Peoria County news briefs
January 8, 2020PEORIA Park District hosts day of winter outdoors Shake off the winter blahs and get outside. Try ice fishing, cast-iron cooking, fire-building, orienteering, winter birdwatching and…
PEORIA Park District hosts day of winter outdoors Shake off the winter blahs and get outside. Try ice fishing, cast-iron cooking, fire-building, orienteering, winter birdwatching and…
College sophomore Taylor Larson knows what it’s like to be a scared little kid in the hospital and how much something as simple as a stuffed bear can help. “When I was 8 years…
Wildlife Prairie Park is one of the many natural resource treasures in Illinois. Their mission of conservation, education, and recreation goes hand-in-hand with the mission of the University…
A group hoping to preserve the history of Peoria Heights is asking the public to search their basements, closets and attics for forgotten items that might help tell the story of the…
Like many pet owners, Tracey Warner found it difficult to wrangle her anxious feline, Tango, into a cat carrier for a stressful trip to the vet for a check-up and vaccinations. “It…
REGIONAL College expanding tuition-free program Eureka College is collaborating with a trio of local high schools — Eureka High School, East Peoria Community High School and Washington…
One hundred years ago, Fulton John Sheen knelt in The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception and was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Peoria. His first mass took place…
A jury has convicted 13 members of the Peoria street gang known as Bomb Squad for conspiracy to organize and operate the gang as a criminal enterprise that has plagued the Peoria community…
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…
SPRINGFIELD — A panel of Illinois lawmakers began hearing testimony Wednesday on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposals for sweeping changes in the state’s health insurance industry….