ART • ArtsPartners of Central Illinois announced the winning artists and their works for the 2023 Sky Art Peoria program, an initiative supported by Adams Outdoor Advertising, which mounted 48×14-foot reproductions of the works on five billboards throughout Greater Peoria…
I hope readers of this column joined with the millions who watched across the nation the CBS-TV Saturday morning, July 15, show which featured my brother, Zack Monroe. Produced and narrated by Kris Van Cleave, the six-minute report provided details…
A Teamsters strike at UPS could be weeks away, the first UPS strike since 185,000 workers walked out in 1997, and the biggest work stoppage of the 21st century, involving some 340,000 workers. “I am not involved in negotiations,” said…
The Peoria Chapter of the National Organization for Women has joined with other individuals and organizations in supporting the Peoria Public library employees in their requests for a new contract. Though they are city employees, library workers do not enjoy…
Across the country, states are legislating an “anti-woke” agenda. Imagine my surprise when I learned of the Texas legislation that would require all classrooms K-12 to post the Ten Commandments. Taking this bold step, Texans are not just rebuking the…
UAW wants relationship with Big 3, with respect. Going into negotiations this summer with Ford, General Motors and Stellantis (formerly Chrysler), new United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain says the union wants a good relationship with automakers, but workers haven’t…
Information on abandoned mine that jeopardizes 2025 readiness was not shared among state agencies during feasibility investigations
Negotiations between the Teamsters and United Parcel Service started April 17, and the Teamsters are warning members to prepare for a strike. The union’s new president, Sean O’Brien, has vowed that the union would go to the mat for key…
Willie Nelson is “on the road again,” returning to the annual Summer Camp music festival at Three Sisters Park outside Chillicothe this Memorial Day weekend. Nelson — who turned 90 on April 29 — played the popular event in 2009.…
Wes Brooks can rightfully promote his movie Space Prairie — Act I as “years in the making.” Maybe more importantly, the 26-year-old can also legitimately call himself a filmmaker. Brooks and two other Peoria-area filmmakers screened some of their work…
