The April edition of The Community Word is out. We have 20 pages of great stuff
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Forbidden pages: Proud Illinois first to ban book banning
by Peoria Academy Journalism Club • • Comments Off on Forbidden pages: Proud Illinois first to ban book banning
For a year, students in Illinois officially free from extreme state policies that ban books
Peoria People’s March: Wide awake to stakes that make us all great
by Brian Ludwig • • Comments Off on Peoria People’s March: Wide awake to stakes that make us all great
‘Make America Great’ or ‘Set America Back’? Peoria People’s March rallies community to fight for rights and respect
Return of Lo-Jack: Listen, Cuz, we have to talk
by Xavier Jackson • • Comments Off on Return of Lo-Jack: Listen, Cuz, we have to talk
Fraught with fragile, twitchy and vindictive personalities that can crush careers, families and reputations for generations. Lies and manipulation drip from their lips, like venomous honey filled … next thing you know, someone from H.R. uses the words ‘hostile work environment’ …
Straight Talk: Ice cold dilemma for the warm hearts of people of Peoria
by Roger Monroe • • Comments Off on Straight Talk: Ice cold dilemma for the warm hearts of people of Peoria
We need to figure out how to help homeless, but we cannot just keeping giving and giving; Larry Nelson was king of his airwaves before all this recorded radio
The Watch: Election commission reports 70% turnout in Peoria County
by Terry Bibo • • Comments Off on The Watch: Election commission reports 70% turnout in Peoria County
Election Commission Director Elizabeth Gannon reports 18% of Peoria County electorate used vote-by-mail, 20.1% used early voting, and 30.8% voted on election day. Almost 90% — 86.8% — of vote-by-mail ballots were returned.
Bill Knight What are you prepared to do?
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on Bill Knight What are you prepared to do?
2025 might be the year challenges are too dire to just sit on sidelines. Many journalists hope to do journalism as long as we can. How hard or easy will that be during the next administration?
Bill Knight: Government, please get to work on a new Farm Bill now
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on Bill Knight: Government, please get to work on a new Farm Bill now
The bill’s temporary extension expired Sept. 30; its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) ends Dec. 20. (Merry Christmas!); if nothing’s done, U.S. agriculture will revert to a pricing model from before the first Farm Bill, in 1933.
Arts Alerts: 22 Veteran Artist gallery at Peoria Library; Wizards of Winter and Civic Chorale playing at Five Points
by contributor • • Comments Off on Arts Alerts: 22 Veteran Artist gallery at Peoria Library; Wizards of Winter and Civic Chorale playing at Five Points
Peoria Ballet’s “Nutcracker” returns to Civic Center Theater; Community Children’s Theatre presents “Anastasia” at Peoria Players; and Peoria Historical Society will host open-house tours of the John C. Flanagan house and Pettengill Morron house; plus watch Christmas Vacation with Chevy Chase
The Watch: GFL, City, County agree on Landfill #3
by Terry Bibo • • Comments Off on The Watch: GFL, City, County agree on Landfill #3
Construction of new landfill delayed to no later than 2035, disposal company to build transfer station by March, 2026; plus updates on City Council, County Board, Springdale Cemetery and Dunlap School District 323