Hazardous chemical dropoffs are Sept. 12 at Three Sisters Park and Oct. 10 at Alpha Park; think about running for office, your community needs you, visit WPFD Family Days Sept. 20
West Peoria News: Practical magic of safe cities
Peoria Academy Journalism Club: News media blinding us with science
We must have a well-informed nation made of properly informed citizens on all government and scientific actions. Americans must be aware of both positives and negatives and it’s the news media’s ’ obligation to report on the news without bias.
Paul Gordon: There are elephants in our ballrooms
I was surprised to find just how many of my classmates follow Trump, believe in him and in anything that comes out of his mouth. I’m talking about people who were good friends in high school who I’d sneak down to the river with on Friday nights after the ballgame
Lion’s Den: Barack Obama and the fate that hate made
“There is not a liberal America and a conservative America — there is the United States of America. There is not a Black America and White America and Latino America and Asian America — there’s the United States of America.” — Barack Obama, 2004 Democratic National Convention
Who goofed? Here’s a story about Social Security
STRAIGHT TALK: Here’s a case where the government gets an ‘F’ in arithmetic; plus we’re worried about some recent developments in Downtown Peoria
Arts Alerts: Check out what’s going on in central Illinois
Oktoberfest is hear; The Hayloft Shops Art and Crafts Fair, “Celebrating America’s 250th Anniversary” with big weekend. Evergreen Farm Brewing’s “Midwest Skies” music series in rural Metamora features Clusterpluck and New Cats; plus plays at Eastlight, Peoria Players and Corn Stock; dance at CAC and First Christian
Arts Alerts: Screens — check out what’s in our magic boxes
Gail Gadot stars in ‘The Runner’ and ‘Reacher’ spinoff ‘Neagley’ and ‘Drawn Together’ is on Amazon Prime; catch ‘Marble Hall Murders’ on PBS, ‘Line of Fire’ on NBC, ‘Brothers’ on Apple
Lebanon: Love of life amid machinery of destruction
Detweiller Marina earns landmark designation
Inland Art: Between the in-between
Labor notes: Nurses continue to organize
‘Health-care unions drove 29.4% of all strikes and 12 out of the 31 major strikes … Thanks to their leverage … many nurses won impressive improvements to patient care through safe staffing as well as workplace safety measures, income increases, and other gains.’ Rivian cuts jobs, arbitor rules against WIU
Nature Rambles: Pulse of our rivers and its lifeblood
The Illinois River has evolved to hitting flood stage in mid-summer, making for erratic production of mudflats and moist-soil plants, affecting shorebirds and waterfowl
Please, breathe — deeply
Deep breaths down to your diaphragm in gratitude, exercise and even singing — especially singing — can provide your mind, body and soul with calm composure, confidence
Caroline gets new honorary street sign
Letters to editor: Stop Detweiller land sale
This land was Mr. Detweiller’s gift to the people of Peoria for playground, recreation, and public use. The sale to an industrial company doesn’t sound like the trust has been very faithful to its mission.