Plus Quest Academy finally flunks out; and what’s with all this baldness and bad seeds in sports
Straight Talk: Is it safe for fireworks display at Glen Oak Park?
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Columns
The Watch: Outdoor dining in the works; Dunlap deals with confusion over social studies
by Terry Bibo • • 0 Comments
League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria observers attend and report on local government meetings.
West Peoria News: Practice parade on deck; WPFD funding on ballot
by April Silver • • 0 Comments
The community’s spirit of renewal echoes, bursting forth in building projects, St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, and a palpable quickening of the communal pulse as we ponder questions on the upcoming ballot
Arts Alerts: Check out cool comedy scene, new shows at Peoria Players, Cornstock and more
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Hilarious Heywood Banks brings his zany genius to Jukebox Comedy Club; Peoria Pops Orchestra playing St. Patrick’s Day set March 9 at ICC; Central Illinois Jazz Society presents John Miller & the Romaniacs on March 24 at Trailside Event Center
Imam Mahmood: Understand rather than dismiss
by Imam Mazhar Mahmood • • 0 Comments
As cancel culture undermines today’s intellectual exchange, foster productive conversations rich in diverse views
Nature Rambles: Chemicals trespass — some things are in the air
by Mike Miller • • 0 Comments
Herbicides and pesticides like Dicamba and 2,4-D are cross-contaminating neighboring crops and surrounding plant life. And we do not know what long-term effect this will have on our landscape
The Watch: County finds way to pay off Heddington Oaks; City pays for Pere parking; Dunlap discusses books
by Terry Bibo • • 0 Comments
League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria observers attend and report on local government meetings.
West Peoria News: To library or not library? That is the question …
by April Silver • • 0 Comments
Could West Peoria have its very own library with a new tax levy? Balancing access and interest with affordability of any project
Heat Waves — In Red & Black: U.S. mixing it up in War in Ukraine
by William Rau • • 2 Comments
Providing Ukraine with our military aid/technology also improves our own security. It allows the U.S. to restock what we send from our armories with new, often with more advanced, replacements. Have Republicans forgotten this?
Arts Alerts: Cool music scene for cabin fever; nice playbill at area theaters
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Revel in Red playing Five Points; ‘Something Rotten’ at Peoria Players; ‘Significant Other’ at Corn Stock; ICC Performing Arts Center doing ‘Women Playing ‘Hamlet’; Sam Miller will go at the Jukebox Comedy Club; ‘FRESH: New Directions in Contemporary Art’ at Riverfront Museum