Visible barriers, reducing reflection can help save some of billions of birds crashing into windows
Nature Rambles: Help fight bird mortality through the looking glass
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Features
The Lion’s Den: Black Horror films mirror minority life and its horrific reality
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The Jordan Peele book ‘Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror’ and documentary ‘Horror Noir: A History of Black Horror’ illustrate why the Black guy was first to die in Hollywood
Big bash restores faith in Madison Theater
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Bell tolls for polls
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Myriad voting concerns, disinformation are depressing election-judge numbers, according to the Peoria Election Commission
Are our hospital prices complete? Watchdog weighs in
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Patient Rights Advocate claims local hospitals Carle, OSF are noncompliant; price data hard to find
Need help managing money? Use the Busey Bank Bridge
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Bridge Center on SW Adams is a ‘financial literacy lab’ looking to be beacon of hope in community banking. It emphasizes the little things that can make a difference — encouraging prudent practices and cautioning about how mountains of debt can be created from the molehills of credit cards, money orders and payday loans.
RODGER THAT: You’re either a Finch or ‘your’ a Ewell
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If we learned one thing from Jan. 6, 2021, it’s why they are not called the “Proud Men.” … I’m far less likely to be shot during a robbery or home invasion than during a heated debate over concealed carry. … If you “fact check” Shakira’s “Hips Don’t Lie” it comes back “Pants on fire.”
Nature Rambles: ‘Fluddle Stompers’ flock to unique puddle ponds
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If there is ample rain to create fluddles, many of the shorebirds {sandpipers, plovers, and their kin) will drop into these fleeting pools to feed during the day.
The Lion’s Den: Our children can feel difference between what’s good and bad
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Historic “Doll Tests” conducted by Dr. Kenneth and Mamie Clark in New York helped Americans realize disadvantages of segregation across the nation
New Graceland senior center here to help us live life together
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Graceland Center for Purposeful Living here to help older adults “Age with Vitality.” Check out the Life Together Center from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesdays