Peoria County news briefs
— February 26, 2020REGIONAL Illinois Weslyan raises funds for Children’s Hospital A record-setting $22,284.49 was raised for the OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois during Illinois Wesleyan…
REGIONAL Illinois Weslyan raises funds for Children’s Hospital A record-setting $22,284.49 was raised for the OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois during Illinois Wesleyan…
Octogenarian Darlene Waters has always been an avid reader and frequent visitor to the Peoria Public Library. When she could no longer drive and had trouble even walking, she was thrilled…
PEORIA Division chief promoted to assistant fire chief Chief James Bachman has been promoted to the position of assistant fire chief for the Peoria Fire Department, beginning Nov. 30….
Five-year-old Augie Augspurger clutched a copy of his favorite Little Golden Book, “The Saggy Baggy Elephant,” while the adults around him celebrated the iconic book series’…
JULY 27-31 Nominate a Candidate for Lincoln Library Hall of Fame Accepted through July 31 Peoria Public Library, 107 NE Monroe There is still time to nominate someone to be put on the…
PEORIA COUNTY 4-H Foundation awards $49,000 scholarships The Illinois 4-H Foundation provided $29,000 in college scholarships and awarded another $20,000 in national conference travel…
Finding art to be therapeutic during and after his 20 years in the U.S. Navy, Michael Ragan is encouraging other veterans to express themselves as artists through the 22VA “Sometimes…
SEPT. 23 Salvage Art Fundraiser Friday, 6 P.M. Holiday Inn next to the Shops at Grand Prairie in Peoria $20 Art auction of works that contained salvaged or diverted…