Ali cruises to second term as Peoria mayor
— April 2, 2025First-term Peoria Mayor Rita Ali will spend another four years overseeing the city after a near landslide win over challenger John Kelly on Tuesday. Ali, who led in early voting, Election…
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Largest class ever graduates from drug-court program
— March 29, 2025PEORIA – For 10 graduating students of the Peoria County 10th Judicial Circuit Court’s Second Chance Program, it was a day of reward and renewal. At 1 p.m. Wednesday, the graduates…
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Congressional Dems oppose EPA cuts
— March 13, 2025Ten Illinois congressional Democrats are calling for an immediate reversal of planned cuts at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The 10 Illinois representatives were part of…
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Peoria ‘Ag Lab’ under DOGE scrutiny
— March 7, 2025PEORIA – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, known to locals as the Peoria “Ag Lab,” is renowned for employing the…
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River Cities initiative sets sail
— March 1, 2025PEORIA – Mayors of cities and towns along the Illinois River are banding together to form an organized coalition to help influence national policy and investment decisions. Modeled…
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School cellphone ban clears Senate comittee
— March 26, 2025SPRINGFIELD — Legislation that would prohibit public school students from using cellphones and other wireless communication devices during class time cleared a Senate committee March…
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Pritzker: Ban cellphones in classroom
— March 12, 2025Are cellphones a useful tool or a distraction in the classroom? According to Gov. J.B. Pritzker, they’re a distraction, and he has proposed banning them during classroom instruction. …
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Riverfront Museum prepares for ‘America 250’ exhibit
— March 2, 2025PEORIA – An original print of the Declaration of Independence, a Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington and an original tintype of Abraham Lincoln using a photo taken in Peoria…
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