Why Are So Many People Obese? There is an obesity epidemic in this country. The percent of people who are overweight and obese has doubled since 1992. Now one-third of adults in the United States are obese. What has happened…
The Heartland Festival Orchestra earned the 2015 Community Relations of the Year award from the Illinois Council of Orchestras. “Committed to giving back to the community, the Heartland Festival Orchestra continues its tradition of partnering with deserving local nonprofit…
New owner has legal appeal against Texas with U.S. Supreme Court After more than four decades providing first trimester abortions for women in central Illinois, National Health Care Services on North University Street has been sold to an organization based…
Fight for 15 is anathema to corporations myopically driven by profit margin and to conservatives who think almost half of us are “takers” not producers, a belief stated by Mitt Romney with his famous “47 percent” comment. Now, Jeb…
Why are Peoria city bonds being used to pay for a dead-end street that will destroy 1.1 acres of tallgrass prairie and hundreds of trees? These TIF funded bonds also pay for parking lots and bases for four, four-story proposed…
BY JACK RYAN If you have driven through the new bottleneck intersection of West Main and University between noon and 1 p.m. on any Saturday, you’ve undoubtedly noticed people on the Starbucks corner holding signs protesting war. Usually, one sign…
