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Hy-Vee to be built at Sheridan Village
Peoria is getting a new grocery store. Officials from Hy-Vee Inc. announced Thursday plans to build a store in Sheridan Village Shopping Center. It will be the first Hy-Vee in Peoria and the 12th store in Illinois. Officials say it will be 84,000 square feet with an attached store for wines and spirits. They say it will bring 400 new jobs to the city. Several stores in the center section of the mall will be torn down with the tenants moving to other location in the Sheridan Village to make room...
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Fireworks company ready to give Peoria a big fireworks display
An official from Melrose Pyrotechnics suggests getting a good spot to see the fireworks on Friday night where you can see both the sky and the ground. Bob Kerns with Melrose Pyrotechnics says his company will shoot off both high and low displays.The "Methodist Red, White and Boom" is a joint effort between the cities of East Peoria and Peoria and is organized by 1470 WMBD owners JMP Radio Group. Kerns says it takes a lot of planning to do a show like this each year. He said the work...
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Peoria Rivermen sale to St. Louis Blues complete
The principal owners of the St. Louis Blues have now taken control of the Peoria Rivermen. SCP Worldwide has announced they have closed on the purchase of the Peoria Rivermen from Bruce Saurs and Anne Griffith. The move was approved by the American Hockey League last week. Saurs will stay on in a consultant role and Bart Rogers will remain as Rivermen President and CEO. The Rivermen have served as a Blues affiliate in recent years.
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Man given probation for DUI accident that injured another man
A Peoria man was sentenced Thursday morning in connection with an incident that left former Manual High School Basketball star Howard Nathan partially paralyzed. 49-year-old Miguel Ceja was given two years of probation along with a 500 dollar fine and 90 days work release after pleading guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol, a Class A misdemeanor.On the night of July 30th 2006, Ceja collided into Nathan's vehicle in the 2300 block of North University street as he pulled into oncoming...
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Plenty To Do Prior To Methodist Red White Boom
JMP Radio Group has a three-day celebration lined up this weekend for the Independence Day holiday weekend. The grand event is the "Methodist Red White and Boom" on Friday night after dusk downtown on the Peoria and East Peoria riverfronts. Big name musical acts Cheap Trick performs at Festival Park Thursday and Diamond Rio plays on The Landing on Saturday night. As for the events leading up to the Red White and Boom Friday, JMP Radio Group Promotions Director Dirk Clemens...
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CityLink Park And Ride And Holiday Schedules
CityLink has announced it's July 4th holiday mass transit schedule. Spokeswoman Alice Nobles Arn says regular bus routes stop running early Thursday evening. She says the last buses to leave the Transit Center will be at 8:45 pm. Arn says there will be no regular mass transit service on July 4th. Regular hours resume Saturday the 5th. However, CityLink is offering Park And Ride for the Glen Oak Fireworks Thursday and the Red White and Boom on the riverfront Friday...
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East Peoria 4th at Riverfront Park
This is the second year Peoria and East Peoria have officially and jointly participated in the July 4th celebration along the Illinois River. The event centers along both riverfronts during the late afternoon, culminating in the "Methodist Red White and Boom" fireworks spectacular after dusk. East Peoria's Public Relations coordinator Jill Peterson is responsible for her city's evening events. Peterson says family fun and music begins at 5:00 pm at East Peoria's Riverfront...
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Peoria and East Peoria Police ready for the fireworks
This is the second year for Methodist Red, White and Boom with Peoria and East Peoria joining forces along each riverfront to stage the massive fireworks event.The second year also means some changes in the way each city's police department will handle the crowd heading home at the same time. Lt. Elizabeth Buck is with the Peoria Police Department. She says her hope is people will slowly leave after the show rather than all trying to leave at once like usual.Still, Peoria police will close...
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Peoria Mayor ready for "Methodist Red, White and Boom"
The cities of Peoria and East Peoria have once again teamed up to help present the Fourth of July Fireworks. This is the second year East Peoria has been on board with JMP Radio Group, the City of Peoria and all of the event sponsors.Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis said while it went well in year one, he expects even better things this year. Ardis says the partnership with East Peoria continues to grow and the goal is to continue making it bigger and bigger each year.Well over 100,000 people are...
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East Peoria students signing people up for blood drive Friday
Those attending Methodist Red, White and Blue along East Peoria's riverfront have an opportunity to give the gift of life. East Peoria High School sophomore economics students have partnered with Junior Achievement and the Red Cross and will be on hand to sign up people to give blood during a blood drive to take place in August at the Peoria Civic Center.East Peoria High School economics teacher Marty Greene says there will be a tabel set up with kids trying to get people to donate blood at a...
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Peoria Mayor says Community helping make safer Peoria
Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis is crediting the community as a whole for the drop in violent crime in the city of Peoria in 2008. Last year when July 1st rolled around the city had seen 13 homicides. There has only been one in 2008. That was the death of five month old Benjamin Sergeant in February. His parents have been arrested in that case.Mayor Ardis said it is hard to judge a city's crime rate by how many homicides have occurred, but he said the people in Peoria have stepped up to make it a safer...
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Lt. Governor Wants To Increase Illinois Family Relief Fund
Illinois Lt. Governor Pat Quinn stopped at Peoria's Army Recruiting Station Wednesday afternoon to tout the Illinois Family Relief Fund. The program provides financial support to National Guard and Reserve Service members deployed in support of the global war on terror. Quinn says the Independence Day weekend is a good time for people to donate to the fund and to remind members of the military in Illinois who have been deployed, that this program is available to...
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Police combat drunk driving on holiday weekend
A recent $1.7 million dollar deal signed by Governor Rod Blagojevich has armed local and state law enforcement with the funds they need to keep the roads safe this Fourth of July. Safety education trooper Tony Halsey notes that the anniversary of our Nation's nativity falls on a Friday this year, meaning police will have roadside safety checks set up all weekend. "We'll be out in full force," says State Trooper Tony Halsey. Law enforcement officials hope citizens do the smart thing...
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PACVB hopes people visiting for fireworks will make a day of it
The President of the Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau is hoping people check out the rest of the area while in town for the fireworks Friday. Brent Lonteen says over 100,000 people are expected to be in Peoria and East Peoria for the "Methodist Red, White and Boom" fireworks display.Lonteen says this will pull people from all over Central Illinois. He said it will draw people from a couple of hours away due to the size of the show.Lonteen hopes people will come down to the...
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Autos In Peoria
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Peoria Pirates
Peoria Pirates at Wilkes-Barre Scranton
Play by Play with Ed Hammond & John Venturi
Broadcast of Game #14 - Saturday, July 12th
Live @ 6:00 pm 1290 WIRL
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Pella Windows
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