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Journal Star
Aug 6, 2019
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Vigilance, unity urged after two mass shootings
ROCKFORD - A shopping center in El Paso, Texas. A downtown entertainment district in Dayton, Ohio.
Other news
Ex-Washington high school coach arrested on sex charge

WASHINGTON - A former Washington Community High School coach, Hayley Reneau, 23, was arrested by Washington police Monday on a charge of criminal sexual assault. The charge alleges that Reneau "held a position of trust, authority, or supervision in relation to the victim ..."

Jodi Hoos speaks: Why’s she hanging up the judge’s robe to go back to trying cases?

PEORIA - Sometimes, it's not about the money.

Nick in the AM: Victim, driver identified in fatal Pekin accident

PEKIN - A teenage driver struck and killed a woman aboard a motorized scooter Saturday night on a Pekin thoroughfare, authorities stated Monday.

Luciano: Mary Mack, possibly the oldest Peorian, dies at age 110

Pushed hard by life, Mary Mack pushed back harder, teaching lessons along the way.

Water shut-off in EP neighborhoods

EAST PEORIA - Some city residents will experience a temporary water outage from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6 due to work being done by the East Peoria Public Works Water Department.

Editorial: We are better than this. Aren’t we?

Our country can no longer tolerate lax laws and conditions that made last weekend's shootings possibleThe headlines seem to come in rapid-fire succession, one eclipsing the other, filling us with horror and heartbreak: Twenty innocent people killed and more than two dozen wounded at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, where families were doing their back-to-school shopping on what began as a peaceful, mundane Saturday morning.

Entertainment
TV: The CW’s new ‘Nancy Drew’ ain’t scared of no ghosts

LOS ANGELES - Nancy Drew is back on the case, and this time, the ghosts of the past aren't just metaphorical.

Chicago artist and Peoria kids create “In Between” the inside and the outside

PEORIA - Jennifer Mannebach's artwork explores the spaces between places and things, so the front porch of Peoria Playhouse Children's Museum is the perfect gallery for the collaborative work she created with Playhouse visitors in mid-July."The porch is the border between outside and inside," said Mannebach while pausing from her work at the Playhouse on July 26.

TV: ‘Supernatural’ could live on after final season’s ‘true ending’

LOS ANGELES - As the Winchester brothers gear up for one last hunt in the 15th and final season of The CW's "Supernatural," the actors behind the roles aren't necessarily ready to call it the end of the road.