Cicadas on your ice cream? Pizza? It doesn’t bug some
June 12, 2024URBANA, Ill. — “That’s surprisingly delicious!” This is maybe not the phrase first expected to be heard when trying a once-in-a-lifetime lunch menu of cicada pesto pizza, cicada…
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Chronicle Media picks up six first-place IPA awards
June 12, 2024Chronicle Media brought home six first-place awards from the Illinois Press Association’s annual convention, which was held Thursday, June 6 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Bloomington. …
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Peoria Diocese plans church closures, consolidations
June 5, 2024The number of ordained priests serving the 26-county Catholic Diocese of Peoria is expected to fall below 100 — down from the current 145 — within the next 10 years. To address…
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R.F.D News & Views
June 5, 2024News came down last week that China has slipped from the top destination for U.S. ag products to third as the agricultural trade deficit increased. Also in the news: A massive fire…
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‘Greatest Generation’ honored with remembrance
June 5, 2024The massive, black curtain adorning the stage of the Bertha Frank Auditorium on the campus of Morton Community High School parted to reveal 14 seated veterans of the Second World War,…
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Durbin lauds state taking swipe at credit-card companies
May 30, 2024U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Springfield, applauded the Illinois Legislature’s passage of a state budget that included the Interchange Fee Prohibition Act. The legislation,…
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Central Illinois’ face of farming heads out to pastures
May 30, 2024After serving for nearly three decades as the unofficial “face” of farming in central Illinois, Peoria County Farm Bureau manager Patrick Kirchhofer is set to retire. Previously…
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R.F.D. News & Views
May 29, 2024In this week’s ag news, corn planting is catching up after weather-related delays, while John Deere continues to slash jobs due to decreased demand for farm machinery. For more on…
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