Tazewell County news briefs
July 24, 2019EAST PEORIA City, children’s hospital offer car seat check A free car seat check will be held the first Wednesday of each month from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Central Fire Station, 201 W….
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Police chief tackles Washington’s challenges
July 23, 2019It’s been two years since former Peoria County Sheriff Michael McCoy took over as the permanent chief of the Washington Police Department, and while on the face of it the job is much…
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Youth pastor sentenced for sexual assault of teenager
July 21, 2019The youth pastor of an East Peoria area Baptist church could spend a decade behind bars for sexually assaulting a teen church member over a four-year span. Jacob Coyle, formerly the…
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Leavitt: Going back where you came from is just a pleasant stroll down Memory Lane
July 18, 2019Young again! I feel like I have been propelled back to the halcyon days of yesteryear, when I hear once more the ring of plain speaking throughout the land, as I did as a child. “Go…
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Visitors don’t take Peoria Zoo for granted
July 18, 2019Jen Hopkins of Champaign hopes Peorians don’t take the Peoria Zoo for granted in their own backyard. “My eight-year-old daughter and I make the 1 1/2-hour drive at least once…
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Tazewell County news briefs
July 17, 2019EAST PEORIA IDOT, city give local construction updates The exit ramp from Illinois 40 to West Washington Street in East Peoria closed July 9 for a traffic pattern adjustment on Washington…
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Patriotic flavor highlights Peoria Jaycees’ Firecracker 5000 run
July 11, 2019Long before fireworks burst in air above Peoria’s riverfront, the pitter-patter of patriotic feet resounded along Water Street on Independence Day. For the 38th time, the Peoria Jaycees…
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Dream comes true as Greeley School in Peoria reopens as arts center
July 10, 2019Children’s voices are once again filling the halls of Peoria’s long-shuttered and now-transformed Greeley School. Purchased from Peoria Public Schools by local artists Jonathon…
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