Kids at Peoria Academy appeal to help separate facts from disinformation in the ways news is presented today
Peoria Academy Journalism Club: Help us sift through news, students say
West Peoria News: Welcome warmth of our community centered at City Hall
Construction on Harmon Highway will test our patience; we can let off steam at St. Pat’s parade on March 7 on Farmington Road
Bill Knight: Too much caving going on already
Capitulating to the ‘Bully in Chief’ is passive complicity — and just as useless as making deals. Whether cowardice or conflicts of interests, billionaires or corporate leaders, too many institutions haven’t stood up to Trump. We must stand tall
Inland Art: TGIF
First Fridays were started about 15 years ago and have evolved into great way to see artists in action at beginning of the month. So go visit a studio!
Straight Talk: Here’s to Zack Monroe — My hero
My brother played basketball for Bradley and baseball for the New York Yankees; I thank God for every moment I spent with him
Insurance company amends case against ex-WTVP executives
Cincinnati Insurance Co. links financial losses from scandal to responsibilies of Linda McLaughlin
The Watch: Peoria Public Schools takes over Central Park Pool
Coverage now includes District 150 school board; County Board talks cyber security; City Council mulls regulating filming in public; GPSD accepts bids; plus Election Commission, Airport Authority
League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria observers attend and report on local government meetings.
The Watch: City Council ponders halfway house for parolees
Horseshoe needs to dig for more data on other housing needs in Peoria after presentation by God Restoring Order (GRO)
The Watch: Passenger record passes 700K at Gen. Wayne A. Dowling
Metropolitan Airport Authority reports record 62,474 passed through Peoria in November
Arts Alerts: Check out what’s going on in central Illinois
Visit “Organized Beyond Recognition” by Harry William Sidebotham II at the Follow Your Arts Gallery and Crystal Potthoff’s “Breaking Free” at Artful Journey Gallery. Peoria Players “Young Frankenstein” and “Til Beth Do Us Part” is showing at the Barn III in Goodfield plus ICC Theatre presents Shakespeare’s comedy “Love’s Labor’s Lost” and Oscar Wilde’s “Importance of Being Earnest” will be staged at Corn Stock
Arts Alerts: SCREENS — Check out two titans of pop music in your entertainment search
Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. “Black and Jewish America” on PBS. “The Muppet Show” returns to ABC & Disney+ and Kevin James stars in “Solo Mio” and an ambitious “Wuthering Heights” has Margot Robbie Jacob Elordi in Theaters.
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
“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.”
COMMUNITY OR CHAOS? Bombing Venezuela prompted anti-war rally
Just 22 hours after U.S. military ‘arrests’ president, protesters hit the corner of Main and University
Collage of charisma: The incomparable Ken Hoffman
Contemporary Art Center celebrating the beloved life of the late local genius — and avid fisherman
Emily Gill: Shameful attack on immigration
Unpalatable policies carried out by the Trump regime are not targeting ‘worst of worst’ criminals.
First, being in the U.S. without proper documentation is not a crime, but a civil offense; second, ICE detaining immigrants with proper paperwork, third, even when participating in the system; and, fourth, these arrests have been brutal
