By Burton Rabbe In the small towns, in the country, it is either marriage or war that we honor. The chickory here are sky blue. Paler than dress blue. Paler than gun blue. Paler than the bluebirds. The…
Music and Theater Roundup for October 2014
MUSIC/RoundUp Oct.5: Jim Breuer & Rich Aronovitch. 7 pm Limelight Eventple Oct.7: Carlos Santana, “The Corazon Tour.” Peoria Civic Center arena. Oct. 9: Don Williams. 7:30 pm Peoria Civic Center Theater. Oct.11: The Schwag, with Jaik Willis and The Sites.…
Neighborhood notes for October 2014
Peoria & neighborhoods at regional conference Peoria neighborhood leaders, City staff, and Peoria’s resident police officers attended Regional Neighborhood Network Conference, Richmond, Ind., Sept. 11-13. The purpose of the conference is to inform, educate, inspire residents to use what they…
Change 150 & District 150 goals collide; some wonder about direction of Peoria’s schools
America’s health lags behind comparable nations
Deceptive or Informative: Pro-choice and anti-choice people go toe-to-toe on North University
Community Word purchased by local group
White joint, black joint
It’s time for Lathan to go
Propaganda, not facts drives the GOP
As Peoria becomes more ‘New Urbanist,’ it needs to rethink how it offers mass transit
Roundup-ready weeds: Brought to you by Monsanto

by Herman Brockman The big ag pesticide/transgenic crop companies have undying faith in the “solve a problem created by our technology with yet more of our technology” principle. An example in the news of late (see, e.g. http://bigstory.ap.org/article/decision-could-boost-use-popular-weed-killer) is Dow…