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Tazewell County Calendar of Events Dec. 12 – Dec. 18

— December 11, 2018

DEC. 13 Christmas Crafting Workshop Mon. 4-4:45 p.m. Morton Public Library, Hauter Room, 315 W. Pershing, Morton Free, Registration required Children grades 4-6 will enjoy…

Parents, students protest removal of Morton H.S. band director
— December 7, 2018

Morton High School marching band director Jeffrey Neavor is to be reassigned within District 709 for admittedly engaging in an inappropriate relationship with a high school coworker….
Tazewell County News Briefs
— December 5, 2018

STATE Effort to raise smoking age to 21 fails Teenagers can continue to buy cigarettes and tobacco products in Illinois, if they are at least 18 years old. Efforts to raise the age…
Tazewell County Calendar of Events Dec. 5 – Dec. 11
— December 4, 2018

DEC. 6-9 ‘Best Christmas Pageant Ever’ Thur.& Fri. 7 p.m.; Sat. & Sun. 1:30 p.m. Peoria Players Theatre, 4300 N. University St. $15; children $10 The musical version…
Forest Nature Center’s Holiday ‘Shop & Stroll’ offers gift of nature
— November 28, 2018

Strolling a forest path lit with hundreds of luminaries while singing Christmas carols and sipping wassail is a surefire way to get in the Christmas spirit That experience is open to…

R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS: Antibiotics bill, pork power and more
— December 6, 2018

The Illinois livestock industry is closely watching the progress of state Senate Bill 3429, which pertains to the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals; the bill was under consideration…
British industrialist buys 130-year-old Peoria-based steel rod plant
— December 4, 2018

More than 130 years ago, Peter Sommer, a rural Tazewell County tenant farmer and his sons, John and Peter, were looking for a better way to pen animals than cumbersome wooden fences….
R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS: Farm Assets conference, corn growers recognized and more
— November 29, 2018

This week’s farm and rural news gathering focuses exclusively on events and people of the 2018 WILLAg.org Farm Assets Conference and annual meeting of the Illinois Corn Growers Association,…