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200 interviews and some surprising finds on ‘Pulse of the Heartland’ beat

Old-fashioned shoe-leather reporting in three Illinois cities before the midterms helped me quickly dispel assumptions about voters.

Chicago Sun-Times

Nazareth wins a shootout to capture Class 5A title

Nearly 90 points were scored in the Class 5A state championship game at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, but the deciding moment was defensive.

Chicago Sun-Times

Pulse of the Heartland: Peoria yearning for the middle in a nation of angry extremes: ‘It just makes your heart sink’

Some Peoria residents say it feels like politicians are less and less interested in finding the center their city has long represented — and instead are more focused on playing to extremes. “It seems like there is no middle ground out there anymore,” one resident said.

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GOP US Senate candidate’s name left off some ballots in rural Illinois county in now-corrected error

CHICAGO — Election officials in a small Illinois county southwest of Peoria printed the wrong name of the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate on several hundred ballots, forcing the officials Wednesday to keep the ballots separate from all others being cast in the Nov. 8 general election.

Chicago Tribune

This Illinois disc golf tournament has grown into one of the year’s biggest events

It's part tournament, part festival — presenting the largest purse in the history of the sport ($130,000) in 2021.

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Bryce Miller: How Ty France earned singular respect of Manny Machado, baseball

One day in Peoria, Ariz., in the middle of mundane and relentless spring-training drills, Ty France decided to up the ante with one of the most confident and established players in Major League Baseball.

Tribune News Service

Caterpillar to move headquarters to Texas, marking second major corporate departure from Illinois in 6 weeks

Less than six weeks after defense contractor and airplane-maker Boeing announced it would move its global headquarters out of downtown Chicago, leaders of another major corporation are set to leave the region.

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Caterpillar pulls up headquarters stakes, heads for Texas

The manufacturer of construction and mining equipment has been based in Deerfield since 2017 but has long been identified with Peoria.

Chicago Sun-Times

Long car ride from Arizona to Oregon for qualifying pays off for Oklahoma Sooner standout Ben Lorenz, who will play in 2022 U.S. Open with his brother as caddie

Ben Lorenz drove with his brother Blake from their hometown in Arizona to Oregon for U.S. Open qualifying.

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Bill Shaikin: Nationals fired scout for refusing COVID vaccine. He's now selling cars — and suing.

LOS ANGELES — In 1984, Joe Maddon was the manager of the Peoria Chiefs, a team that played in a cozy Illinois ballpark located next to an agricultural research center. The minor leagues were, shall we say, a little more informal in those days.

Los Angeles Times

Padres bullpen seeks to be just as good, not as bad

PEORIA, Ariz. — All season, they protested. It wasn't too much, they said.

Tribune News Service

Parents arrested after eight-year-old dies weighing 38 pounds

Police reports state Navin Jones was ‘extremely malnourished with skeletal appearance’

The Independent UK

'It's on': Mariners star prospect Julio Rodriguez makes opening day roster

PEORIA, Ariz. — The “if” was never considered. And the “when” is now.

Tribune News Service

Bryce Miller: Padres pitching scientist Yu Darvish baffles fellow starters: 'That's just Yu'

PEORIA, Ariz. — Nothing illuminates the mad-scientist makeup of Padres pitcher Yu Darvish more than conversations happening a few lockers away at the team's spring-training complex.

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Darvish to start opening day for Padres; rotation still being lined up

PEORIA, Ariz. — Yu Darvish will be the Padres' starting pitcher on opening day for the second straight season.

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Padres' Nick Martinez a 'different pitcher' as he returns to MLB

PEORIA, Ariz. — Miles Mikolas has parlayed his three-year stay with Yomiuri in Nippon Professional Baseball into more than $49 million guaranteed. Merrill Kelly, Chris Flexen and Pierce Johnson, too, are among the arms who've breathed new life into their careers in either Japan or Korea.

Tribune News Service

Q&A: What plays in Peoria? Rep. Cheri Bustos would know

WASHINGTON — Cheri Bustos is a former journalist, a fact made evident the second you meet her and start getting peppered with questions: Where are you from, how long have you been doing this, do you do a lot of these interviews, do you like doing them?

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What plays in Peoria? Rep. Cheri Bustos would know - Roll Call

“I look at diversity in a much broader way … it’s not just racial or gender, but it’s geographical,” Illinois Democrat says.

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Cubs’ Drew Smyly makes first start of short spring training vs. Padres

Left-hander Drew Smyly threw two scoreless innings in the Cubs’ 2-2 tie at Peoria Stadium.

Tribune News Service

Bryce Miller: Mike Shildt, still 'hurt' after Cardinals firing, plants new roots with Padres

PEORIA, Ariz. — As the Padres prepared to hit during a spring training game Wednesday at the Peoria Sports Complex, a voice caused fill-in third base coach Mike Shildt to stop and pivot.

Tribune News Service

Mariners agree to deal with veteran reliever Sergio Romo

PEORIA, Ariz. — After losing Casey Sadler to season-ending shoulder surgery Sunday, the Mariners are adding a possible replacement to fill his setup role.

Tribune News Service

Snell expects to be ready to start season for Padres, but it will be slow going again

PEORIA, Ariz. —By the end of last season, Blake Snell was pitching as well as he ever had. Better even.

Tribune News Service

Larry Stone: After challenging rookie season, Mariners’ Jarred Kelenic in comfort zone entering 2022

PEORIA, Ariz. — He arrived at Mariners camp last year in a maelstrom of controversy not of his making.

Tribune News Service

Larry Stone: Mariners’ new third baseman Eugenio Suárez bringing ‘good vibes only’ to his new team

PEORIA, Ariz. — Think about the most negative, pessimistic, unhappy person you know.

Chicago Sun-Times

Thieves steal BMWs from Peoria dealership, ditch them during police chase and carjack a woman with her child in New Lenox

No one was injured and the carjackers remained at large Friday.

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