City officials have started discussing new deal with Advanced Medical Transport behind scenes, and beyond public eye
Medical transport talks on Peoria pact initiated
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Friends of WTVP asking questions about our public television station
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Grassroots group is pushing for the board’s resignation, the transparent installation of new board members, and the appointment of an executive director also on the board
New WTVP chairman John Wieland says he’s sorry
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WCBU reports local businessman says he has a plan to restore ‘trust and enthusiasm’ in public television station. He says 11 board members resigned ‘not because the board didn’t do what they were supposed to do when the misuse was identified. They did the appropriate steps. But the optics were not healthy’
Bradley University finalizes cuts in curriculum
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Fifteen programs — business law, religious studies, statistics — will be cut; 61 faculty spots on chopping block
Enrich our Earth: Community composting ‘great’ for the health of our soil, our food, our people — our planet
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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.
Bill Knight: Price-fixing? EGGS-actly
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Straight Talk: Christmas sings ‘support Israel’
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More than 200 people raised their voices under the direction of the talented Lee Wenger with wife Denise Adams at the grand piano and son Christopher on guitar. That was almost double the audience’s size last year when we resurrected the community event.
Fluddle follow: Farmers finding productive uses for wetlands
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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
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New FBI data released recently shows crime rates have fallen to pre-COVID-19 pandemic numbers
Labor roundup: Unionists blast Hamas, push cease-fire
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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…