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Wednesday, December 5, 2018
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OSF HealthCare subsidiary signs contract to help county manage Heddington Oaks
PEORIA - Peoria County has taken on a partner to help run the Heddington Oaks nursing home, an enterprise that has run i…
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Morton board says band director had 'inappropriate relationship'
MORTON - Fifteen current and former marching band members and parents implored the Morton School Board on Tuesday to kee…
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Peoria council passes budget for 2019
PEORIA - The Peoria City Council closed a $6 million budget deficit for 2019 on Tuesday with a combination of cuts and f…
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EP council leaves tax levy the same, again
EAST PEORIA - Any East Peoria property owner with a concern about an increase in next year's property tax bill should no…
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Man faces 30 years in prison for arson
PEORIA -- A Peoria man faces up to 30 years in prison for allegedly starting a garage fire last month that injured a Peo…
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Stuff-A-Bus raises 10.3 tons of food for Friendship House
PEORIA - CityLink's Ron Cox had only one way to get out of the bus crammed with so much food that it filled the aisles. …
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Icy roads at rush hour cause several accidents
PEORIA - As temperatures dropped Tuesday evening, the city of Peoria issued a collision alert to deal with the multitude…
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New Caterpillar D6 dozer adds unprecedented electric drive
DEERFIELD - More than 40 years after unveiling a radical new bulldozer design that re-imagined a critical drive system, …
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Two people report same phone threat
PEORIA - Two different Peoria residents called police about identical telephone threats Monday afternoon.According to tw…
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Christmas shoplifting lands man in jail
PEORIA - A man arrested for allegedly shoplifting about $1,100 worth of merchandise from J.C. Penney on Monday told poli…
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Report of shopper watching porn at Walmart
PEORIA - Police were called to the Northwest Peoria Walmart on Sunday on a report of a man watching pornography on a sto…
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Luciano: How can an oldie be an oldie if I'm not that old?
How can an oldie be an oldie if I'm not that old?I mean, I don't seem old. Not "oldie" old. Or do I?I normally don't pon…
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Satanic Temple monument added to Illinois Statehouse rotunda holiday displays
SPRINGFIELD - A display from The Satanic Temple-Chicago has been placed in the Statehouse rotunda, joining the Nativity …
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Nick in the AM: December spate of tornadoes was one for the books
The tornadoes of December might long be remembered in central Illinois. For how many of them there were, if nothing else…
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Nick in the AM: Corner-cutting proves costly, and deadly, in Canton
Good morning, troops. It's Tuesday, Dec. 4.After much speculation and numerous delays, a report has been issued regardin…
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