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
Politics of the issue makes it very difficult to combat increasingly devastating impacts to society on horizon
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.
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.
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 …
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
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.’
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.
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
Canadian disposal company’s owner Patrick Dovigi guarding the goal of GFL’s obligation in Peoria County waste management
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.
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.
Sixtieth Rennick Exhibition part of annual way Historical Society puts Peoria on display
LaRue-Pine Hills area at Shawnee National Forest is place to be to see up to 26 species of serpents
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
Sen. Koehler helps release more than $300,000 that could soon help public TV station address some of its infrastructure and technological needs
‘We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator,’ — António Guterres, United Nations Secretary General
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.
“We have always been at war with Eurasia,” — 1984, George Orwell
Construction begins on new City Hall; public safety top priority on the agenda for Summer 2024
Plus parents, guns and responsibility; Kansas City kicker speaks his mind; and sincere condolences to the Elliotts
Legislators move to make union dues deductible in Illinois; report shows 344 workers died per day in 2022
