After another light-hearted April Fools Day and the cheery promise of April showers’ importance to May flowers, the deadline for filing federal income tax returns (April 18 this year) can be a dark day, rekindling people’s resentment about taxes generally,…
Meet the candidates: CW Election Primer looks at 10 candidates for five seats on Peoria City Council
The Watch: COVID Emergency Declaration coming to close; election April 4
West Peoria News: Thanks so much, Sharon, we’ll take over from here
Heat waves in Red & Black: CO2 pipeline for Peoria? Who Benefits?
Inland Art: Bradley International a remarkable exhibition on display throughout the city
Nature Rambles: Skunk cabbage a stinky sign we are warming up for spring
Labor notes: Situation ripe for UAW workers at CAT to strike
A United Auto Workers work stoppage at Caterpillar Inc. is possible March 1, hours after the previous contract expires — the same day the UAW international runoff-election vote count starts — possibly resulting in more leadership changes. Affected are some…
Letter to the editor: Jan. 30, 2023: Martyr’s Day in India
Dr. Mandar Pattekar’s article in the last Community Word gave a good review of how indigenous and ancient traditions have been persecuted and all but wiped out around the world, especially under imperial regimes. The United States allowed slavery to…
Bill Knight: Bird flu and inflation has hatched excuses to jack up egg prices
The Lion’s Den: Afrofuturism — The Final Frontier is only the beginning to a long voyage
Pleasant Valley schools a home away from home
West Peoria News: I bid farewell to make way for April
Arts Alerts: BU Homecoming Concert at St. Mark’s, Jazz Society at Trailside; new shows at Players, Cornstock; Art Guild camp registration open, vintage hats at Historical Society
Straight Talk: Rivermen, Bradley basketball on thin ice at Civic Center
The Watch: Peoria City Council addresses issues with Dunlap, development
Solid pay overdue: Library employees just getting by
More than 91% of employees at the Peoria Public Library are living “paycheck to paycheck,” according to a survey of staff this winter. What’s arguably worse for them — and maybe embarrassing for the City of Peoria and taxpayers –…