No cases have been detected in Illinois yet, but at least three dairy workers nationwide have been infected with H5N1, which seems to pass from species to species
Nature Rambles: Seventeen-year, 13-year and annual cicadas, oh my
As the dog days will be soon upon us, it’s a great time to tie up some loose ends from past Nature Rambles and look forward to what the future will bring us … like cicadas, bird counts and my red-headed neighbor
Heat Waves — In Red & Black: Further thoughts on angst of our climate scientists
Politics of the issue makes it very difficult to combat increasingly devastating impacts to society on horizon
WTVP probe(s) wrapping up
Public-TV station learning from lessons learned the past year. Meanwhile, business at the annual meeting included changing one board member, retaining a second who’ll continue as treasurer, and losing a key employee to retirement.
The Watch: Solar farms on horizon; police cams on lookout
City of Peoria approved $100,000 to purchase drone equipment for police department and $7.9 million request for Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) control project in District 1. County approves bridge replacement on Princeville Cemetery Road and erosion control expenditures along Dry Run Creek.
West Peoria News: Summer celebrations build strong bonds
The West Peoria Fourth of July Parade is the true star of the summer. It’s been going strong for 52 years and is joyful showcase of everything that makes West Peoria unique. But the fun doesn’t stop there …
PEORIA ACADEMY JOURNALISM CLUB: HB2998 To monitor or not to monitor assisted living homes
Would you like to be monitored for abuse prevention reasons if you or someone else can’t monitor you? HB2998 would be a positive. However, regarding privacy, I don’t think monitoring is fair to people who don’t like being watched
BILL KNIGHT: Campus protests are less rites of passage than rites of passions
I hope this year’s student activists make a difference, endure difficulties, and find common ground with their current antagonists. As the Chambers Brothers sang in 1967, ‘Time Has Come Today.’
EMILY GILL: Eradicating right to abortion Supreme dilemma in the First
If the Supreme Court thought that by eradicating the right to abortion, the states would figure things out and the justices would no longer be plagued by cases dealing with abortion, they miscalculated.
PAUL GORDON: Convictions sad scenario for U.S. history
Decision to run for president, after all the trials and debates and elections are said and done, may very well have been undoing for Donald Trump
Will GFL build a landfill?
Canadian disposal company’s owner Patrick Dovigi guarding the goal of GFL’s obligation in Peoria County waste management
Timeline for GFL and its CEO
Landfill #3 was anticipated to be in operation by this year, but it’s not even started. In April, Peoria County served GFL a breach-of-contract notice, but weeks later GFL representatives, including Dovigi, reportedly said it honors its contracts.
ARTS ALERTS: ‘Through a Feminine Lens’ this month at Foster Gallery; ‘Streets Belong to Me’ on July 3 at Glen Oak; ‘The Little Mermaid’ at Peoria Players; Corn Stock presents ‘Oliver’
Nathan Taylor & Friends performing July 12 at Contemporary Art Center; Tres Rojas Winery featuring Barry Cloyd on on July 19; Dave Hoffman & Friends return to the CIJS stage at Trailside Event center on July 21; ‘Fragrance of Praise’ gospel show featuring Darius D. Darling and others, scheduled for July 26 at the 3300 Event Center.
Inland Art: Historical works in Peoria
Sixtieth Rennick Exhibition part of annual way Historical Society puts Peoria on display
Nature Rambles: Snakes! On the road
LaRue-Pine Hills area at Shawnee National Forest is place to be to see up to 26 species of serpents
Finally, Big Oil facing days in court
There are more than 30 cases filed by state attorneys general, cities, counties and tribal nations against companies including Exxon Mobil, BP and Shell. Many show oil companies’ own research projecting the dangers of climate change decades ago, after which the industry denied the threat and attacked scientific consensus about the crisis
State releasing grant to WTVP
Sen. Koehler helps release more than $300,000 that could soon help public TV station address some of its infrastructure and technological needs
Heat Waves — In Red & Black: Survey says scientists fear climate chaos
‘We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator,’ — António Guterres, United Nations Secretary General
The Lion’s Den: Labels have helped us feed our narratives
The evolution of African American after a tug of war to define and maintain our identity. Moving from Colored to Negro to Black and African American.
Letters: Funding the war machine, Speaker Johnson, is the easy part
“We have always been at war with Eurasia,” — 1984, George Orwell
West Peoria News: Breakout summer in works
Construction begins on new City Hall; public safety top priority on the agenda for Summer 2024
Straight Talk: Whirled around: Mighty, mighty 1290 is just not anymore
Plus parents, guns and responsibility; Kansas City kicker speaks his mind; and sincere condolences to the Elliotts