BY ZACHARY GITTRICH A common refrain among the anti-immigrant crowd is “Well, if only they’d come the right way, they wouldn’t have these problems,” referring to the threat of deportation/removal by Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE). As if this absolves the Federal government of kidnapping children from their parents. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has stated …
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The grass landing strip at the Havana Regional Airport will be a busy one on Saturday, June 23 when the local flying club hosts their 12th annual Fly In and Pancake Breakfast. The airport is just six miles south of Havana on Route 97, The public is invited to come and enjoy a breakfast of …
The Rev. Marvin Hightower, president of the Peoria NAACP, answers questions during a press conference Friday expressing disappointment over police commendations of valor given to six officers involved in the shooting death of Eddie Russell Jr. BY CLARE HOWARD Words were not hurled in anger or indignation. They were employed with cutting precision. And …
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The League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria will discuss welcoming cities at its Drinks and Dialogue event 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 16 at the Lariat Steakhouse, 2232 West Glen Ave. In a time when so much in our country seems not to be working, we not only need to focus on …
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BY LAWRENCE MAUSHARD “I feel like in heaven. It’s like heaven, really, in Peoria,” explained Mohammad Mohammad, 29, during a conversation on Main Street near Sheridan Road. Now that’s something you don’t hear everyday. A native of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, Mohammad has lived in central Illinois since 2001. “It’s way better than …
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CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHILD ABUSE CASES RISING Pediatric Resource Center September 26th event helps with growing need PEORIA, Ill. (Sept. 3, 2015) The Pediatric Resource Center continues to see an increasing number of children who are suspected victims of abuse. As the number of victims continue to grow each year so does the need …
Crossposted from The Community Word You can’t really tell right now, but there have been tremendous changes to the Community Word Online. This site’s publishing platform — the guts of the site — has been upgraded from WordPress Mu 1.2.4 to WPMu 2.8.4a. What that means is added functionality and most importantly, immunity to a …
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The not-for-profit organization Look. It’s My Book! is partnering with the Peoria Public Library in its last distribution of books for the year at 9: 30 a.m. on Thursday, May 21, at Irving Grade School, 519 NE Glendale, Peoria. A teacher and child will be available and willing to speak about the importance of the …
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State Rep. Jehan Gordon (D-Peoria) is reminding her constituents that she has established traveling office hours in five locations throughout the 92nd District aimed at providing maximum access to the services her office provides. “When I took office, I made a commitment to be as accessible to the people who elected me as I can …
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Longtime community leader Arthur Mae Perkins will be recognized with the Common Place Love In Action Award at the 3rd annual Common Place Love in Action Award Dinner at the Pere Marquette Hotel on Tuesday, June 9. Common Place, a social service organization whose mission is to strive to eliminate the root causes of poverty …
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