Objects can’t talk, but they can still tell a lot of stories about why the people who used them to Peoria County chose to call this place home. “Why They Came: Celebrating Peoria County’s 200th ...

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Sometimes we can miss the most obvious realities, such as the vital importance to Peoria County of the Kickapoo Creek watershed. Covering nearly 300 square miles, it has played a big role in American ...

Driving to the anti-fascist, anti-oligarch demonstration, we passed the ongoing demolition of the Labor Temple. Men and women from Operating Engineers Local 649 (they have their own hall) operated the ...

When I started writing this column for this important newspaper, I was tasked with keeping up with politics. These days that is difficult to do for a monthly publication because everything is moving ...

What if time travel is real? For all we know, it could already exist! Now maybe not in the way we see in movies — there is no portal, or special potion that you drink for time travel to occur.

City of Peoria Finance Director Kyle Cratty told City Council at its April 8 meeting that December 2024 financials and audit process was going well. He noted $800,000 loss year end from general fund — ...

Putting the question of independent candidates on the township ballot is a refreshing step toward more inclusive local democracy. It’s encouraging to see voters being given the chance to decide ...

After 47 years in prison for a murder he always said he didn’t commit, almost eight years after he was acquitted — and seven years after he died — Peoria County and the City of Peoria paid $1.25 ...

June is the perfect month to ramble through a prairie. While the woodlands have progressed past the spring wildflower season, prairie wildflowers are just getting started. Illinois woodland ...

John Boyland’s Bison is placed at the Peoria County Highway Department. “Knowing the Bison would take permanent residence outside in the elements, many of my design choices were aimed at taking ...

Many bad things have happened in my life. Some were entirely self-inflicted. Some were bad luck. Still others were done to me and not my fault in any way. Most of you can probably say the same thing ...