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Freight Volume Up In Peoria More Growth Projected: Noise and Safety Issues Raised
by Clare Howard • • 0 Comments
Pictures rattle on the walls and plates shake in the cabinets at Joann and Galen Siscoe’s home a dozen times each day when freight trains pass on the tracks about 75 feet from their front door. The couple has lived…
Offbeat but not off-balance: Peoria’s NYT bestselling author/illustrator Skottie Young
by Bill Knight • • 0 Comments
New York Times best-selling graphic novelist and Peoria illustrator Skottie Young might be offbeat, but he’s not off-balance. Whether work and fun, his job and his family, or words and pictures, Young is about balance, despite a visual style that’s…
Canadian Tar Sands Pipeline A Threat to Mahomet Aquifer, Scientist Contends
by Clare Howard • • 0 Comments
Central Illinois is now a major transportation route for Canadian Tar Sands crude oil, with Enbridge Inc. sending up to 880,000 barrels a day through pipeline constructed above the Mahomet Aquifer. The Mahomet supplies ground water for residents in 14…
UNDER THE RADAR: Tar Sands Oil Pipeline Here; Central Illinois Volume Greater Than Keystone XL
by Clare Howard • • 1 Comment
While debate over Keystone XL engulfs Congress and the White House, farmers in the Congerville-Goodfield area find themselves sitting atop a river of Canadian Crude Tar Sands oil that eclipses the volume projected for the controversial proposed pipeline to the…
Country music trend sparks pushback
by Bill Knight • • 0 Comments
Counting on Miranda Lambert’s Feb. 21 concert at the Civic Center Arena to feature some version of “Somethin’ Bad,” her hit duet with Carrie Underwood, is like hoping for comic Rodney Carrington to stroll over from his performance in the…
West Peoria News for February 2015
by Sharon McBride • • 0 Comments
There have been personnel changes in the township’s trustees. John Powell was appointed to replace Marsha Miller after her move to Galena that resulted in her resignation. Kelly Abraham announced that she is retiring from her position and will be…
Contraceptive counseling by zip code
by Clare Howard • • 0 Comments
Contraceptives are accessible to some Peoria women, not all Teen-aged girls in some areas of Peoria have more than twice the pregnancy rate as their counterparts nationwide but limited access to long-term contraceptives. Overall, the teen pregnancy rate in the…
Poverty and homelessness up, but not ‘criminalized’ here
by Bill Knight • • 2 Comments
As winter temperatures drop, homeless people may be more visible, either scrambling on the streets to find emergency shelter or seeking momentary refuge in public spaces like libraries. Homelessness and the poverty that can drive it continue. In a 2014…
West Peoria News for January 2015
by Sharon McBride • • 0 Comments
Peoria County Deputy James Middlemas will become police officer for the City of West Peoria on duty Tuesday through Saturday from 6:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. beginning Jan. 5, 2015. We are fortunate to have a day officer on duty.…