Sometimes we can miss the most obvious realities, such as the vital importance to Peoria County of the Kickapoo Creek watershed. Covering nearly 300 square miles, it has played a big role in American ...

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Driving to the anti-fascist, anti-oligarch demonstration, we passed the ongoing demolition of the Labor Temple. Men and women from Operating Engineers Local 649 (they have their own hall) operated the ...

This moment of celebration was also marked with a sense of remembrance. The passing of the first mayor of West Peoria casts a reflective tone over the opening of the new City Hall. The obituary for ...

At-large City Councilman Zach Oyler’s action at a recent council meeting raised eyebrows. Oyler made a motion to reconsider the council’s unanimous decision to impose a 1% grocery tax, effective Jan.

Q: They have their pedigree. DD: These are highly pedigreed vehicles. All of them are vetted through that process. So that’s part of the pick process. Q: They’re already famous in their own right. DD: ...

A grand parade like few Peorians have ever seen was the opening spectacle of a four-day Peoria County centennial extravaganza. An estimated 150,000 people lined the streets on Sept. 29, 1925, to watch ...

The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) said workers at the Bloomington Barnes & Noble bookstore ratified their first contract March 15. It followed the ratification of first union ...

Being repeatedly smacked in the face with a ball-peen hammer is preferable to listening to anyone discuss politics. No worries. This piece will neither indict nor endorse any political party or ...

Randall Carlson has been a ceramic professor at Bradley University since 1993, and brings a wealth of experience and a diverse artistic background to his work. The Illinois native studied under ...

Recently the Peoria Art Guild hosted Sydney Swisher, an artist from Newton, who’s inventive imagery develops exquisitely rendered oil paintings on thrifted fabrics. She is a graphic designer adept at ...

April is one of the best months to take a 4-mile ramble through Singing Woods Nature Preserve. Walking the perimeter of the trail system will give you a glimpse of all of the varied habitats. It’s a ...