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Padres, star third baseman Manny Machado agree to a new 11-year, $350 million contract

PEORIA, Ariz. — The Padres have locked up the big one.

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Bryce Miller: Padres pitching star Joe Musgrove’s emotional story of a father, a family — and a promise

PEORIA, Ariz. — In a quiet room at a care center, a 15-year-old boy promised his father he would take care of the family. If the unthinkable became a horrifying reality, if a life-and-death teeter-totter or crushing financial pressure pushed them to the brink, the teen would shoulder the weight…

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Larry Stone: Finally healthy, Evan White looking to revive career with Mariners by just playing baseball

PEORIA, Ariz. — Evan White likes to look at the hidden blessings of the two-year ordeal that brought his promising Mariners’ career to a screeching halt. Like being able to be there for the birth of his son, Kade, last August. It’s a healthy way to process a miserable stretch…

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Larry Stone: Mariners’ Ty France finally reveals the culprit behind last season’s second-half slump

PEORIA, Ariz. — In the midst of a frustrating second-half slump last season, Ty France waved off the theory that his wrist and elbow injury was the cause of his offensive woes.

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Bryce Miller: No shortage of shortstops for deep-gloved Padres at spring training

PEORIA, Ariz. — The Padres will not run into a shortage of shortstops this season, which is the long and – cue the groans – short of it.

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New rules could drastically alter look, length of MLB games

PEORIA, Ariz. — Oh yeah, change is coming.

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Bill Shaikin: Padres' Peter Seidler, baseball's risky spender: 'There's a risk to doing nothing'

PEORIA, Ariz. — These are supposed to be the magical weeks of optimism. No team has lost a game yet, not even an exhibition. As a fan, you can dream that this is the year your team roars into the World Series, or sneaks into the playoffs, or delights in…

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How Bryce Miller went from college reliever to intriguing starting prospect for Mariners

PEORIA, Ariz. — Bryce Miller remembers the moment in detail.

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Luis Campusano works to become entrenched in Padres' catching conversation

PEORIA, Ariz. — Padres manager Bob Melvin made it clear before spring training started that this is Luis Campusano's time to show what he can be.

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'The market has changed': Manny Machado plans to opt out without a new deal, but says focus is on 2023

PEORIA, Ariz. — There is no telling what the future holds.

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Illinois man pleads guilty in Planned Parenthood clinic fire

Officials say a central Illinois man has pleaded guilty to setting fire to a Planned Parenthood clinic last month

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Padres, new starting pitcher Michael Wacha get creative with contract

PEORIA, Ariz. — Michael Wacha wanted a multi-year deal and wanted to play for a contender.

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Fernando Tatis Jr. ready to play right field, but has sights set on a different spot

PEORIA, Ariz. — Fernando Tatis Jr. shagged balls in right field during batting practice Tuesday at the Padres' spring training complex.

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Michael Wacha's signing should allow Padres to follow 2022 blueprint

PEORIA, Ariz. — There was little chance something like this wasn't going to happen.

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Before He Was a Pro Receiver, A.J. Brown Was Making Money Playing Baseball

During his time at Ole Miss, the now Eagle had a strange agreement with the Padres: He’d make a few thousand dollars here and there … provided he fulfilled one obligation.

Chicago Sun-Times

Downstate man charged in setting fire at Planned Parenthood clinic in Peoria

Tyler W. Massengill, 32, of Chillicothe, is accused of setting a fire to a Planned Parenthood clinic Jan. 15, causing more than $1 million in damage. No one was hurt.

The Independent UK

Police investigate Illinois Planned Parenthood fire as arson

Peoria police and fire officials are investigating a fire at a central Illinois Planned Parenthood clinic as arson, police said Tuesday

Chicago Sun-Times

Peoria police investigate fire at Illinois Planned Parenthood as arson

The fire occurred two days after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law reproductive health care legislation to protect out-of-state abortion seekers

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Previewing Bloomington’s State Farm holiday tournament

Exactly how good is Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin?

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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.

Chicago Tribune

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.

USA Today Sports Media Group

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.

Tribune News Service

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.

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