Peoria County news briefs
September 11, 2019EAST 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…
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 — Catholic protestors rallied at the Illinois Statehouse Wednesday, denouncing lawmakers’ recent expansion of abortion rights and potential votes to further that agenda….
Peoria native Alise Butzen had never been to Camp Wokanda until her parents suggested she look at it as a possible venue for her wedding reception in June. “My parents go out there…
Usually, fans of the Marigold Festival have the chance to visit a celebrity guest, and, last year, John Ratzenberger, who starred as Cliff Clavin, the know-it-all postal worker from…
It may seem like gun violence is a trend on the upswing in Peoria. But to those on the inside, gun violence is a cultural legacy, handed down to the young and impressionable…
Nearly a year after the dedication of the Flight 93 Tower of Voices monument in Pennsylvania, modifications are still being made to the tower’s unique wind chimes that were built…
Community Workshop Training Center, Inc. presents its annual “CWTC Pathway Awards Dinner,” Tuesday, Sept. 10 at the Embassy Suites Hotel & Conference Center in East Peoria….
The New Philadelphia National Historic Site in western Illinois, commemorating the first U.S. town to be legally founded by African Americans, is the nation’s newest national park….
SPRINGFIELD – Exactly 38 months after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, Illinois will no longer be under a disaster proclamation as of May 11, Gov….
SPRINGFIELD – A temporary restraining order that partially blocks Illinois’ new assault weapons ban from being enforced will remain in place after a divided state appellate court…
This week’s farm and rural news roundup is led with a report on the Biden administration’s recent rejection of Mexico’s biotech corn compromise, and a study on how food prices…
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Board of Education announced Tuesday that Elgin-based School District U-46 Superintendent Tony Sanders will become the next state superintendent of…
Construction is beginning on the $100 million investment for the Illini Hall Replacement and Altgeld Hall Renovation Project at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)…