Peoria Stadium again site of local rally in sync with national movement
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Nature Rambles: Elusive Harbinger of Spring
by Mike Miller • • Comments Off on Nature Rambles: Elusive Harbinger of Spring
Spotting this early blooming wildflower is truly a treat around these parts of central Illinois
Nature Rambles: Swan’s songs of survival
by Mike Miller • • Comments Off on Nature Rambles: Swan’s songs of survival
5 questions for Andy Diaz
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on 5 questions for Andy Diaz
CHAOS OR COMMUNITY? People’s March captures spirit of so many gatherings protesting cold realities
by Brian Ludwig • • Comments Off on CHAOS OR COMMUNITY? People’s March captures spirit of so many gatherings protesting cold realities
“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
CHAOS OR COMMUNITY? ICE agent Jonathan Ross went to Richwoods High
by Justin Glawe • • Comments Off on CHAOS OR COMMUNITY? ICE agent Jonathan Ross went to Richwoods High
“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.”
Collage of charisma: The incomparable Ken Hoffman
by William Butler • • Comments Off on Collage of charisma: The incomparable Ken Hoffman
Contemporary Art Center celebrating the beloved life of the late local genius — and avid fisherman
Nature Rambles: Virginius Huber Chase — ramble man of our land
by Mike Miller • • Comments Off on Nature Rambles: Virginius Huber Chase — ramble man of our land
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
The Lion’s Den: Back Down Memory Lane
by Daniel McCloud • • Comments Off on The Lion’s Den: Back Down Memory Lane
“I stumbled on this photograph,
it kind of made me laugh
It took me way back,
back down memory lane”
— Memory Lane, Minnie Ripperton
5 questions for Leslie Danage
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on 5 questions for Leslie Danage
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