Peoria County news briefs
October 2, 2019EAST PEORIA Parents encouraged to attend car seat check Learn if your child’s car seat is installed correctly at the East Peoria Fire Department’s car seat check. Firefighters…
EAST PEORIA Parents encouraged to attend car seat check Learn if your child’s car seat is installed correctly at the East Peoria Fire Department’s car seat check. Firefighters…
There will be new crops being grown on the former Tarvin Farm Property in Tazewell County. On Sept. 3, the Washington City Council unanimously approved a special-use permit for a winery…
PEORIA Roadeo competition skills event for snow plow drivers The 28th Annual Snow Roadeo was held in Peoria on Sept. 13. The Illinois Department of Transportation once again partnered…
As a bibliophile who loves being out in the community, Peoria bookstore owner Stacy Hardin has found a unique way to raise awareness of censorship during Banned Books Week. The owner…
REGIONAL Students learn computer science skills at STEM Academy Middle school students learned how cars can drive themselves as part of the fourth annual STEM Academy put on by University…
Farmers and grain buyers are beginning to gain a clearer, more accurate idea of what this year’s highly anticipated corn and soybean harvests will bring. Though corn yields…
EAST PEORIA Take a Tree Walk with University of Illinois Extension University of Illinois Extension Horticulture Educator Kelly Allsup will conduct a tree walk at the Illinois Central…
Visitors to downtown Chillicothe likely have noticed a colorful treasure chest standing where a longtime thrift store used to be. It’s still the same shop, but Childers Sales…
SPRINGFIELD – Illinoisans will receive some modest tax relief starting Friday when the state’s new fiscal year begins. That includes some income tax rebates, property tax rebates,…
Voters in two Illinois congressional districts provided clarity as incumbent representatives went head-to-head for party nominations in the June 28 primaries. A political dynasty, meanwhile,…
Illinois State Fire Marshal Matt Perez announced his retirement, effective the end of June. Perez has served over seven years as Illinois state fire marshal and over 37 years in the…
For the first time in nearly a quarter century, Democratic Secretary of State Jesse White was not on the ballot…
State Sen. Darren Bailey, who gained statewide notoriety challenging Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s pandemic executive order authority in court, will be the incumbent’s challenger in the…
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reminding the public that along with summer, Mosquito season is underway in Illinois and that positive batches of West Nile Virus…