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It's been more than two months since the Peoria Fire Department closed the Riverview Plaza high-rise downtown. Many tenants have since moved out of the building, and city officials still aren't sure when repairs might get done.
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The village board has approved an ordinance amendment that establishes the charge on a rare 4-3 vote after a sometimes tense discussion, with Mayor Jeff Kaufman breaking the tie.
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The Illinois Department of Transportation marked National Work Zone Awareness Week, calling attention to the risks workers face as the road construction season swings into gear.
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Peoria developers Gary Matthews and Monte Brannan both received prison sentences on Monday.
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Pekin High School athletic director Cole Stoner has been reinstated from administrative leave after a March arrest for drinking alcohol while driving with his child as a passenger.
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Rickey Payne, 35, was convicted by a Peoria County jury in February in the deaths of Quadreka Payne, 32, and 8-year-old Cael Thornton.
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"We're stating to the state as well as to our governor: We do not accept the influx of migrants in this community," said one county board member.
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A man is dead after he was struck by a vehicle Monday afternoon on Peoria's South Side.
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The chief of the Fon du Lac Park District Police Department in East Peoria was fired last Friday at a special board meeting.
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Gabriel Cook's remains were found in rural Peoria County on Saturday, more than three years after his March 2021 disappearance.
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Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins said a man was cleaning up his property when he found the remains, which the sheriff said appear to have been there for some time.
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The city council on Tuesday unanimously approved $122.3 million in appropriations for the 2024-25 fiscal year, along with a working cash budget of $93.7 million in revenue.