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  Beason Slayings: Live Trial Updates

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  PEORIA, Ill. -- Testimony continued Wednesday in the murder trial of Christopher Harris. Harris is charged in the beating deaths of Rick and Ruth Gee and three of their children in Beason in 2009. Click inside for up to the minute updates.

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  Heartland Community College board votes to keep Athletic Director position

  NORMAL, Ill. -- Following a packed open meeting and a lengthy closed session, the Heartland Community College board of trustees voted early Wednesday morning to keep the Athletic Director position.

• Marseilles residents are waiting for answers on dam disaster

  MARSEILLES Ill -- Tuesday night the city of Marseilles met with residents to let them know where their residency will stand after last months flood wiped out houses along the Illinois river.

• Public Employees, Private Crooks: Part 2

  It's been a topic of interest since the story broke about Rita Crundwell's multi-million dollar embezzlement. How do you keep hands out of the municipal piggy bank?

• New policy in place at Springdale Cemetery following savanna mowing controversy

  PEORIA, Ill. -- The Springdale Cemetery Management Authority hopes it has deflated a blowup created after native prairie was mowed in the savanna.

• Blues owner speaks out about ending ties with Peoria

  PEORIA, Ill. -- St. Louis Blues owner Tom Stillman is speaking out about the decision to end ties with Peoria. The Blues sold the AHL Rivermen to the Vancouver Canucks last month.

• Ameren hosts symposium to educate businesses about incentive program

  EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- For many people, energy efficiency translates to helping the environment, but for businesses it means saving cash.

• Tea Party members protest outside IRS office

  PEORIA, Ill. -- Representatives from Peoria, Chillicothe and Morton were among the two dozen who participated in the "Rein in the IRS" event on Tuesday afternoon.

• Helping Oklahoma from the Heart of Illinois

  MOORE, Okla. -- The Oklahoma tornado has hundreds of Heart of Illinois relief crews and volunteers on their toes and ready to go, and if you want to help, you might not have to go anywhere.

• Severe storms cause damage in Central Illinois

  BRADFORD, Ill.--The same severe weather system that tore through Oklahoma on Monday left a path of destruction here in Central Illinois.

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