John Kelly, who was voted to City Council with Rita Ali, throwing his hat into ring for April election
West Peoria News: Our beautiful trees are more than just scenery
Peoria Garden Club celebrating 100th anniversary; Peoria Rugby Club helping start a program in West Peoria; Troop 11 Ice Cream Social this month
BILL KNIGHT: SAVE our students from crippling debt, help boost economy
Republican states blocking administration efforts to ease burden of student loans; but there’s an easy fix that helps both those with loans and taxpayers
PAUL GORDON: Energy to boot Joe needs to shift focus to MAGA manifestos
Kamala Harris takes over for Joe Biden to lead Democratic ticket against Donald Trump in one ugly season of politics; research Project 2025 and Agenda47
OP-ED: Ranked Choice Voting gives more power back to the electorate
“Should the State of Illinois adopt ranked choice voting — a system which gives voters the opportunity to rank multiple choices in a process that ensures the winner has gained approval by the majority of voters, allows voters to vote their true preference, gets rid of the ‘spoiler effect,’ and encourages more positive campaigning — for statewide and federal elections.”
OP-ED: Bodily autonomy or not?
HB3000 filed to eliminate COVID vaccine mandate. Do reasons for choosing not to get vaccinated apply to other areas involving our bodies?
American Doom lurks among us: Beware extremist terror
Arrest of right-wing extremist Dalton Mattus in Pekin last May after he was found with pipe bombs reveals real threat of terrorism among us
JUSTIN GLAWE: Who’s ready for civil war?
Online hysteria spawned by conspiracy theory web feeds are creating ‘human political bombs’ among our friends and neighbors
Storm warning: 50 years of tornado science
Data shows that climate change has moved Illinois into heart of Tornado Alley with 141 twisters in Tri-County area since 1950
Inland Art: Salt, fire, ceramics
Professor Randall Carlson has been running the kilns with care for Bradley University. His salt firing demands constant monitoring, precise adjustments, and extensive preparation to deliver earthy tones, with traces of copper and iron
WCBU: Protection in Peoria for Planned Parenthood
Radio station there as Rep. Eric Sorenson joins area lawmakers at reopening of fire-bombed clinic
Labor roundup: UAW cries foul with Mercedes-Benz
Union claims automaker interfered with vote; second Portillo’s, another Starbucks, unionize; doctors in Delaware file union paperwork
Straight Talk: Get out, and go to the Heart of Illinois Fair
The 75th edition is scheduled for July 16-20 at Exposition Gardens. And I can remember when it all started in 1945 when the group Peoria District Fair purchased 160 acres of the Walter Poppen Farm and completed the incredible ‘Operation Earthmoving’
Book review: ‘Trailer Park Rules’ captures spirit of working class
‘Trailer Park Rules’ by Michelle Teheux has a pleasantly unpredictable plot that is a lively read: sometimes silly, sad or surprising, and always engaging.
The Lion’s Den: This land began Native American
‘Paper Genocide’ inflicted by our colonial government long ago relegated Native Americans to reservations
Reflections from a Hindu Perspective: Re-election of Indian P.M. Modi important for USA
Economic and strategic relationships bolster status of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue between the U.S., India, Japan, and Australia in future of world affairs
Be aware, there’s a new bird flu out there
No cases have been detected in Illinois yet, but at least three dairy workers nationwide have been infected with H5N1, which seems to pass from species to species
Nature Rambles: Seventeen-year, 13-year and annual cicadas, oh my
As the dog days will be soon upon us, it’s a great time to tie up some loose ends from past Nature Rambles and look forward to what the future will bring us … like cicadas, bird counts and my red-headed neighbor
Heat Waves — In Red & Black: Further thoughts on angst of our climate scientists
Politics of the issue makes it very difficult to combat increasingly devastating impacts to society on horizon
WTVP probe(s) wrapping up
Public-TV station learning from lessons learned the past year. Meanwhile, business at the annual meeting included changing one board member, retaining a second who’ll continue as treasurer, and losing a key employee to retirement.
The Watch: Solar farms on horizon; police cams on lookout
City of Peoria approved $100,000 to purchase drone equipment for police department and $7.9 million request for Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) control project in District 1. County approves bridge replacement on Princeville Cemetery Road and erosion control expenditures along Dry Run Creek.