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11 Peoria, Illinois Restaurants That Remain Crowded Without Paying A Dime On Advertising
A pizza joint that first opened in 1926 still closes its doors every Monday and Tuesday, and the crowds keep coming anyway. I love that kind of quiet confidence. In one river city in central Illinois, that same stubborn streak shows up all over the dinner map. One steakhouse hands you raw steaks to grill yourself, and a barbecue joint smokes its meat inside an old rail depot.
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Peoria man sentenced to 3½ years in federal prison for firearm offenses
PEORIA, Ill. – A Peoria man has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in federal prison for illegally possessing firearms as a convicted felon. Quincy Jones, 36, was sentenced Wednesday, Nov. 4, to 42 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, on each of two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The prison sentences will run concurrently.
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This Tiny Illinois Diner Is Hidden Inside An Old Gas Station But Piles The Plates High
A giant Phillips 66 shield hangs on a diner wall in central Illinois, and nobody is pumping gas. The license plates and old stoplights hanging nearby make the scene even more curious, like a garage that switched careers. Calling the decor themed would be a little off, since themed suggests...
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The Peoria NAACP and Elite Community Outreach are challenging a proposed shakeup of the local school program
PEORIA (25NewsNow) – The Peoria school board is scheduled to vote Monday, Nov. 9, on the future of Elite’s Game Changer Safe School. Peoria Public Schools says the program at Trewyn School for sixth through eighth graders is facing challenges, including discipline issues and neighborhood violence. Peoria Public...
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Kringle at Keller Station rings in holiday season
PEORIA (25News Now) - Keller Station on North Knoxville Avenue in Peoria hosted its fourth annual Kringle at Keller Saturday with more than 40 vendors and food trucks. Gifts, including homemade items, were on sale. The event was meant to support local businesses and to meet people who are new...
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Four area schools play in volleyball super-sectionals Monday
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — Four area teams play for trips to the state volleyball finals on Monday. Washington, Normal West, Tri-Valley and Illini Bluffs play in supersectionals. Wins will send them to the state tournament at CEFCU Arena in Normal this weekend. Washington, which is in the class 3A Elite 8 for a second straight […]
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Twirl Into Decades Of Family Memories At This Unassuming Illinois Italian Restaurant In Pekin
A sandwich that shares its name with a Venetian boat has been pulling central Illinois families back to the same tables for decades. It’s called the gondola, and some folks still tie it to childhood memories from the early 1990s. The bread gets talked about just as much. It’s...
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Pritzker to ‘pause’ public events while recovering from outpatient procedure
(25News Now) - Gov. JB Pritzker will undergo an outpatient urology procedure on Monday, Nov. 9 leading him to “pause” public events during his recovery, a governor’s spokesperson said. “This is the standard and final follow-up to the same procedure he completed in May 2026,” said Matt...
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These 6 Illinois Family Steakhouses Still Toss A Salad Bar In With Every Steak
Remember when a steak dinner came with a trip to the salad bar, and nobody had to pay extra for it? That tradition is still alive in a handful of Illinois towns, from Peoria to Pinckneyville. The six family-friendly steakhouses below pair real grilled steaks with salad bars you can...
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Inside Peoria Public Schools proposed $700k plan to replace Elite Safe School
PEORIA (25News Now) - Community tensions are reaching a boiling point in Peoria over the future of the city’s alternative education system. For years, Peoria Public Schools has contracted Elite Community Outreach to operate its Safe School at Trewyn School. The program serves 6th through 8th grade students facing suspension, expulsion, classroom disruption, or neighborhood gang violence. Its staffers are not traditional educators, they are “game changers”, men and women with criminal records who turned their lives around to mentor youth in crisis.