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
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
“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
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
Labor roundup: Volunteer groups capture family spirit of the holidays
Painters pledge $20,000 to Foster Village Peoria; Labor Council of West Central Illinois volunteers pack gift bags for kids; House backs collective bargaining despite LaHood no vote;
Reflections from a Hindu Perspective: Festivals of prayerful lights
Deepavali (Diwali) inspires the generosity of our true selves to shine and share around world: For Sewa lDiwali, friends of the Peoria Hindu community
collected and donated the equivalent of 12,000 pounds of food to Center for Prevention of Abuse, Neighborhood House, Trewyn School, and Peoria Grown market.
West Peoria News: New cornerstone connects our community
After redcoing St. Mary’s Cemetery gates, improving the city’s sidewalks and resurfacing Farmington Road, up next on the IDOT calendar.: Harmon Highway closed most of the year as it repairs the Kickapoo Creek bridge
Straight Talk: Civic Center hails nice numbers, but about those naming rights …
ASM Global costing Peoria millions, and what’s the deal with Peoria school board superintendent search? Are TV stations selling out? Will riverfront amphitheater include Veterans Memorial?