Before public swimming pools, it wasn’t uncommon for folks to jump in the Illinois River, or nearby creeks, ponds and lakes to cool off. Confusion over local pool closures, mechanical…
In a shop tucked away off Illinois Route 29 on Riverview Road in Chillicothe, Bud Harvey practices and teaches a craft that dates back for many centuries. Harvey has owned and operated…
Thirty-nine youth baseball fields from Peoria to Lacon and points in between were alive last weekend with the crack —or ping — of the bat, the smack of the ball and glove, and the…
Eleven-year-old Chad Turpin was on a typical class field trip to the Peoria Riverfront Museum when he and some classmates got pulled into a press conference for a new exhibit of the…
In the 1800s, when Abraham Lincoln practiced law, he would travel by horse and cart, often sleeping outdoors overnight. When Abe left Peoria for Springfield this week, he was to be…
PEORIA COUNTY Emergency Expo a free community event Bring family and friends out to the Emergency Expo on Wednesday, June 5 at The Shoppes at Grand Prairie from 4-7 p.m. Numerous…
Peoria County Board accepting applications to fill vacant seat Peoria County Board Chairman Andrew A. Rand invites interested individuals to apply for the vacant Peoria County Board…
After a few lean years, the Peoria Art Guild is back in business with a new director at the helm. “One of the main things I wanted to do was bring the Peoria Art Guild back to its…
Pastor in Mount Prospect, Barrington ...The Rev. Bernard Pietrzak, priest of the archdiocese of Chicago and pastor ...
Notorious West Side Chicago drug ...“I know I ain’t going to be around forever. You dig what ...
The Christkindlmarket comes to town ...Christkindlmarket Naperville is open until Christmas Eve on Saturday, Dec. 24. The ...
McHenry County Health Department raising ...An increase of suspected drug overdose deaths over the past few months ...
