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Wednesday, January 16, 2019
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Morton board members ready to talk about school facilities sales tax
MORTON - Morton School Board President Tom Neeley said Tuesday he believes the board needs to do a better job of gatheri…
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Peorian indicted in attempted murder, stabbing
PEORIA - A Peoria man faces decades in prison after being indicted Tuesday by a Peoria County grand jury for allegedly t…
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Man falls off Bob Michel Bridge; condition unknown
PEORIA - As of late Tuesday night, a man has apparently survived a plunge off the Bob Michel Bridge and onto Water Stree…
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Pekin home meth maker sentenced to 10 years
PEKIN - A Pekin man will serve a 10-year prison term for making and selling methamphetamine in his apartment.Brian Colli…
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North Valley man indicted in Christmas Eve shooting
PEORIA - A North Valley man was indicted Tuesday for allegedly shooting another person in South Peoria on Christmas Eve.…
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Peoria man arrested in 2018's final homicide
PEORIA - An East Bluff man was arrested Tuesday in the last homicide of 2018 as he arrived at the Peoria County Courthou…
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New Keystone owner: Production to double by 2021
BARTONVILLE - The new owner of the Keystone Steel & Wire plant came to town Wednesday with an upbeat message."We'll doub…
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Texas man sentenced to 35 years in prison for 'sextorting' 43 girls
PEORIA - A Texas man, behind an online modeling scam in which he convinced several Peoria-area girls to send him nude pi…
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Two $60 checks become $2,200 when cashed
PEORIA - Two checks each written for $60 were cashed for $600 and $1,600, according to a report filed at the Peoria Poli…
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Vandals break into a boat at Detweiller Marina
PEORIA - A boat stored at Detweiller Marina was broken into and vandalized, sustaining about $5,000 in damage, according…
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Heart transplant program is returning to OSF St. Francis Medical Center
PEORIA - After more than a decade, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center will again offer heart transplants to patients. The …
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Are local districts prepared for active-shooter drill law?
A new state law is mandating that school districts conduct active shooter and threat drills while school is session, wit…
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Nick in the AM: No cause yet determined in Table Grove-area train derailment
Traffic conditions on a major highway that connects Fulton and McDonough counties returned to normal Tuesday.The BNSF Ra…
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Galesburg man pleads not guilty to stabbing officer
GALESBURG - A Galesburg man pleaded not guilty this week to stabbing a Galesburg police officer last October.Dennis M. L…
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Two officers injured attending to wrecks on I-74 west of Peoria
Good morning, troops. It's Tuesday, Jan. 15.And here we thought winter was going to give us a break until the weekend, a…
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