Peoria County news briefs
February 12, 2020PEORIA COUNTY ‘Learn with Peoria County’ Programs at ICC Peoria County Government invites the public to join in the upcoming Learn with Peoria County programming for Spring 2020…
PEORIA COUNTY ‘Learn with Peoria County’ Programs at ICC Peoria County Government invites the public to join in the upcoming Learn with Peoria County programming for Spring 2020…
When “The Mill” sign went up on an old building on Chillicothe’s Fourth Street that had housed a funeral home for many years, people didn’t know what to expect. “We…
It was a ragtag, leather-clad group who were horsing around and making harmless jabs at each other. Mac “Mac Daddy” Clements emceed, and offered himself as a raffle item for the…
A new high-powered, double-scope telescope at Chillicothe’s Shore Acres Park will give visitors to this year’s annual Eagle Watch Celebration a close-up view of the majestic…
Three individuals have been indicted on felony charges related to alleged efforts to impede the recent trial of members of a Peoria street gang. Arraignment for Demoney Coleman, 21,…
The former host of a cable hunting show and the owner of a waterfowl outfitting service have each been banned from hunting during their terms of probation. Christopher Brackett…
EAST PEORIA Train Fair comes rolling into ICC campus The Peoria Train Fair returns to the Illinois Central College East Peoria campus, Sunday, Feb. 16. The Train Fair, the last…
Facing pushback from a poor mid-term report card on their efforts to stem the tide of nitrogen-based fertilizers — also called nutrients — leaching from farm fields into waterways,…
Wet fields kept the majority of Illinois farmers from planting for a second consecutive week, but windows for field work will be arriving soon. In addition, the U.S. EPA finally green-lighted…
Third in a series looking at the public funding of sports stadiums in Illinois Pat Quinn was on the ice in 2010 when the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup, and in Houston in 2005 when…
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois continues to suffer from a shortage of teachers and other education professionals, although recent efforts by the state to ease the strain have made an impact….
SPRINGFIELD — Two bills that would regulate battery disposal and storage are awaiting action from the full Illinois Senate after unanimous committee approval. Senate Bill 3481, sponsored…
Scott Britton walked out to driveway to get his Sunday newspaper, only to find near it a plastic bag filled with rice (to keep it from blowing away) and anti-Semitic literature. Britton,…
First in a series looking at the public funding of Illinois sports stadiums Tom Tresser gets sick every time he hears something is needed to make Chicago “a world-class city.” “It…