Peoria County news briefs
March 11, 2020EAST PEORIA Vietnam Memorial Wall coming to Levee District Residents and businesses can help sponsor the appearance of The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall when it comes to East Peoria…
EAST PEORIA Vietnam Memorial Wall coming to Levee District Residents and businesses can help sponsor the appearance of The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall when it comes to East Peoria…
Independence Village of Peoria, St. Sharbel Apartments, and Lutheran Hillside Village will no longer serve as polling places for the Tuesday, March 17 Illinois primary due to the concerns…
Squirrel gumbo and pheasant pot pie aren’t typical church supper fare, but they’ll be on the buffet at the Chillicothe Bible Church’s annual Wild Game Feast. This…
As 4-year-old Tate Thurman lay on life support at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Lesli Jett, 33, told investigators the boy had slipped and fallen. Jett was dating the boy’s…
With its first National Endowment for the Arts Big Read grant, the Chillicothe Public Library has scheduled a variety of events in March highlighting Mexican culture and culminating…
EAST PEORIA IDOT project shuts down Riverfront ramp The ramp from Riverfront Drive to eastbound Washington Street in East Peoria is closed for reconstruction. The ramp is being reconstructed…
Five candidates are vying in the March 17 Illinois primary for the chance to be the Republican challenger to incumbent U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, a Democrat, in the November general…
Nearly 100 dresses hanging on a fence along Southwest Adams Street in Peoria are a striking visual call to action that honors women and girls who were murdered or have gone missing…
If you served in Vietnam, were exposed to an herbicide like Agent Orange, got sick and submitted a claim that was denied, the Department of Veterans Affairs was supposed to find you…
A friend sent me a text message just as I was going out the door for a trip to the store. I replied: “Making a grocery run. Need anything?” “No, but thank you,” came the reply….
Summer can be a scorcher, but by selecting the right plants, a landscape can look sultry all summer long. Both trialed and native plants can tolerate the heat. Trial plants are evaluated…
Changes to primary election fundraising, the electoral college and the state’s voter registration database are now law after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a wide-ranging bill on Monday,…
A bill eliminating the sub-minimum wage for workers with disabilities failed to pass the General Assembly ahead of its adjournment, although sponsors say they hope to pass it when lawmakers…
It’s been four years since some of the worst scenes of COVID-19 played out in locked-down nursing homes during the early months of the pandemic. While most of the world has moved…