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  1. Press release: Latest 'Downstate Story' now on saleRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Peoria Pundit

    ... Illinois writers in this issue are Pepper Bauer of Mapleton; Maria King Carroll of West Peoria; A. R. Braun of Pekin; John Pollard of Peoria; and Connie Stepe of East Peoria. Illustrations are by Braun, who illustrated his own story; Ed Levene of ...

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    Related Topix: Illinois, Peoria, IL, Mapleton, IL, West Peoria, IL

  2. Mall Santa spreads Christmas cheerRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Hawk Eye

    ... 3-year-olds, and Transformers and Bakugan balls for 5- and 6-year-olds. 11:15 a.m. A pigtailed Ella Ritcharson, 4, of Pekin, Ill., excitedly sat on Santa's lap and told him what she wants for Christmas. Her younger brother was a little less brave ...

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    Related Topix: Peoria, IL, Life, Holidays, Christmas, Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance, Caterpillar

  3. Pekin Deploys Lidp Soa/Web Service SolutionRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | Insurance Networking

    Pekin Life Insurance , Pekin, Ill., has gone into production with the LIDP SOA/Web service framework from LIDP Consulting Inc.

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  4. Santa Train Visits Local Children

    Yesterday | WHOI

    ... Claus is rolling into town. Multimedia After spending last weekend in the big cities like Peoria, East Peoria and Pekin, we spotted the jolly old elf himself in Glasford today. He also rolled in, not on a sleigh, but a train. He made several stops ...

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    Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Peoria, IL, East Peoria, IL, Glasford, IL

  5. Missing Hannibal woman's mother speaks out

    Thursday Dec 3 | KHQA-TV Quincy

    ... woman, 21 year old Christina Whittaker. KHQAA spoke to her mother, Cindy YoungA Thursday afternoon. Young was in the Pekin area hanging up fliers. You'll remember there were reportsA this weekA Whittaker may have been spotted in the Peoria area over ...

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  6. Pekin holds 22nd Annual Winter Wonderland Festival Parade

    Sunday Nov 29 | WEEK-TV

    Police, Fire Trucks and other travelers were moving much slower through downtown Pekin today.

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  7. DeWayne BartelsRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 25 | PeoriaTimes-Observer

    ... ust, but, I, too, think it's better here. Peoria is a pretty cool place. The down on Peoria crowd should try moving to Pekin, Morton, East Peoria, Metamora or Washington. It won't take long to discover they are not exactly Nirvana. true

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  8. Chase Suspects Still In JailRead the original story

    Tuesday Nov 24 | WHOI

    ... up in the river are both still behind bars. One made a court appearance on Tuesday. Seventeen-year-old Mark Turner of Pekin is being held on $50,000 bond for possession of anhydrous ammonia. He is the man who returned to shore after the car entered ...

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    Related Topix: South Pekin, IL, Peoria, IL

  9. MGP Ingredients to reopen Illinois plant under joint venture, rehire up to 60 employeesRead the original story

    Tuesday Nov 24 | MyFox St. Louis

    MGP Ingredients Inc. says it has entered a partnership that will allow it to reopen distillery operations at a plant in Pekin, Ill.

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  10. Second River Suspect Found in PeoriaRead the original story

    Monday Nov 23 | WEEK-TV

    ... this Pa 'T cruiser along with the two men inside it intentionally went into the river after being chased from South Pekin. Tazewell County Sheriff Bob Huston says the two men allegedly stole anhydrous ammonia to make meth. Seventeena 'yeara 'old ...

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    Related Topix: Peoria, IL, Peoria County, IL, South Pekin, IL

  11. MGP Ingredients, Seacor Energy form venture to restart Pekin, Ill., plantRead the original story

    Monday Nov 23 | Kansas City Business Journal

    MGP Ingredients Inc. and an affiliate of Seacor Energy Inc. have formed a joint venture to reactivate distillery operations at MGP's plant in Pekin, Ill.

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    Related Topix: MGP Ingredients, Food, Agriculture, Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Law

  12. PROfile: Business focuses on golf gamesRead the original story

    Saturday Nov 21 | News Press

    ... PROfile: When Brad Doren was 16, his parents moved into a house overlooking the No. 2 tee box at a country club in Pekin, Ill. Although Doren had spent his formative years washing carts and bussing tables for his grandmother at the town's local ...

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    Related Topix: Golfers, Davis Love, Golf

  13. Tazewell County Board Yet To Vote on Video Gaming Ban

    Wednesday Nov 18 | WEEK-TV

    ... county board members voted to send the issue back to committee for further discussion. VFW Post 1232 sits just outside Pekin city limits. Because the VFW is in the unincorporated area of Tazewell County, it's one of 25 businesses that could lose the ...

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    Related Topix: Tazewell County, IL, Games, Poker

  14. Daniel R. DonaldsonRead the original story

    Tuesday Nov 10 | The New Braunfels Herald

    ... R. Donaldson, age 56 of Kerrville, passed away Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009 at his residence. He was born Aug. 21, 1953 in Pekin, Ill. to Clinton Douglas Donaldson and Sammy Lane Elliott. On Nov. 25, 1975, he married Susan Heslop in Peoria, Ill. Daniel ...

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  15. Daniel R. DonaldsonRead the original story

    Tuesday Nov 10 | The New Braunfels Herald

    ... R. Donaldson, age 56 of Kerrville, passed away Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009 at his residence. He was born Aug. 21, 1953 in Pekin, Ill. to Clinton Douglas Donaldson and Sammy Lane Elliott. On Nov. 25, 1975, he married Susan Heslop in Peoria, Ill. Daniel ...

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  16. NAACP Scholarship BanquetRead the original story

    Friday Nov 13 | WEEK-TV

    ... civil rights movements. Led by an eventual martyr, their cause was aided by unlikely source, a Republican Senator from Pekin. Peoria NAACP President Don Jackson says, "Lo and behold we find out that the Senator from Pekin Illinois, our neighbor, ...

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    Related Topix: African-American, Peoria, IL

  17. New Road Safety Program for IllinoisRead the original story

    Friday Nov 13 | WEEK-TV

    ... on Illinois roads last year. Officials are hoping this year that figure will be one-hundred fewer than that. Pekin Police Department's Public Information Officer Mike Sanders says, "Our biggest concern is again fatalities, we don't want fatalities ...

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  18. Masten seeks new trialRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday Nov 11 | Index

    ... Masten has served 25 months of her 63-month sentence, and she currently is being held at a federal women's prison in Pekin, Ill. In the motion for a new trial, Smith argues that original surveillance video of the night of the fire contains ...

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  19. Daniel R. DonaldsonRead the original story

    Tuesday Nov 10 | The New Braunfels Herald

    ... R. Donaldson, age 56 of Kerrville, passed away Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009 at his residence. He was born Aug. 21, 1953 in Pekin, Ill. to Clinton Douglas Donaldson and Sammy Lane Elliott. On Nov. 25, 1975, he married Susan Heslop in Peoria, Ill. Daniel ...

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  20. Lonnie Ray CooperRead the original story

    Monday Nov 9 | Odessa American Online

    ... re by Acres West Funeral Chapel. He was born in Odessa. SURVIVORS Son, John Cooper of Midland; daughter, Carrie Boe of Pekin, Ill.; and eight grandchildren. See archived 'Death Notices' stories>>

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