Three beloved teachers have been recently acknowledged in central Illinois. Two Illinois State University professors, Harold Boyd and Harold Gregor, in Bloomington-Normal; and in Peoria, Bradley’s Ken Hoffman. Although each of these artists are long retired, their influence is…
Heat Waves in Red & Black | SOO Green Line needs green light
Nature Rambles | Stench of sneaky snake still tantalizes senses
Serendipity | Money management starts with Mom & Dad
OP-ED: It might be just me walking with the Pottawatomies
The Watch | No secret City wants to stop violence
Labor roundup | Peoria Public Schools negotiations messy
Bargaining between teachers and Peoria Public Schools broke down last month, as the Peoria Federation of Teachers ended negotiations with District 150 by requesting federal mediation. “The PFT is pushing proposals that will better the school district and better the…
What are the odds this is COVID-iocy? New BA.5 variant may be most contagious as diligence in fight wanes
The Lion’s Den: Art imitating life as life imitates art like a Mockingbird
Straight Talk: Under lights, City gets it right; School Board in wrong fight
Dash of devotion
Have a beer, and a smile
Magic of brewing = alchemy of beer
Novelist Arthur C. Clarke wrote, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic,” and at a time when we marvel at images from the James Webb space telescope, much less cryptocurrency, it’s understandable to take for granted how beer is…
Real Talk | Peorians: Prepare for victory
Bearing witness to many of our challenges as of late, Peoria seems to be at a crossroads. A hot topic polarizing our community as of late is community crime and violence. Peoria is pushing records in shooting deaths per capita…
The Lion’s Den | U.S. Colored Troops true American heroes from front to back
The film “Glory” tells the story of the all-Black 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. The unit was the second African-American regiment, following the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Regiment, organized in the northern states during the Civil War. What is not…