This year University of Illinois researchers revised the Illinois Junior Chefs curriculum to emphasize cooking skills such as the proper way to crack an egg; grate, chop, and pare fruits…
In early September, most pumpkins are ripe on the vine, a sign that it’s time for Morton to celebrate all things pumpkin at the village’s annual Pumpkin Festival. This year’s…
SEPT. 7 Celebrate International Dot Day at the Library Thursday, all day Fondulac District Library, 400 Richland, E. Peoria Free Youth can visit the library and decorate a dot….
STATE Aid for winter heating bills to be available Senior citizens and people with disabilities can apply for help to pay their winter heating bills beginning Oct 1. The money is…
It’s almost here, the major community event for the city of Pekin — the annual Marigold Festival. The first festival was held in 1973, and the festival has only grown with more…
STATE Free fall gardening sessions offered online The fall series of University of Illinois Extension’s Four Seasons Gardening program focuses on environmental stewardship, home…
Derby Street in Pekin may be on the road to becoming a Complete Street. The City of Pekin and the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission will conduct a joint study to visualize the…
Thanks to 25,000 bright yellow rented rubber ducks, The Center for Prevention of Abuse has banked much of its annual operating costs. The group’s 29th annual Duck Race was Aug….
With scant notice, Rockford hospital ...Residents on Rockford’s west side are feeling abandoned and betrayed after Javon ...
Three men shot – one ...Three men were shot – one fatally -- Saturday afternoon on Chicago's ...
State ends fiscal year with ...Despite uncertainty over the economy and federal funding during the second half ...
Highland Park parade ‘full of ...Highland Park’s Fourth of July events included a parade which stepped off ...
