The 31-year-old wooden structure will be replaced by a fully inclusive playground that is expected to cost about $1 million.

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Wed Sep 6 2023

 

Demolition begins at iconic Peoria playground. Here's what comes next

A sign on fencing surrounding Tricentennial Playground warns passersby that the space is a construction zone now that demolition began Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023 on the playground at Glen Oak Park in Peoria

The 31-year-old wooden structure will be replaced by a fully inclusive playground that is expected to cost about $1 million.

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Kankakee's Marques Easley, left, a Georgia Bulldogs recruit, has a chat with Washington's Carter Prina between plays during their Week 2 football game Friday, Sept. 1, 2023 in Washington.
 

Former Manual football player now one of the nation's top recruits

 

Marques Easley once player football at Manual. He moved back to his hometown of Kankakee and became an elite recruit committed to Georgia.

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Ten Thousand Villages will take the place of Global Village in Peoria Heights. The former store operated for just over two decades before shutting down.
 

Business bringing 'new chapter' to fair trade shop in Peoria Heights

 

Global Village, which closed after just over two decades in business, will be revived as a new fair-trade business.

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Peoria woman arrested in fatal gas station stabbing

 

Cathy A. Logan faces first-degree murder charges in the stabbing death of 26-year-old Tanazisha Green.

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Cy Martin, 2, snags an apple from a tree at Tanners Orchard with help from his mother, Sara, during an outing for the Peoria family Sept. 16, 2013, at the orchard near Speer.
 

Peoria-area orchards and farms let you pick your own fall produce

 

Amid the changing seasons, Peoria-area orchards and farms let you pick your own autumn produce, from apples to pumpkins to pears

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