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23 hrs ago | Belleville News

Teen found dead in Peoria basement

A 17-year-old girl has been found dead in the basement of a Peoria house under what authorities are calling "suspicious" circumstances.

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Related Topix: Peoria, IL

Sat Nov 07, 2009

WHOI

Community confronts alleged drug dealers

It is a program designed to give neighbors the chance to reclaim their streets from drug dealers.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Prison

Fri Nov 06, 2009

WEEK-TV

H1N1 Vaccination Clinics Ready in Peoria and Marshall Counties

Peoria County coroner confirmed 46-year old Mary Higgins of Peoria Heigths is the first person in Peoria County to died from the H1N1 virus.

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Related Topix: Peoria, IL, Peoria Metro, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health

Behind The Blue WAll

[IL] Recently fired Officer Glasper accused of breaking in, attacking wife

Clayton Glasper, 45, who is listed as homeless, appeared in Peoria County Circuit Court on Monday, charged with burglary and criminal trespass to a residence, both felonies... Court records indicate he allegedly broke out a screen window and struggled with his wife.

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Related Topix: Peoria, IL, Criminal Defense Law, Law

WHOI

Hanna City Man Says His Not Guilty in Murder

A Hanna City man accused of killing his mothera 'ina 'law and injuring his estranged wife entered a not guilty plea in Peoria County Court Thursday.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Hanna City, IL

Thu Nov 05, 2009

WHOI

Still No H1N1 Vaccine For Peoria County

In our area there are three confirmed deaths related to the H1N1 virus. News of the latest death came today from Peoria City/County Health officials.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Peoria, IL

Wed Nov 04, 2009

WHOI

Peoria County Confirms First H1N1 Death

Peoria City/County Health Department officials report the county's first confirmed H1N1 virus death.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health

Tue Nov 03, 2009

WHOI

Peoria County Sheriff Faces Challenger in Primary

Peoria County Sheriff Mike McCoy wil face a challenger in the Republican primary.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

Merle Widmer's Peoria Watch

The Peoria Riverfront Museum Gets More Taxpayer Dollars

It might surprise some of you to know that a Peoria County Survey showed that 65% of the citizens who answered the survey said they "somewhat or strongly oppose a sales tax increase." Well, if they were paying attention they know they got a sales tax increase in the whole of Peoria County and it kicks in Jan.

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Related Topix: Tax

Sat Oct 31, 2009

WHOI

A Teenager Becomes Peoria's 11th Murder Victim

Peoria Police are investigating two shootings from Friday night...one has left a teenager dead.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Merle Widmer's Peoria Watch

Peoria City Proposed Property Tax Increase - Peoria County Proposed Tax Increase Comparison

The City of Peoria announced today in the JS their proposed and estimated property taxes for 2010.

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WMBD-TV Peoria

Peorian Convicted of Murder

A Peoria man, charged with the city's fourth homicide of last year, was found guilty Wednesday by a judge of murder.

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Related Topix: Peoria, IL

Wed Oct 28, 2009

KSNT-TV Topeka

Lawyers want admitted al-Qaida member released

In this handout photo from the Peoria County Sheriff's Office, Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, former graduate student at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, is photographed in his booking photo at Peoria County Sheriff's Office December 12, 2001 in Illinois.

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Related Topix: Peoria, IL, Peoria Metro, Bradley University, Terrorism

Tue Oct 27, 2009

WMBD-TV Peoria

Pekin Teen Brain Dead after Police Pursuit Ends in Crash

An 18-year-old Pekin girl is brain dead. She was in a single-vehicle crash during a police pursuit over the weekend.

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Related Topix: Pekin, IL

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Merle Widmer's Peoria Watch

Peoria County $3 Million Lead Grant Failure

As reported in the JS today by reporter Clare Howard. There is a lot more to the story than what Ms.

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Related Topix: Peoria, IL

WHOI

Peoria's Tenth Murder

A Peoria man is found shot dead in his home early Saturday morning. Police were called to this home on the 17-hundred block of North Machin around 7:50 Saturday morning.

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Sat Oct 24, 2009

WEEK-TV

Victim of Sunday's Shooting Talks

A Peoria County man was ordered held on three million dollars bond Tuesday. Joseph Saric is charged with fatally shooting his mothera 'ina 'law, Geraldine Worske, and wounding his estranged wife, Crystal Saric, Sunday morning.

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Thu Oct 22, 2009

WEEK-TV

Peoria County H1N1 Vaccine Clinic

Where is the H1N1 vaccine? That is the question many are asking the federal government as the flu virus spreads.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza

Tue Oct 20, 2009

ILLINOIZE

Peoria City Council member to run against Jehan Gordon

According to the Peoria County Republican Website , Jim Montelongo, an at-large member of the Peoria City Council, has agreed to run for the GOP nomination for the Illinois House of Representatives in the 92nd District.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Ray LaHood, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Aaron Schock, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat, 2008 Presidential Election

Mon Oct 19, 2009

WHOI

Murder in Smithville

A bizarre sequence of events unfolded in the small town of Smithville, Sunday. Officials say 43-year-old Crystal Saric and her mother, 63-year-old Geraldine Worske went to speak with Crystal's estranged husband when he opened fire on them.

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Related Topix: Glasford, IL

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