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Monday, November 13, 2017
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Washington mayor says 'healing process' with Fire Department board has begun
WASHINGTON - Years of stalemated negotiations between the city of Washington and the board that oversees the Washington …
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Finding the way: AWARE app aids the visually impaired
The smartphone voice walks users through a typical mall."Keep Macy's behind you and continue forward heading west, passi…
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Peoria Public Schools eyeing enrollment trends, building capacity
PEORIA - The superintendent's update on building capacity and enrollment trends Monday may not be the most-discussed top…
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CityLift employees vote to authorize strike if needed
PEORIA - By a near unanimous vote, the union employees of CityLift, the paratransit service of CityLink, have voted to a…
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Menu change begins new look for St. Ann Festival
PEORIA - A switch from the traditional fried chicken dinner to a turkey meal heralded more planned future changes in the…
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Man shot in Central Peoria
PEORIA - A man apparently suffered a non life-threatening gunshot wound on Friday night at about the same time a central…
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Peoria City Council on Tuesday to tackle budget, Portillo's
PEORIA - The City Council is moving into the home stretch when it comes to finalizing a budget for 2018-2019.Tuesday's m…
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Farm and Food File: Trump cuts a friendly neighbor no slack in trade talk
If you wanted to renegotiate an aging but working trade treaty with two of your biggest, best customers, you'd think swe…
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Word on the Street: About Peoria, Larry King likes what he sees
Larry King said he knew a few things about Peoria before he started to become a regular visitor.King remembered the fabl…
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Peoria County Jail Booking Sheet for Nov. 11, 2017
Bookings at the Peoria County Jail over the past 24 hours through 7 a.m.
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Peoria County Jail Booking Sheet for Nov. 12, 2017
Bookings at Peoria County Jail over the past 24 hours through 7 a.m.
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Eminian: Rivermen salute the troops, then prove to be unbeatable force in 5-1 win over Bears
PEORIA - They stood side-by-side, Peoria Rivermen players and little kids from the Pekin Youth Hockey League, all holdin…
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FEMA rethinking ban on disaster aid to church buildings
When disaster strikes, houses of worship are often on the front lines, feeding and sheltering victims. Yet churches, syn…
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Family of missing U of I student returning to China without answers
URBANA - For more than four months, Ronggao Zhang has walked to his missing daughter's apartment almost every day. At fi…
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Putin, Trump back Syria peace plans
DA NANG, Vietnam -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to support a political recon…
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