“Making a Killing: Guns, Greed and the NRA” drew an audience of about 50 people Thursday evening at a free public screening at Peoria Public Library North Branch. In the audience were both gun advocates and gun safety advocates. The documentary seeks common ground between those two groups. The free public screening was co-sponsored by …
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In his remarks at a recent Peace for Peoria event at the Civic Center, Caterpillar Inc. CEO Doug Oberhelman said his company is successful not just due to its products but also due to its diverse workforce. “It’s because we welcome employees, customers, dealers, suppliers and contractors without regard to race, religion, national origin, color, …
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Ruth Moser, chef and manager at Mika’s Bistro, 112 S. Main St., Eureka, cooks using produce raised without chemicals by Henry Brockman on his nearby farm. Moser, a graduate of the culinary school at Joliet Junior College, has cooked in hotels around the country and in Switzerland. The former pastry chef is now back …
Cleve Heidelberg has been in prison for 45 years, always maintaining his innocence in the murder of Peoria County Sheriff’s Sgt. Raymond Espinoza. His case will now be reviewed by an associate judge in the Tenth Judicial Circuit Court. A petition seeking a special prosecutor for Heidelberg has been assigned to Judge Kirk Schoenbein. Six …
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Attorneys Don Jackson, left, and Andy Hale speak at a press conference Thursday announcing a court petition they filed seeking a special prosecutor to re-examine the murder conviction of Cleve Heidelberg who has been in prison since 1970. What could prove to be one of Peoria’s most egregious criminal prosecutions was dissected, analyzed …
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Knox College’s spring EquiKnox Lecture will feature a discussion on the herbicide atrazine and its impact on the environment, especially how it adversely affects frogs. Biologist Tyrone Hayes, a professor at University of California-Berkeley who is known for his research on the subject, will present the lecture at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, in Kresge …
PEORIA RESIDENTS To Join Hundreds to Rally in Springfield for Clean Energy and Climate Action for Earth Day Citizens from Across Illinois Will Voice Support for Illinois Clean Jobs Bill (HB 2607/SB1485) WHAT: Caravan of Peoria residents heading to Springfield to demand clean jobs and climate action; support Illinois Clean Jobs Bill WHEN: Thursday, …
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The League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria is sponsoring two final redistricting events on Wednesday, April 20 from 11 am to 1 pm. Both will take place at the two Thirty-thirty Coffee locations, at 5901 N Prospect Rd #7 in Junction City and 734 Main St. in downtown Peoria. Registered voters can sign the …
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