References to the well-documented damage from coal and hydraulic fracturing are among changes made on the “Energy Kids” website. See article in ProPublica: https://www.propublica.org/article/childs-play-team-trump-rewrites-a-department-of-energy-website-for-kids   Examples of changes:   ** On a page dedicated to coal, the following sentences were deleted: “In the United States, most of the coal consumed is used as a fuel …

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BY CLARE HOWARD Hundreds of women, men and children lined both sides of Knoxville Avenue Saturday outside of Planned Parenthood to express support for the agency and for the right of women to reproductive health care choice. Passing cars honked support. At noon, the crowd numbered about 350 people. The Rev. Lynnda White supports Planned …

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file photo BY CLARE HOWARD Heated exchanges, anger and finger pointing erupted during a 2 ½-hour hearing Thursday in an ongoing case reexamining the 1970 murder conviction of Cleve Heidelberg for the shooting death of Peoria County Sheriff’s Deputy Ray Espinoza. On the stand during the entire proceeding was former prosecutor in the case Ron …

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Volunteer attorneys and paralegals will assist clients at Prairie State Legal Services this Saturday Feb. 11. 
Attorney and paralegal volunteers will staff a free Legal Advice Clinic  9 
a.m. to 12 p.m. Feb. 11 at Prairie State Legal Services, 331 Fulton Street, Suite 600 in Peoria. Clients applied for 
services through Prairie State Legal Services …

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STATEMENT of FRIENDS of RIVERFRONT PARK   The news that Caterpillar, Inc. is cancelling its downtown Peoria expansion raises new concerns about the proposed River Trail Apartments in Riverfront Park.   Friends of Riverfront Park believe that local taxpayers are facing new financial risks if those apartments are built.   Friends of Riverfront Park again …

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Cleve Heidelberg listened in court as his attorneys asked Peoria County Circuit Judge Albert Purham for Heidelberg’s immediate release after 47 years in prison. Later in the hearing, Heidelberg sat intently watching a two-hour videotaped deposition by Matt Clark testifying that his brother James Clark had confessed to the shooting murder of Peoria County Sheriff’s …

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January 27, 2017 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Peoria Branch Contact Person: Marvin Hightower, President Email: hmarvin864@gmail.com Phone: 614-309-8752 PEORIA NAACP TO HOST CANDIDATE FORUM FOR MAYORAL, TOWNSHIP SUPERVISOR RACES The Peoria NAACP will host a candidate forum for the City of Peoria mayoral and Peoria Township supervisor races at 6:00 p.m. on …

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League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria Program: Should There be Public Ownership of the Water Company? The Greater Peoria League of Women Voters will hold a program on public ownership of the water company on Thursday, February 2 at 6pm at the AMT Auditorium, 1718 N. Sterling Ave, Peoria. A panel from the League …

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Teresa Brockman holds her sign “Welcome the Stranger – Basically the Whole Bible” at the Peoria rally protesting Donald Trump’s immigration order. Peoria was one of scores of locations across the country with protest rallies over the weekend against President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration. Becca Taylor, organizer of the Peoria rally, said she …

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For immediate release Black Lives Matter Co-founder, Activist To Speak at Bradley   Peoria, IL – January 25, 2017 – Patrisse Cullors, a co-founder and national organizer of the Black Lives Matter movement​, will give a presentation at Bradley University on February 23. ​ Cullors will discuss her work as an activist, an artist, and a …

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