Peoria Stadium will again be the site on March 28 of local rally that is in sync with national movement protesting the controversial actions of Trump administration and federal government
Indie rocker Emily How has appeared on ‘The Voice’ and fronts a band with an album out last June. The Peoria musician’s career is taking off
“This is what democracy looks like …
This is what democracy looks like!”
“This is what unity looks like … This is what unity looks like!”
Black community leaders decry lack of city contracts, marvel in how far we’ve come, recognize we have a long way to go
“Jonathan Ross was a year ahead of me at Richwoods. His brother, Ben, was in my Class of 2002. The brothers lived with their father, Ed, just down the street from my childhood home on the north side of Peoria.”
Contemporary Art Center celebrating the beloved life of the late local genius — and avid fisherman
Why do I Ramble? A giant reason is because of local pioneers of nature, like this true ‘old-school’ naturalist — ornithologist, archaeologist, entomologist, and even an oologist from Stark County and its Wady Petra
“I stumbled on this photograph,
it kind of made me laugh
It took me way back,
back down memory lane”
— Memory Lane, Minnie Ripperton
A ‘small-town girl’ from McLeansboro turned teacher in Peoria leads Local 780 of the Peoria Federation of Teachers, an AFL-CIO union representing about 1,000 workers — one of area’s biggest unions
