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Paying for the privilege of a good obituary

September 17, 2005
By Billy Dennis

Like Phil Luciano, I find the Journal Star’s obituaries much more readable and interesting than they were before they opened them up to more reader supplied details about the subjects’ lives.
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Something familiar about Phil’s column

September 16, 2005
By Billy Dennis

Oh, yeah. Now I remember. I read the same tale in the River City Times “Blotter” last week. phil luciano,journal star,river city times,peoria,mewspapers,gangs
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Reluctant ‘bag men’ have the option to quit

September 13, 2005
By Billy Dennis

Don’t like the city’s proposed $25 fee for calling a tow truck (as Phil Luciano obviously doesn’t? Well, then keep a tow truck company’s phone number on your cell phone’s speed dial. It seems to me that charging the people who use some kinds of city services is more fair than charging everyone for using those...
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Welcome to Murder City, USA

August 19, 2005
By Billy Dennis

Phil Luciano has the data on how Peoria is becoming a deadlier place to live than News York City. Meanwhile, we wonder why people keep bolting from Peoria. Maybe we can’t always blame District 150. Maybe people want to leave on their own two feet before they’re dragged away in a body bag. Meanwhile, there’s this...
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Someone’s knocking on her door

August 6, 2005
By Billy Dennis

It’s simple little clerical errors like this one that provide grist for the mill for columnists like Phil Luciano. I mean what’s the harm in letting violent criminals go free? It’s not as serious as, say, driving with a busted light bulb above your rear licence plate or something. They are all over that. Phil Luciano,Jail,domestic...
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No sympathy for litter bugs

July 19, 2005
By Billy Dennis

Columnist Phil Luciano of the Journal Star writes today about an East Peoria woman who received a ticket for littering after one of Peoria’s Finest noticed her tossing a cigarette bud from her car. Phil’s column carries a tone of mild outrage. The fine is large, and police hardly ever give out tickets for it. I,...
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Markley and Luciano will dumb down WMBD

July 27, 2004
By Billy Dennis

Former Rock 106 shock jock Jamie Markley — most recently at “The Eagle” 102.3 — will assume the slot formerly help by conservative talk/call-in host John Malone at WMBD 1470-AM. I used to listen to 106 during Markley’s tenure there. It was one asinine stunt after another. I don’t listen to his show now, so...
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Phil’s comedy column

April 28, 2003
By Billy Dennis

They said irony was dead after 9-11. Apparently, “they” haven’t been reading Phil Luciano’s column in the Journal Star. His April 25 entry is especially ironic. It ends with this question: “Does anyone else in PeoriaLand hate the requisite nightly blurbs that our TV newscasts squander on Bloomington-Normal?” I sure do, Phil. That’s why I...
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