Fire damage in the tens of thousands of dollars at Peoria steel company
PEORIA (WEEK) – A fire caused an estimated $30,000 damage Wednesday at O’Brien Steel in Peoria. Firefighters were called just before 11 a.m. to the…
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Missing man now thought to be murdered, Peoria Police arrest suspect
PEORIA COUNTY (WEEK) – Peoria Police say a Marquette Heights man missing since early March was murdered, and they’ve arrested a man connected to the…
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Federal COVID relief to reduce Peoria government borrowing, prevent employee furloughs
PEORIA (WEEK) – The Peoria City Council decided Tuesday night how the city government will use millions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief. The…
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Peoria considers asking neighboring towns to help pay for river rescue costs
PEORIA (WEEK) – A Peoria City Council member wants to investigate how neighboring communities can reimburse the city for the cost of providing aid…
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Proposed $22.7 million Uptown underpass is tough sell for two Normal Town Council members
NORMAL (WEEK) – The price of an underpass for pedestrians and bicyclists to cross train tracks in Uptown Normal is now estimated at $22.7 million,…
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Man killed in a SUV-motorized bicycle crash in West Peoria
WEST PEORIA (WEEK) – A bicyclist is dead and the driver of a sport utility vehicle has been cited for disobeying a stop sign following a crash Monday…
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Coroner identifies Peoria man as victim of Sunday night Jet Ski accident
CREVE COEUR (WEEK) – It was a Peoria man killed Sunday evening in a Jet Ski accident on the Illinois River, the Tazewell County Coroner’s Office…
Continue Reading Two dogs killed, many hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage from a pair of Dwight house fires
LIVINGSTON COUNTY (WEEK) – Investigators are looking into what started a pair of house fires in an around Dwight that happened less than four hours…
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Blickenstaff’s group confirms plans to buy historic West Bluff church
PEORIA (WEEK) – There’s an agreement in principle for Peoria developer Kim Blickenstaff to buy a long-abandoned Peoria church that’s badly in need of…
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East Peoria students celebrate end of the school year by giving back
EAST PEORIA (WEEK) – An East Peoria school with just over 200 students donated more than $2,000 to Easterseals. Every year, Glendale Elementary…
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