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When Ava Leitze of Pekin was elected the Heart of Illinois Fair Queen in 2023, she had already been diagnosed with the cancer that would claim her life at age 20. “She got into pageants because her little sister (Rowan) actually was the first...
PEORIA — After more than two years of negotiations, pushed deadlines and new deals, the city of Peoria moved on Wednesday to enforce millions of dolhigh-rise lars in fines against the owner of Downtown Peoria’s abandoned Riverview Plaza...
Bloomington native Shayla Woodworth had struggled with mental illness and addiction since she was a teen and spent time in jail in three states. She’d heard of mental health courts before but didn’t know much about them, and assumed they were...
PEORIA HEIGHTS — A mixed-use development being constructed to replace the Save A Lot building will now be a two-story building, rather than three. The original design of the project was a four-story proposal to feature both commercial and...