There’s a way to address the common human activities of discarding food, which results in dramatic methane emissions, especially from landfills — composting; and the Peoria area has a convenient, simple way to make a big difference: community composting.
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Bill Knight: Price-fixing? EGGS-actly
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Straight Talk: Christmas sings ‘support Israel’
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Fluddle follow: Farmers finding productive uses for wetlands
by Mike Miller • • 0 Comments
This film captured the recent efforts by farmers are deciding to restore wetlands as part of a new way of managing their agricultural operations. Their restored wetlands are quickly becoming oasis for migratory birds, aquatic invertebrates, and amphibians
Believe it: Violent crime is actually dropping
by Bill Knight • • 0 Comments
New FBI data released recently shows crime rates have fallen to pre-COVID-19 pandemic numbers
Labor roundup: Unionists blast Hamas, push cease-fire
by Community Word Staff • • 1 Comment
With the Middle East war continuing, and with Israeli military entering Gaza to try to oust Hamas forces, union leaders from the AFL-CIO, the Service Employees and the Government Employees back Israeli’s response to Hamas’s attacks. Meanwhile, more than 240…
Straight Talk: Disappointing decisions by execs at BU
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Auditor’s case vs. Peoria County may be ending
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West Peoria News: A look back on 2023 with an eye on 2024 and City Hall
by April Silver • • 0 Comments
Bill Knight: Portrait of Mark Clark as a young Peorian
by Bill Knight • • 0 Comments
Fifty-four years ago Mark Clark was shot to death in raid by police on Black Panthers’ headquarters in Chicago. This year the recollection is more intense. One of Mark’s sister, Gloria, in her book “Mark Clark: Soul of a Black Panther,” wrote of her “concerted effort to make sure that Mark’s legacy is never forgotten nor lost to future generations.”