Manfred Katz, a Holocaust survivor, places some of the last of six million buttons into the outdoor memorial designed to symbolize the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust. Katz was the keynote speaker at the dedication on Sunday April 23 at Peoria Riverfront Museum. See the Community Word interview with Katz here: http://thecommunityword.com/online/blog/2017/03/31/remember-evil/
Clockwise from top left: About 30 students from Spoon River College attended the rally for science at the Gateway Building in Peoria. Marlene Brockman holds a sign in support of Earth. A crowd that grew to about 500 attended the Peoria science rally Saturday. BY CLARE HOWARD Science is not a partisan issue but is …
During his Feb. 28 hearing, Cleve Heidelberg walks slowly to the witness stand and for the first time in 47 years is able to testify under oath about his innocence. BY CLARE HOWARD Hill Correctional Center, the state prison in Galesburg where Cleve Heidelberg was incarcerated, determined it could no longer hold him following a …
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clockwise from top left: Marcella Teplitz, private investigator on the Cleve Heidelberg case, joins an emotional huddle following the judge’s ruling to vacate Heidelberg’s conviction. Cleve Heidelberg turns to smile at his sister, Mae Winston, after the judge’s ruling. Attorney Amy Hijjawi wipes her eyes after Heidelberg’s conviction was vacated. Attorney Andy Hale, left, introduces …
Top left: Theresa Brockman holds a sign at the “Build Bridges” rally in Peoria. Top right: Becca Taylor, organizer of the “Build Bridges” rally addresses more than 200 people at the event at the Gateway Building in Peoria. Bottom left: Chicago Alderman Ameya Pawar, a Democratic candidate for Illinois governor in 2018, said nothing good results when public …
Cleve Heidelberg leans back and watches Matt Jones during his closing arguments telling the judge Heidelberg had his day in court, a jury found him guilty and there is no new evidence to exonerate him. Heidelberg has been in prison for 47 years for the shooting death of a white sheriff’s deputy, a case his …
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U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., expressed fear for the human and economic toll if Congress proceeds with a Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. BY CLARE HOWARD Minutes before U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan announced he couldn’t deliver majority support and postponed the vote to replace the Affordable Care Act, …
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The sixth annual Native American Spring Gathering is scheduled for Saturday March 18 at Dickson Mounds Museum. “Celebrate, honor and remember the gifts of our ancestors,” is the purpose of activities throughout the day. Activities start at 11 a.m. and include a heritage program at 2 p.m., a pipe ceremony at 3:15 p.m. and a …
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Cleve Heidelberg walks slowly to the witness stand — for the first time in nearly 47 years able to testify under oath about his innocence. BY CLARE HOWARD For the first time in nearly 47 years, Cleve Heidelberg testified under oath Tuesday about events before and after Peoria County Sheriff’s Deputy Ray Espinoza was shot …
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Sid Ruckriegel, left, chairman of the board of Peoria Riverfront Museum, speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the relocation of the Peoria Holocaust Memorial. Dignitaries and elected officials line up, shovels in hand, for the groundbreaking on an unseasonably mild Sunday afternoon in February. BY CLARE HOWARD After 11 years at Shoppes at Grand Prairie, …
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