Stopping at the mall on a winter day, there were familiar sights, such as seniors enjoying a walk and a sense of community, illusion or not. … Northwoods is markedly different than years past, but there are no Illinois tumbleweeds bouncing through a virtual ghost town
Gordon: Parental guidance necessarily better than book bans by politicians
Op-Ed: Distillery Tax Increment Finance District must account for environmental justice
No added air and water pollution requiring new state or federal permits should be allowed in the Southside through the TIF. Definitely no carbon dioxide pipelines or carbon capture/sequestration equipment should be allowed because those could be a direct health and safety threat to the surrounding low-income and racial-minority neighborhoods.
Op-Ed: We at Peoria Academy are working for future of our humanities
We concur with John Hallwas, but offer hope for our future as well. We at Peoria Academy still believe, thoroughly, that “education should cultivate the individual for contributing to our democratic culture.”
Arts Alerts: Check out cool comedy scene, new shows at Peoria Players, Cornstock and more
Peace speech
Resolution for ceasefire is not city business
To us, this resolution made very little sense since it would have no bearing on the decisions made between Israel and Hamas, and is clearly not within the city of Peoria’s mission. Concerned citizens have ample opportunity to contact their elected officials in Washington, D.C.; these are the people who weigh in on this type of conflict.
Silence instead of ceasefire: The cost of neutrality
It was notable that calling for a ceasefire at the meeting was not characterized as a “Muslim thing” or an “Arab thing.” Rather, it was a universal humanitarian concern.
Health Department working remote during construction of new building
As the new Health and Human Services building is constructed, most of the child-based services, such as dental care, immunization and blood testing and the WIC program, as well for those with certain disabilities, are now available at 3521 N. California Ave. Adult-oriented clinical care like STI/HIV and TB testing and addiction treatment in addition to general practice are currently offered at the Human Service Center.
Imam Mahmood: Understand rather than dismiss
Inland Arts: Quilts covering the patchwork paths of life
Nature Rambles: Chemicals trespass — some things are in the air
The Watch: County finds way to pay off Heddington Oaks; City pays for Pere parking; Dunlap discusses books
West Peoria News: To library or not library? That is the question …
Paul Gordon: Seven deadly sins? Evangelicals choice does them all
What is even one saving grace of this guy? That he’s conveniently conservative? Doesn’t all the bad the man does (his lying, poor treatment of women, fraud, racism, support of fascist ideology) trump his claim he alone got Roe v. Wade overturned? None of this makes me feel our democracy would be safe in his hands; how about you?