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Peoria County News Briefs
August 15, 2018

COUNTY West Nile-infected mosquitoes found The West Nile virus has been found in mosquitoes in Peoria County, the Peoria City/County Health Department has reported. West Nile is transmitted…
Peoria County Calendar of Events Aug. 15 – Aug. 20
August 14, 2018

AUG. 16 Classic Film Series: ‘Sunset Boulevard’ Thursday, 6 p.m. Peoria Riverfront Museum, 222 SW Washington St. $10.50; senior $9.50; child $8.50 Billy Wilder film from 1950. Guest…
Hanna City work camp site approved for development
August 13, 2018

A bill co-sponsored by Republican State Sen. Mike Unes and Democrat State Rep. David Koehler paving the way for redevelopment of the blighted Hanna City Work Camp has been signed by…
Peoria County News Briefs
August 8, 2018

PEORIA Taste of Peoria serves up treats Food, desserts and beverages will be plenty Aug. 8 when the 37th annual Taste of Peoria returns Aug. 8 to the Peoria riverfront. The layout…

State leaders hope to close digital divide that falls along economic lines

August 15, 2018

State Rep. Letisha Wallace (D-Rockford) notes that despite advances in technology, the digital divide between people with and without Internet access still remains. “Over time that…

Parents voice security concerns over student data in Chicago schools

August 14, 2018

Warning bells went off immediately when Jeff Jenkins got a postcard in the mail from a charter school that listed his son’s name, address and school. “This particular network, we…

State panel proposed to represent female interests

August 13, 2018

Chicago City Clerk Anna Valencia is proud to be the second Latina woman to hold the municipal office in the city’s more than 170-year history, but doesn’t want to celebrate the…

BICENTENNIAL 2018: Lincoln the first president to make use of electronic mass media

August 9, 2018

FDR used the radio, JFK scored on TV and Donald Trump embraces Twitter. But the first president to make effective use of electronic communications was Abraham Lincoln. His use of the…

Roller-coaster, rodeo part of this year’s Illinois State Fair

August 9, 2018

State Rep. Tim Butler will be on sensory overload for the next few weeks and he wouldn’t have it any other way as State Fair festivities take over his neighborhood. “I live right…