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PPS approves ‘snow day’ learning from home
PEORIA, Ill. – If school is canceled at Peoria Public Schools due to snow or extremely cold temperatures, students will be expected to do their work at home. On Monday, PPS board members approve...
Julia Bradley Oct 15, 2019

Pekin City Council amends ordinance for underage possession of tobacco products
PEKIN, Ill. – At Monday nights City Council meeting in Pekin, members voted to amend the ordinance of possession of tobacco products and electronic smoking devices by persons under 21. Earlier t...
Kristina Leahy Oct 14, 2019

Comedian Louis C.K. to perform at Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. –A controversial comedian is coming to the Peoria Civic Center. Louis C.K. will appear at the Civic Center Theater on Friday, Nov. 15, at 7:30 p.m. In 2017, Louis C.K., who’s ...
Julia Bradley Oct 14, 2019

Peoria home destroyed by fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. –Peoria firefighters responded to a report of a fire at a home in the 700 block of NE Madison just before midnight Thursday. Crews were met with heavy smoke and fire on the main flo...
Julia Bradley Oct 11, 2019

Mom says boy charged with murder is ‘not a monster’
EUREKA, Ill. (AP) – The mother of a 9-year-old central Illinois boy charged with murder in a mobile home fire that killed five says her son is not “a monster”. In interviews Thursday...
Julia Bradley Oct 11, 2019

Freeze Watch issued for Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. – The National Weather Service has issued a Freeze Watch that will cover counties in the western and central parts of Illinois. The Freeze Watch will be in effect Friday night and S...
Mike Sabol Oct 10, 2019

Advisory Committee on Police Community Relations discusses the importance of engagement
PEORIA, Ill. – The Advisory Committee on Police Community Relations met Thursday night and talked about the importance of police and community engagement. Committee Chair Terry Burnside said tha...
Kristina Leahy Oct 10, 2019

Civil War monument set for display
PEORIA, Ill. — A long lost piece of Peoria’s past is set to become a noticeable part of Peoria’s present. A ceremony was scheduled for Saturday at Springdale Cemetery to unveil the r...
Jeremy Scott Oct 10, 2019

‘Big Picture’ street festival comes to the Warehouse District Saturday
PEORIA, Ill. –Peoria’s Warehouse District will be filled with art this weekend. That’s where the Big Picture Street Festival is being held on Saturday. One of the event’s organ...
Julia Bradley Oct 10, 2019

Retiree checks to rise modestly amid push to expand benefits
WASHINGTON (AP) – Social Security says millions of retirees will get a modest 1.6-percent cost-of-living increase in 2020 – and that comes to about $24 more a month more the average retire...
Julia Bradley Oct 10, 2019
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