Check out the Christmas Tree at City Hall and look for Boy Scouts Troop 11 as they carol through the city streets Dec. 16th and 18th, weather permitting
West Peoria News: Neighborhood cheer lighting up our lives
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Columns
The Watch: Peoria County reviews plans for jail improvement
by Terry Bibo • • 0 Comments
Options range from complete rebuild to upgrades/maintenance; City Council authorizes deal with GFL to build Landfill #3; Sanitary District reviewing treatment facility business; plus updates on ICC, Dunlap Dist. 323, Springdale Cemetery
The Watch: Dunlap 323 addresses affiliations with new training facility builders
by Terry Bibo • • 0 Comments
Vantage Architectural and construction management company Estes share common ownership, so the district will have two separate contracts
The Watch: Peoria City Council gets finance report, talks tobacco shop
by Terry Bibo • • 0 Comments
Revenues were slightly down, but on pace for year-end with sales tax and state income tax strong.
Heat Waves — In Red & Black: Are crucial currents shutting down; is tipping point close?
by William Rau • • 0 Comments
Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current helps regulate global temperatures; ice melt from ice sheets and decreases in salinity could create problems over course of decades, not centuries
Labor roundup: Postal Workers bargaining breaks down, union rallies
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Strike at Molson-Coors in Milwaukee; Teamsters split on non-endorsement of presidential candidates; Service Employees reach deal at University of Illinois; Shedd Aquarium workers unionize
Nature Rambles: Looking up to the sky with an eye on the long term
by Mike Miller • • 1 Comment
The Lion’s Den: Faith and freedom our saving grace
by Daniel McCloud • • 0 Comments
As the newly freed became more comfortable with their newfound religious freedoms, they took ownership of how they worshiped. Ministers and preachers began a new form of religious oration that included the familiar call and response that was often found in spirituals and songs and the ‘Ring Shouts,’ which originated in West Africa
Enrollment at ICC rebounds back to 2020 levels
by Terry Bibo • • 0 Comments
League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria observers attend and report on local government meetings
West Peoria News: Decking the town with fun and folly
by April Silver • • 0 Comments
Plenty is happening around West Peoria this November: Demolition almost complete so construction on new city hall can commence; Christmas Tree lighting Dec. 2