Applications are available to Peoria homeowners and property owners who want a dusk-to-dawn alley light installed on their house or garage. The City has earmarked money for the purchase and installation of 100 lights. There is no fee for citizens…
PDC to Host Public Program On Plans to Expand Waste Landfill on April 7th
Peoria Disposal Company will host a public program on their plans for expanding the Peoria City/County Municipal Waste Landfill. They are proposing a piggy-back addition to the existing municipal waste landfill cell No. 2 rather than closing No. 2 and…
Peoria City/County Health Department Celebrates National Public Health Week
Since 1995, communities across the country have celebrated the first full week of April as National Public Health Week. This year during April 4-10, 2011, the Peoria City/County Health Department will celebrate the contributions of public health and highlight issues…
Voters Excited for Spring Elections!
Peoria voters are coming out to support their candidates for city council and school board elections. When I asked stay-at-home-mom Maria Graves, 42, why she felt it was important to cast her vote on the Peoria School Board ballot this…
Japan in Crisis: Central Illinois Organizations Provide Relief Across the Globe
Japanese citizens affected by the tsunami and earthquake were greeted with humanitarian efforts to alleviate basic needs concerns, due to other areas of the world donating funds to the cause. Following the catastrophe, horror and panic shown across television screens,…
The Tax Deadline Looms!
Are taxes causing you anxiety? Even with the extended tax deadline, April 18 will be here sooner than you think. Seeking professional tax help may be your best option. Jackson Hewitt Area Manager Mary Jo Roberts says that Jackson Hewitt…
Happy Spring
Peoria Theater’s Updated Show Listings with Additional Event Listings
Current Showings Somewhere–Academy Award winner Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation) directs this film about a Hollywood actor Johnny Marco, nested in his luxury hotel of choice. Drinking, parties, and women keep a creeping boredom under wraps in between Johnny’s job…
Peoria Theater’s Updated Show Listings with Additional Event Listings Current Showings
Somewhere—Academy Award winner Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation) directs this film about a Hollywood actor Johnny Marco, nested in his luxury hotel of choice. Drinking, parties, and women keep a creeping boredom under wraps in between Johnny’s job choices. He…
March Events Listing Through March 26th
March 23rd—Proctor Hospital Sponsors: “The Free Medicare Help Desk”— from 9:00 – 11:00 am in the Lobby at Proctor Hospital. No appointment is needed. To call or register: (309) 691-1070. March 25th—“Zoo After Dark” – from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.…
Peoria Theater’s Updated Show Listings with Additional Event Listings
Current Showings Somewhere–Academy Award winner Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation) directs this film about a Hollywood actor Johnny Marco, nested in his luxury hotel of choice. Drinking, parties, and women keep a creeping boredom under wraps in between Johnny’s job…
March Events Listing Through March 20th
March 1st through March 24th—“In Plane View/Abstractions of Flight”—Times and Admission TBA announced. For more information, contact Lakeview Museum for details on the event’s announcement for times and admission. March 17th—St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be held in Downtown Peoria…
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Peoria police deserve praise
Have you noticed how quickly Peoria police are capturing the bad guys? One robbery after another and one killing after another, police wind up nabbing the culprits. And folks, these are really bad, bad, people. Too many young thugs are…
In Peoria, one of the most obvious places the economy affects us is in the restaurant business
The economy isn’t an abstract and government shouldn’t “operate as a business.”Economic woes affect employers and workers, consumers and kids, retirees and almost everyone in a community, a nation – now, a world. And government doesn’t exist to mimic corporations…
Seize the Seasons: Remembering the spiritual aspets of outhouses
Every once in a while something in a newspaper jumps right out at you. Some time back there were some Amish folks who were told by local authorities to desist from using outhouses. They attempted to defend this practice claiming…
City clerk caught using city email to pass along racist jokes
Peoria City Clerk Mary Haynes used her official city email address to forward a racially insensitive email to a Florida official. The Coastal Star, a newspaper with an online community-based Web site, reported that a Highland Beach town clerk was…
Observing Women’s History Month!
by Dolores M. Klein, Peoria, IL Once again, Susan B. Anthony’s birthday, February 15th, a state holiday, got lost in between Lincoln’s birthday and President’s Day. We can hope that dedicated teachers pick up the observance and discuss with their…
Today’s Piracy – Nothing New
By Ed Klein, Peoria, IL Does the name Glubb Pasha ring any bells? I thought not. However, the increasing incidence of piracy in the Chinese and Arabian seas brought to mind an article I read in an issue of Holiday…
The Un-lived Life of Russell Stone. a novelette, part three
Rachel must place a call to the widow of Mr. Stone who passed away late last night, but she can’t pick up the phone. The conversations she had just weeks ago with Mrs. Stone are still churning in her gut.…
His day and his heart are overflowing
Cooking lunch each weekday for some 375 people and delivering those meals is a formidable job. Dedicated drivers like Ron Walster help make it possible. About 9:00 every weekday morning, he leaves his comfortable home in Bartonville for the 15-minute…
West Peoria news for March 2011
The early election for the Consolidated Election is March 18th, 2011 at West Peoria City Hall. Voting time will be from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. On April 5th 2011, the Consolidated Election voting will be at polling precincts according…