Data shows that climate change has moved Illinois into heart of Tornado Alley with 141 twisters in Tri-County area since 1950
Storm warning: 50 years of tornado science
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Book review: ‘Trailer Park Rules’ captures spirit of working class
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‘Trailer Park Rules’ by Michelle Teheux has a pleasantly unpredictable plot that is a lively read: sometimes silly, sad or surprising, and always engaging.
WTVP probe(s) wrapping up
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Public-TV station learning from lessons learned the past year. Meanwhile, business at the annual meeting included changing one board member, retaining a second who’ll continue as treasurer, and losing a key employee to retirement.
BILL KNIGHT: Campus protests are less rites of passage than rites of passions
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I hope this year’s student activists make a difference, endure difficulties, and find common ground with their current antagonists. As the Chambers Brothers sang in 1967, ‘Time Has Come Today.’
Will GFL build a landfill?
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Canadian disposal company’s owner Patrick Dovigi guarding the goal of GFL’s obligation in Peoria County waste management
Timeline for GFL and its CEO
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Landfill #3 was anticipated to be in operation by this year, but it’s not even started. In April, Peoria County served GFL a breach-of-contract notice, but weeks later GFL representatives, including Dovigi, reportedly said it honors its contracts.
State releasing grant to WTVP
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Sen. Koehler helps release more than $300,000 that could soon help public TV station address some of its infrastructure and technological needs
What’s the dirt on Landfill saga: Stand pat? Build up? Raise the rates?
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Peoria County files breach of contract against GFL over construction of much-needed No. 3
BILL KNIGHT: Exceptional ‘everyman,’ former White Sox skipper ‘Pants’ Rowland is a Peoria legend
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Former Distillers manager Rowland, who carved out career in early days of baseball, should be recognized among Peoria ‘Sports Legends’
