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Illini Bluffs High School advisor Jade Sewell, left, and student Addy Dooley, right. A team from the high school recently was one of 10 finalists in the national 2026 NPR Podcast Challenge.
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Illini Bluffs High School team among 10 finalists in NPR's Student Podcast Challenge
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A group of high school students in Glasford in Peoria County is among 10 finalists in this year’s NPR Student Podcast Challenge.
A driver look at his overturned truck in a flooded parking lot on Saturday morning in Tiger Point, Fla., close to where Hurricane Isaias made landfall Friday night.
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At least 2 deaths attributed to Isaias after hurricane bashes Florida and Alabama
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First phase of jail improvements included in Peoria County’s proposed $183M annual budget
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