Peoria Democratic Socialists of America are sponsoring a bowl-a-thon from 3 to 5 p.m. May 4 at Roxy’s Lanes, 114 N. 3rd St., Pekin to support reproductive rights and make abortion more accessible in the state of Illinois. Money raised will go to the Chicago Abortion Fund which provides financial assistance for anyone, Illinois residents and …
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For Immediate Release FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: January 21, 2019 Rita Ali, Chair, (309) 256-3300 Judy Page Receives MLK Commemorative Service Leadership Award The King Holiday Committee of Peoria presented its annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Service Leadership Award and MLK Drum Major Awards at the 35th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, …
RESCHEDULED TO 11 A.M. MARCH 9 OUTSIDE GATEWAY BUILDING, DOWNTOWN PEORIA For more information: Nancy Long nclong405@yahoo.com (309)868-9400 Jean Sloan fortuunate@gmail.com (309) 678-8099 The Third Annual Women’s Rally and March will take place beginning at 10:40 AM on Saturday, Jan. 19 outside at the Gateway Building in downtown Peoria, IL. The organizers of the march …
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For immediate release A meeting to craft strategy to save Peoria Public Radio from vanishing has been scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 5, at Lakeview Library, 1137 W. Lake Ave., Peoria. Concerned citizens are convening the meeting and the public is invited. According to news media reports, Bradley University plans to merge Peoria …
Community Word has written about the wheat at Janie’s Farm Organics and how different it is from other commercially available wheat. Now that the Mill at Janie’s Farm Organics is up and operating, distribution is expanding and this month Naturally Yours at Metro Centre in Peoria began carrying the flour — just in time …
BY CLARE HOWARD Approval of a city budget with elimination of more than three dozen union positions and implementation of a special fee on top of property-taxes triggered scrutiny by officials with AFSCME who reported they found an undisclosed $30 million fund. “It was behind a firewall,” said Sherry Carter-Allen, retired president of Local 3464 …
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