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Tuesday, September 12, 2017
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Washington High School enrollment continues to grow
WASHINGTON - Kyle Freeman became superintendent at Washington Community High School before the 2014-2015 school year. Si…
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Caterpillar shows off autonomous tech ahead of investor conference
GREEN VALLEY, ARIZ. - House-sized mining trucks lined up one after another, backing into position as massive shovel load…
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School nurse fired at Peoria High
PEORIA - The termination of a school nurse at Peoria High School prompted a rare public disagreement from a School Board…
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Witness says woman left burning Peoria house while holding gas can
PEORIA - A witness told police he watched a woman enter a vacant house at 1914 W. Martin St. on Sunday morning, then lea…
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Two Hurricane Harvey dogs counting on central Illinois
EDWARDS - Two dogs rescued from hurricane-flooded Houston and an uncertain future are in central Illinois awaiting adopt…
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Woman says ex-boyfriend robbed her at her Peoria birthday party
PEORIA - A woman said an ex-boyfriend crashed her birthday party in Peoria and stole money and cigarettes from her, acco…
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Jimmy John's in Northwest Peoria robbed at gunpoint
PEORIA - A man with a gun robbed a Jimmy John's restaurant in Northwest Peoria late Sunday night.Employees at the store,…
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Two Peorians accused of robbing acquaintance
PEORIA - Two Peorians were charged Monday with an armed robbery late last month.Latrey C. Ferguson, 23, of 2007 N. Misso…
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Editorial: Never forget
Sixteen years in - to think someone born on 9/11 could be driving - and Americans of any self-awareness know in their bo…
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Editorial: Relieved Irma wasn't worse
Hurricane Irma ultimately may have had mercy on Florida, for which the vast majority of Americans should be thankful.Tha…
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Peoria city auction will open with art abandoned on Sculpture Walk
PEORIA - The traditional city auction, set for this Saturday, will open with a non-traditional item going up for bid thi…
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Nina, Pinta replicas return to Peoria this weekend
PEORIA - Ships patterned after those Christopher Columbus used on his voyages to the islands of the Caribbean will once…
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Luciano: Do you have a coin like this in your pocket?
Ever throw in your two cents? Probably not like a visitor did recently at the Peoria County Courthouse.At the security c…
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Nick in the AM: Bradley University area to receive new street signs
Most street-name signs on and around the Bradley University campus probably will be getting a new look soon. A hail-red-…
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LISTEN: Rockin' and rollin' with Dave Stovall as Elvis Presley
Elvis impersonator Dave Stovall is Steve Tarter's guest this week on "Tarter Source," the pjstar.com podcast. Stovall, w…
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