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Seminars help empower women in agriculture

— January 13, 2019

“Annie’s Project – Empowering Women in Agriculture” is being co-sponsored by University of Illinois Extension, Fulton-Mason-Peoria-Tazewell Unit, and Peoria County Farm Bureau…

Father of Waffle House shooter named in wrongful death suit
— January 11, 2019

Despite being told by the Tazewell County Sheriff’s Department to keep guns away from his son, Travis, Jeffrey Reinking is claiming he didn’t know better when he handed them back…
Pekin Library slowly reopening services
— January 9, 2019

Though some areas of Pekin Library remain tarped and taped off from the public, more services are available upon the New Year than were first offered after the building suffered water…
R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS: Ag committee lead, ethanol markets and more
— January 3, 2019

This week’s farm and rural news roundup includes details on incoming Governor J.B. Pritzker’s agriculture team, which includes some folks central Illinois farmers may be familiar…
Tazewell County woman dies in early morning fire
— December 31, 2018

A rural Tazewell County woman lost her life in a fire that consumed her home in the early morning hours of Dec. 30. Lisa M. Lenz, 56, of Hopedale was the only fatality in the…

R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS: WASDE, shutdown impact, pork reviews and more
— January 10, 2019

A happy new year to all of my readers! Wishing the news was better, but the new year has so far been dominated by news of the partial government shutdown. Guess which business sector…
Tazewell County News Briefs
— January 9, 2019

STATE New year, new laws are on the books In 2018, more than 250 new laws were passed in Illinois. Here is a small sampling of some of the laws that went into effect Jan. 1. Rear-facing…
Tazewell County News Briefs
— January 2, 2019

CENTRAL ILLINOIS Unemployment numbers stable or up slightly throughout region Unemployment grew in the Peoria area from last November to this November. But so did the number of available…