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Marigold Festival shifts to A Taste of Marigold

— July 2, 2020

The Pekin Area Chamber of Commerce Marigold Festival Committee announced that while the traditional Marigold Festival is not possible due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there will be instead…

Ordination Masses planned for new bishops
— June 24, 2020

The Ordination Masses for Bishop-elect Michael McGovern and Coadjutor Bishop-elect Louis Tylka will take at 2 p.m. July 22 in Belleville and 2 p.m. July 23 in Peoria, respectively….
Pekin Chamber plans new way to celebrate Independence Day
— June 14, 2020

The Pekin Area Chamber of Commerce planned several ways to recognize this year’s “Honor America Celebration.” While there won’t be the traditional fireworks display,…
Corn farmers can’t escape reach of COVID-19
— June 2, 2020

Along with livestock, poultry and dairy producers, you can add Illinois corn farmers to the list of agricultural producers facing bankruptcy and insolvency due to the effects…
Eleven counties join on reopening plan to ‘Restore Heart of Illinois’
— May 14, 2020

SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s regional plan to reopen Illinois does not play in Peoria. Officials from Peoria County on Wednesday, May 13 unveiled their own COVID-19…

Pekin couple charged with child sexual exploitation 
— June 22, 2020

A Pekin couple has been charged with sexual exploitation of minors. Rachel Miller, 28, and Sebastian Sale, 29, both residents of the 1400 block of Summit Drive, were indicted by a federal…
Group hopes to bring Peoria Lakes back to glory
— June 10, 2020

With warmer temperatures on the horizon, a cross-section of Peoria-area organizations have announced renewed efforts to tackle a long-running problem: the quality of local waterways….
COVID-19 forces community colleges to get creative for summer courses
— May 16, 2020

Even in the COVID-19 era, the pursuit of higher education does not stop for central Illinois students at Heartland College in Normal, Lincoln College in Lincoln and Bloomington, and…