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New Orleans marks with parade the 64th anniversary of 4 little girls integrating city schools
New Orleans marked the 64th anniversary of the day four Black 6-year-old girls integrated New Orleans schools with a parade — ...
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‘You can’t get rid of us,’ Unhoused in Peoria wanting answers and solutions from the city
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — As winter looms ... They don’t have hardly no one to turn to.” Some central Illinois municipalities like Morton and Pekin have made it illegal to live outside. Slaughter shared ...
Panel advises Illinois commemorate its role in helping slaves escape the South
When caught so far north in Illinois, an escaped slave was not returned to his owner, a trip of formidable length, but ...
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Protests in Georgian separatist region block bridges to capital
Protesters on Tuesday blocked bridges leading to the capital of the Georgian separatist region of Abkhazia as tensions flared in a dispute over a proposed law that would ...
TRAFFIC ALERT: Part of U.S. Route 150 in East Peoria to close for construction
Part of U.S. Route 150 in East Peoria will be closed starting Tuesday. According to the Illinois Department of Transportation ...
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On Veterans Day weekend, Vets Home looks ahead to final phases of campus revitalization
The Saturday before Veterans Day is the traditional day for Quincy's Veterans Day Parades, first down Maine Street and then ...
ROUNDUP: Lions, Maroons advance to Illinois cross country state finals
Marshall's Molly Farrell and Madeleine Fox, and Robinson's Terynn Loftis finished in the top 25 of last Saturday's Class A Toledo high school girls cross country sectional to advance to this ...