Peoria County news briefs
November 27, 2019PEORIA City kicks off the holidays with annual parade The annual Santa Claus Parade, the longest running holiday parade in the country, steps off at 10:15 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 29, the…
PEORIA City kicks off the holidays with annual parade The annual Santa Claus Parade, the longest running holiday parade in the country, steps off at 10:15 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 29, the…
Making pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving is not unusual, but making 500 in a day could raise some eyebrows. That’s what Deb Wolf of Peoria and other volunteers will be doing at the…
Queen Bee School District 16 in DuPage County continues to achieve. Nearly half of the students in the Glendale Heights school district are Hispanic and more than one-third of its students…
PEORIA Luthy Gardens hosting wreath-making classes Create your very own wreath, using the foliage and textures of the season at a wreath-making class on Saturday, Nov. 30 at the Luthy…
Former Peorians who may be in town visiting family and friends over Thanksgiving are invited to a party that organizers hope will entice them to move back to the River City. The first-ever…
PEORIA Work on water mains postponed until next year Water main work on Sheridan Road, from W. Hanssler Place to W. Florence Avenue, has been delayed due to challenges with Illinois…
Right in the heart of Peoria is a 540-acre forest that even some longtime residents might not know exists. “My love of hiking started in the Smoky Mountains. But for years I didn’t…
Sarah Williamson knows there are many reasons a person might not be able to cook their own Thanksgiving dinner, so she’s doing her part to make sure no one in her community goes…
SPRINGFIELD – Illinoisans who own weapons that can no longer be purchased or sold in the state under its new assault weapons ban will soon be able to register those weapons so they…
In courtrooms around the state early this week, judges conducted the first hearings under a new system that determines whether a defendant will be jailed while awaiting trial based…
An impressive array of musical styles from Illinois artists were celebrated on Sunday, Sept. 17, at the Illinois Rock ’n’ Roll Museum on Route 66’s third annual induction ceremony…
SPRINGFIELD — The state has paused a new policy requiring certain noncitizens enrolled in a Medicaid-like health insurance plan to pay copayments for certain services, instructing…
The Illinois State Fair — a multi-million annual agriculture festival in Springfield — reported a nine-year attendance record this year. The state Department of Agriculture, which…
A new battery manufacturing plant is set to open in northern Illinois next year after the state offered more than $330 million in tax incentives to make it happen. Gotion, a Chinese…