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Monday, October 30, 2017
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WWII soldier's remains buried in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD - Katie Powell and her 10-year-old daughter, Kamryn Robbins, were standing outside in the cold Saturday morn…
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Marshall County K-9 corps changing
LACON - The Marshall County Sheriff's Office is going through a transition in its K-9 patrol and will soon have a differ…
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Morton hires architect for $695,000 addition to police station
MORTON - An addition will be built onto the Morton police station as part of a state-mandated consolidation of Tazewell …
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Peoria council taking hard look at free city resources for special events
PEORIA - The finish line may be nearing for free use of Police Department and Public Works resources at races like the W…
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Random Acts of Kindness: an anniversary surprise
This Random Act of Kindness is long overdue. My husband and I were at Red Lobster celebrating our anniversary. Much to o…
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Peoria budget problems could affect mowing program
PEORIA - Budget cuts to Peoria's community development office could cause hundreds of problem lots - most on the city's …
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One 16-year-old boy killed, another wounded Sunday in Peoria shooting
PEORIA - One 16-year-old boy was found shot to death Sunday afternoon on West Columbia Terrace and another was wounded, …
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Farm and Food File: A plan or an obit
Five hundred years ago this week, a German theologian nailed a sheet of 95 statements, or theses, to a church door in Sa…
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Word on the Street: Proposed Portillo's tax might be hard to swallow
Dirt is set to be turned at the site of a Portillo's fast-food emporium that has been proposed in Northwest Peoria. Cons…
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Peoria police seek help in finding man accused of bank robbery
PEORIA - The Peoria Police Department is seeking the public's help in finding a man who allegedly held up a Central Peor…
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Peoria woman killed early Sunday in Knoxville Avenue crash
PEORIA - A woman was killed early Sunday in a two-vehicle collision in Central Peoria in the third fatal traffic crash i…
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Fourteen gunshots, 10 shell casings, four bullet holes, no injuries
PEORIA - Fourteen gunshots, 10 shell casings, four bullet holes, no injuries.That was the lucky math when gunplay erupte…
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Ex-girlfriend comes calling with stun gun and pepper spray
PEORIA - Whimsical romance can make sparks fly, but so can a bad break-up, according to what a Peoria man told police.Ea…
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After bad car deal, Peoria man bashed in head with pipe
PEORIA - An argument over a bad car deal ended with a Peoria man getting whacked in the head with a pipe, police said.Ea…
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NAACP speaker calls for votes and investment for public school
EAST PEORIA - Peoria is poised for success, if it can get out the vote and invest in schools.That's the advice of Joe Ma…
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