COVID has become more and more ‘commonplace’, but the virus is still a danger so consider getting the jabs
Isn’t it time to get our shot together?
by Bill Knight • • 0 Comments
Features
In the beginning, she was the Word and the Word was hers
by Brian Ludwig • • 2 Comments
Local provocateur Patricia Kenny — New Yorker, Irishwoman born into English aristocracy transplanted in Peoria — founded the West Bluff Word, which fueled her fire for civil disobedience
WCBU: City stance on encampments ‘Dangerous step backwards’
by Joe Deacon of WCBU, Peoria Public Radio • • 3 Comments
‘A Flood of Creatures’ is back in the forecast with another star-studded cast for October
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Area favorite musical by Edith Barnard will include Mayor Rita Ali, Ray LaHood and George Stelluto
Prison state: $900M locked up in Illinois
by Brian Ludwig • • 2 Comments
Judge rules Stateville inmates must be moved despite plans to rebuild prison as well as Logan; but some of those inmates have better ideas for what to do with the money
American Doom lurks among us: Beware extremist terror
by Justin Glawe • • 0 Comments
Arrest of right-wing extremist Dalton Mattus in Pekin last May after he was found with pipe bombs reveals real threat of terrorism among us
Straight Talk: Get out, and go to the Heart of Illinois Fair
by Roger Monroe • • 0 Comments
The 75th edition is scheduled for July 16-20 at Exposition Gardens. And I can remember when it all started in 1945 when the group Peoria District Fair purchased 160 acres of the Walter Poppen Farm and completed the incredible ‘Operation Earthmoving’
Will GFL build a landfill?
by Bill Knight • • 2 Comments
Canadian disposal company’s owner Patrick Dovigi guarding the goal of GFL’s obligation in Peoria County waste management
Nature Rambles: NoMow this month of May
by Mike Miller • • 0 Comments
The movement originated in the U.K. as a method of encouraging people to allow their native meadows to grow to provide habitat for their native species of birds and insects
‘Mission’ is the key priority for WTVP
by Bill Knight • • 1 Comment
Community Word with WTVP board chairman John Wieland to discuss how the public television station picked its new board members, how it got back on its financial feet and the future of the organization