Seminars help empower women in agriculture
— January 13, 2019“Annie’s Project – Empowering Women in Agriculture” is being co-sponsored by University of Illinois Extension, Fulton-Mason-Peoria-Tazewell Unit, and Peoria County Farm Bureau…
“Annie’s Project – Empowering Women in Agriculture” is being co-sponsored by University of Illinois Extension, Fulton-Mason-Peoria-Tazewell Unit, and Peoria County Farm Bureau…
Despite being told by the Tazewell County Sheriff’s Department to keep guns away from his son, Travis, Jeffrey Reinking is claiming he didn’t know better when he handed them back…
Though some areas of Pekin Library remain tarped and taped off from the public, more services are available upon the New Year than were first offered after the building suffered water…
A group hoping to preserve the history of Peoria Heights is asking the public to search their basements, closets and attics for forgotten items that might help tell the story of the…
CENTRAL ILLINOIS Unemployment numbers stable or up slightly throughout region Unemployment grew in the Peoria area from last November to this November. But so did the number of available…
A happy new year to all of my readers! Wishing the news was better, but the new year has so far been dominated by news of the partial government shutdown. Guess which business sector…
STATE New year, new laws are on the books In 2018, more than 250 new laws were passed in Illinois. Here is a small sampling of some of the laws that went into effect Jan. 1. Rear-facing…
This week’s farm and rural news roundup includes details on incoming Governor J.B. Pritzker’s agriculture team, which includes some folks central Illinois farmers may be familiar…