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Andy Kravetz

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Peoria
As seen in: WMBD-TV (Peoria, IL), MSN, Yahoo Entertainment, Yahoo Life, USA Today, Yahoo News, Aol, Yahoo Finance, Chicago Sun-Times, Yahoo Sports, Military.com and
Covers:  crime, government, courts, military
Doesn't Cover: pretty nothing but I focus on those above..
.@WMBDNews digital reporter. former @pjstar. WW kayaker, mtn biker & hockey player. @mizzou & @VanderbiltU alum. Sea turtles rule. Opinions mine.

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‘Very intense’ finale prepared at Red White and BOOM! for America 250 Original

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By Christopher Huslig, Andy Kravetz Verified, Thomas García
| CentralIllinoisProud.com Verified
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Every year, Choose Greater Peoria Red, White & BOOM! brings hundreds of thousands of people to the banks of the Illinois River for a fireworks show that is one of the best in the nation each year.
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Rural Manito man identified as victim in deadly motorcycle collision in Pekin Original

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By Andy Kravetz Verified
| CentralIllinoisProud.com Verified
PEKIN, Ill. (WMBD) — A rural Manito man was identified as the person who died after a motorcycle collided with an SUV on Tuesday. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley said 50-year-old Dennis Kenser, Jr. was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision, which occurred near the intersection of Illinois Route 9 and South 5th Street in Pekin.
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Dixon man dies in single-vehicle crash on I-39 in McLean County Original

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By Andy Kravetz Verified
| CentralIllinoisProud.com Verified
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) — A 36-year-old Dixon man died early Wednesday morning as a result of a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 39, the McLean County Coroner announced. Thomas D. Rockwood was pronounced dead at Carle Bromenn Medical Center at 5:30 a.m. The preliminary cause of death is multiple blunt injuries due to a motor vehicle striking a fixed object, said Coroner Kathleen Yoder. Per state law, toxicology tests are pending.
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