(Middle-age woman in an old-style, gingham dress seated at a table, talking on an old-fashioned phone) G- Clara? Aunt G. Did you get your paper? Me neither. It’s getting so thin, you’d think it’d get easier to deliver. What’s that?…
If State’s Attorney Jerry Brady was U.S. Attorney General, common sense might prevail in the Justice Department and more banking gangsters – “banksters” – would be prosecuted for their crimes. May 1 is Law Day, and this month is a…
Photojournalists Renee C. Byer and Paul Kitagaki Jr. will have their photography on exhibit at Bradley University’s Hartmann Center Gallery April 14-29, and appear for a lecture and reception in Bradley’s Michel Student Center Ballroom on April 17.
It will be history in action on April 12, when Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, Teddy Roosevelt and Charles Lindbergh, and Dwight D. Eisenhower and Lady Bird Johnson all will be presented at the Peoria Civic Center Ballroom to help…
As the income-tax deadline looms, taxpayers should connect widespread resentment at what many feel was an unresponsive Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) with available resources resulting from choices made in Washington. Outrage also may be tempered by a more complete report of actual government response.
Area residents will have the opportunity to vote on a key school-funding proposition in Peoria County and candidates for various offices in the March 18 General Primary Election. Although the top of the ballot has several contested races, few county…
March 10 – Last day for any member of the U.S. Service, spouse and dependents to make application for an absentee ballot and the last day for the election authority to mail such ballot (not less than 10 days before…
Reminiscent of Neil Armstrong, the opportunity is “one small step for a consumer; one giant leap for public schools.” The ballot reads: “Proposition for a 1% Sales Tax for School Facility Purposes – ‘Shall a retailer’s occupation tax and service…
More than 7 out of 10 of us support raising the minimum wage, but proposals to do that got lukewarm receptions by Peoria lawmakers and the GOP in general. A recent Pew Research poll showed that 71% of Americans favor…
To some, five decades back seem like ancient history: “Biblical times.” Indeed, in the winter of 1964, social media meant face-to-face conversations or maybe passing notes in class. At home, there were three main TV networks, and weekends wound down…
