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The Weather Channel's founder and former WMBD forecaster John Coleman, dies at 83
LAS VEGAS (AP) - John Coleman, who co-founded The Weather Channel and was the original meteorologist on ABC's "Good Morn…
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3,000 farmers descend on Tremont for Precision Planting conference
TREMONT - The village's population exploded last week.About 3,000 farmers from more than 30 states and eight countries o…
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Fallen officers honored at I-80 overpass
ANNAWAN - It's been nearly 16 years since a young Stark County sheriff's deputy named Adam Streicher was gunned down whi…
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Medical industry seeing new trend toward openness after errors
When Ryan Strange's 33-year-old wife, April, died unexpectedly during elective surgery, he wanted to know exactly what h…
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North to freedom on Illinois' Underground Railroad
Despite Illinois' status as a free state, runaway slaves and free blacks did not find the state accommodating in its ear…
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Manure cited as evidence in Putnam County homicide
HENNEPIN - The purchase of manure is at the center of a cluster of clues and also of a key legal argument in the pending…
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North Peoria complex reports theft of master keys for 24 apartments
PEORIA - The master keys to all 24 apartment units at the Tiffany Court Apartments in North Peoria were stolen this past…
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Senate moderates to pitch leaders on plan to end shutdown
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Restive Senate moderates in both parties searched for a solution to a partisan stalemate as they race…
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Greater Peoria Honor Flight wants more diversity among its vets
PEORIA - When Bruce Brown, a local restaurant owner and a former Marine, looked around at those who were on a recent Hon…
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New session will bring new efforts at Illinois pension reform
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers are gearing up to start another spring session that will include more attempts to addre…
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Mojo working
The knuckle-cracking cold that accompanied most of the country out of 2017 also followed most of us into 2018. Worse, it…
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Word on the Street: Downtown seeing more positive steps beyond OSF announcement
It might be fashionable to harp on Peoria's problems these days, or perhaps any day (for some). That gets easier with ea…
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Rivermen rally 3 times to tie before fading in third period to 6-4 loss to Havoc
HUNTSVILLE, ALA. - The Peoria Rivermen rallied three times from one-goal deficits to tie, but a pair of disallowed goals…
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Bald eagles came back from brink, but are numbers dropping again? One researcher fears so
APPLE RIVER, Ill. - In this very important month for the bald eagle, Terrence Ingram is trying to upend conventional wis…
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Dozens dressed as Tyrannosaurus rex descend on public square
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - His name means "king of the tyrant lizards," but sometimes Tyrannosaurus rex just wants…
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