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Peoria Police order evacuation after bomb threat at BioUrja Renewables
Ryan Denham and Lizzie Seils
A one-mile area that includes parts of Downtown Peoria and the Warehouse District were evacuated Friday night after a reported bomb threat at nearby BioUrja Renewables.
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Peoria city leaders set sights on redevelopment of Northwoods Mall area
Joe Deacon
The image features a photo of this episode’s guest: fine-art photographer Keith Cotton about Collected/Constructed. The image features an all-capitalized text headline that reads “THE ART OF LOOKING CLOSER” with an underlying smaller text that reads “featuring Keith Cotton, Collected/Constructed: Keith Cotton + Fisher Stolz at the Contemporary Art Center of Peoria. The graphic artwork also features an icon of the podcast’s sponsor PNC Bank in the center with the WCBU and NPR logos in the left-hand corner. In the bottom right-hand corner are icons of the various podcast platforms where the Out and About podcast can be streamed/downloaded including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts. In the bottom left-hand corner is Out and About spelled out in large, white graphic letters.
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Photographer Keith Cotton presents 'Collected/Constructed' at the Contemporary Art Center of Peoria
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