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.
Congress has the power of the purse, Congress has the checkbook. You have taken an oath to defend the Constitution. Remember?
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
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
Peoria County Board addresses AI usage; Election Commission working on ballots; City Council talks Twin Towers; plus news on Housing Authority, Tri-County Planning.
League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria observers report on local government
Dixon talks about construction of a police substation and ambulance station at Allen Road and Van Winkle Way, theft at Springdale Cemetery, and e-bikes and ATVs among other things
Four of six citizens addressing the board spoke to recent behavior; there were double typical amount of Freedom of Information Act requests; Superintendent Jerry Bell provided a financial update
Hazardous chemical dropoffs are Sept. 12 at Three Sisters Park and Oct. 10 at Alpha Park; think about running for office, your community needs you, visit WPFD Family Days Sept. 20
We must have a well-informed nation made of properly informed citizens on all government and scientific actions. Americans must be aware of both positives and negatives and it’s the news media’s ’ obligation to report on the news without bias.
I was surprised to find just how many of my classmates follow Trump, believe in him and in anything that comes out of his mouth. I’m talking about people who were good friends in high school who I’d sneak down to the river with on Friday nights after the ballgame
“There is not a liberal America and a conservative America — there is the United States of America. There is not a Black America and White America and Latino America and Asian America — there’s the United States of America.” — Barack Obama, 2004 Democratic National Convention
STRAIGHT TALK: Here’s a case where the government gets an ‘F’ in arithmetic; plus we’re worried about some recent developments in Downtown Peoria
Oktoberfest is hear; The Hayloft Shops Art and Crafts Fair, “Celebrating America’s 250th Anniversary” with big weekend. Evergreen Farm Brewing’s “Midwest Skies” music series in rural Metamora features Clusterpluck and New Cats; plus plays at Eastlight, Peoria Players and Corn Stock; dance at CAC and First Christian
Gail Gadot stars in ‘The Runner’ and ‘Reacher’ spinoff ‘Neagley’ and ‘Drawn Together’ is on Amazon Prime; catch ‘Marble Hall Murders’ on PBS, ‘Line of Fire’ on NBC, ‘Brothers’ on Apple
