Four Creeks has proposed $1.5 million project for Peoria to build 113 600-foot-tall turbines in northwest townships
Peoria County considering proposed wind farm
Woodford County Board up for challenge
Data centers, Flock cameras, ‘non-sanctuary county’ immigration policy are key points at issue in longtime GOP stronghold
5 questions for Marty Wombacher
The Watch: Government, housing
Peoria City Council mulls project proposals, Housing Authority takes heat over existing dwellings; plus Election, Springdale Cemetery updates.
League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria observers attend and report on local government meetings
The Watch: Park District hears business about block parties at Proctor Center
Most of the commentary favored the block party and expressed concern about a proposal to move it north to Detweiller Park.
The Watch: Health Department recognizes excellence for lactation
Recognized businesses in the inaugural honors included Femme Health, OSF, Hy-Vee, and Maui Jim
Emily Gill: ‘Cultural decency’ of gender identities
Transgender Americans are facing unprecedented challenges by society. The Trump administration’s stance against the community has emboldened state legislatures to vent their exclusive impulses on policy. (But) Individuals with fluid gender identities have always existed and always will
Straight Talk: Civic Center gives our local sports heroes the boot
The plaques dedicated to Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Famers that honor the area’s history are gone … so there can be more ads? Surely, the great minds in our communities can do better
West Peoria News: Sharon Kennedy a fixture of local life
Beloved, stalwart official — mother, business owner, political mind, and loyal friend — Sharon Kennedy was committed to be involved in her community in any way she could; so go visit Rocky Glen Park for the Fall colors, participate in Trunk or Treat in her honor
Arts Alerts: Screens — what’s worth streaming
Local documentary ‘Over A Barrel’ — about Peoria’s ‘Whiskey boom’ — on YouTube; ‘East of Eden’ on Netflix now; loose Zuckerberg flick ‘Social Reckoning,’ is in theaters. Marvel’s android Avenger stars in ‘VisionQuest’ on Disney+. ‘Once Upon A Time in Harlem’ on Apple+. ‘Musk,’ trillionaire tell-all on HBO Max.
Called to question
Darin LaHood says mail-in voting won’t be disrupted and the president needs to work on affordability while Paul Nolley opposes Republican SAVE Act, wants to work on economy, immigration
Arts Alerts: Check out what’s going on in central Illinois
“Beat the Funk 2026” benefiting Bradley University’s Department of Physical Therapy is Oct. 3 at the Premier Event Center. Peoria Players performing Dracula, Corn Stock doing Glengarry Glen Ross; rock illusionist Leon Etienne working his magic at ICC; pluss check out local music scene
Inland Art: Activism
‘Art on the offense’ can be used to fight for your rights; it continues at the Contemporary Art Center
‘I am but one — but I am one. I cannot do much, but I can do something, and all I can do, I ought to do, and by God’s grace, will do.” — John Angell James (1848)
Nature Rambles: Monarchy
A lot has happened since Dr. Fred and Norah Urquhart located massive overwintering Monarch butterfly colonies in Michoacán, Mexico.. Decades of wing-tag data has led to a better understanding of the precarious nature of migration. Now overwintering populations in Mexico have increased by more than 60 percent.
Letters: To our Honorable Congressmen
Congress has the power of the purse, Congress has the checkbook. You have taken an oath to defend the Constitution. Remember?
Labor roundup: State AFL-CIO brings back candidate endorsements
In addition to endorsing incumbent Democrats in Congress such as Eric Sorensen and Nikki Budzinski, the Illinois AFL-CIO endorsed Paul Nolley, who’s working to unseat Congressman Darin LaHood; voting rights are civil rights; cannabis workers unite
‘Every Picture Tells A Story’ rekindles past glory of Peoria music scene
Janie Grier Kelley has produced 236-page package of four booklets recounting decades of central Illinois rock ‘n’ roll, with more than 1,200 images of hundreds of artists and related people, places and things
