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Temporary WCBU outage for tower maintenance on Thursday
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Our radio signal may be offline for several hours while crews work on the shared tower with WTVP. You can still listen to WCBU via livestream on our website and the NPR App.
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Suspect arrested, charged nearly a decade after Pekin teen’s murder
Joe Deacon
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Mayor Ali eager to see downtown growth from traffic pattern change, other planned projects
Joe Deacon
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