at issue in Putnam County murder case
HENNEPIN - A judge delayed a decision Thursday on whether to allow certain statements made by murder defendant Clifford …
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With the Rivermen: Trades, a post-game skate, a big debut and 3 weekend games with 'Bolts loom
SPHLPEORIA RIVERMENvsEVANSVILLE THUNDERBOLTSFriday, Carver Arena, Peoria, 7:15 p.m.Saturday, Ford Center, Evansville, In…
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Canton woman killed in house fire identified
CANTON - The Fulton County Coroner's Office has identified the Canton woman who died in a house fire Wednesday morning.J…
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