Area favorite musical by Edith Barnard will include Mayor Rita Ali, Ray LaHood and George Stelluto
Features
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
Who’s watching WTVP — who’s not?
by Bill Knight • • 1 Comment
New WTVP Channel 47 CEO Jenn Gordon says public TV station will be more open and positive under her watch
Peoria Reads: A personal invitation
by Community Word Staff • • 0 Comments
Peoria Public Library is encouraging everybody to read “Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard” by Douglas W. Tallamy in conjunction with Library Week
WCBU gives you news for everyday people
by Bill Knight • • 1 Comment
Merger between Bradley, Illinois State has allowed public radio station to provide content that is hard to find around central Illinois anymore; that includes its website