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Metamora woman killed in multi-vehicle accident

— November 15, 2019

Family, friends, educators and community members are mourning the death of a young woman who spent the last months of her life raising her father’s spirits after the recent…

Hiking trails just the start at Forest Park Nature Center
— November 10, 2019

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…
Tazewell County news briefs
— August 21, 2019

REGION Eureka College partners with ICC on degrees Illinois Central College and Eureka College have teamed up to help students gain their baccalaureate degrees. Through a special…
Central Illinois family marks nearly a century of annual reunions
— August 4, 2019

The first time the Peplow descendants held a family reunion, a passenger train still ran from Minier to Peoria every evening. That was in 1930. This year, on July 28, the relatives…
Patriotic flavor highlights Peoria Jaycees’ Firecracker 5000 run
— July 11, 2019

Long before fireworks burst in air above Peoria’s riverfront, the pitter-patter of patriotic feet resounded along Water Street on Independence Day. For the 38th time, the Peoria Jaycees…

South Side Mission’s Camp Kearney offers ‘Great Escape’
— October 9, 2019

The South Side Mission’s Camp Kearney has long been a place for kids to escape city life and now even offers its own trendy escape room. Located 20 minutes south of Peoria, Camp…
For ‘Wizard of Oz’ fans, yellow brick road leads to tiny Mapleton
— August 7, 2019

The highway to Mapleton doesn’t quite look like the yellow brick road but it will take you to the land of Oz. The small Peoria County village located off U.S. Route 24 will host…
Support for St. Jude Research Hospital never a lost cause
— August 1, 2019

When Amos Muzyad Kairouz, the son of Lebanese immigrants, was young, he vowed to St. Jude Thaddeus, the patron saint of lost causes, that he would build a shrine in his honor, should…