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<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;">PEORIA -- The Peoria District 150 School on June 17 heard more than a dozen  different eloquent speakers contend that turing the 82-acre Peoria Stadi...
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Clare Howard's dynamite investigative story on Atrazine, the weed killer.
<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;">PEORIA -- Former Peoria Journal Star reporter Clare Howard, now a free lance investigative reporter, has published a great piece on the sleezy attempts by Syng...Posted: 2 days, 14 hrs. ago. - Peoria Story |
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This seems to be my year to reread books and grok them just a little more. I was busy packing and we were moving so I grabbed an old favorite off the shelf to ease my frazzled nerves. And as I read it, and as I plan...
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A bunch of outsiders has picked Peoria in it’s top ten. And Peoria is just as screwed up as it always is. Related PostsJanuary 11, 2013 -- Big, fat hairy deal (0)May 26, 2013 -- Enjoy that breath of fresh air...
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Don’t expect Mayor Ardis to stand up for Peoria when it comes to Wal-Mart
from Elaine Hopkins’ excellent blog:Strange but true: the Peoria Mayor’s Prayer Luncheon, on Sept. 26, will feature a Walmart executive, Gary Maxwell, senior vice president at Walmart.Yes...Posted: 3 days, 5 hrs. ago. - Peoria Pundit |
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This is why no one in Peoria trusts anyone holding office
I almost missed this:Though there has been virtually no public discussion by public officials of a potential stadium sale to Wal-Mart, the documents show sporadic discussions between the city and the school district...Posted: 3 days, 9 hrs. ago. - Peoria Pundit |
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<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;">PEORIA -- Strange but true:  the <a href="http://peoriamayorprayer lunch.com/" target="_blank">Peoria Mayor's Praye...
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A year ago today, I got up early and drove to the Peoria International Airport to get video of both early morning air cargo flights, the departing United Parcel Service Airbus Industries A300-600F to Rockford and th...
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Tricoci University holds inaugural TU Challenge at Peoria Park District’s Family Flicks
On Monday, June 10, a dozen Tricoci University students took part in the inaugural TU Challenge – a stylist competition sponsored by Tricoci University of Beauty Culture. TU Challenge was a pre-show event to P...Posted: 5 days ago. - CW Notes |
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Community organizations are partnering in a fun-filled event June 29 for National HIV Testing Day, R U + U R – ? This year’s event Are you positive you are negative? will be a public gathering full of f...
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Jim Maloof/Realtor is proud to announce the opening of its new office in Metamora, Ill. With this expansion, Jim Maloof/Realtor now has 17 central Illinois locations.The new Metamora office is located at 119 E. Part...
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The Union Pacific Railroad will soon start handling covered hopper loads of sodium bicarbonate for a Peoria-area rail connection.The first week of June, Dominion Resources’ Kincaid Generation LL...
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Ignite your 4th of July celebrations with a patriotic concert a few days prior to the big day itself. Gospelfest Ministries will present “God Bless America: A Patriotic GospelFest” on Tuesday, July 2 a...
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“Abraham Lincoln: Self-Made in America” features reproduction artifacts from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and MuseumPEORIA, IL—Peoria Riverfront Museum opens its next exhibition, Abrah...
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Regional Stormwater Utility Feasibility Study Kick Off Meeting 0n June 18
Stormwater management has been identified as an important issue in communities throughout our region. One method of funding stormwater management is through a Storm Water Utility. In a Storm Water Utility, a fee is...Posted: 6 days ago. - CW Notes |
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of Donna Nicholson, the PPD officer who successfully sued the COP over harassment from another officer?Well, apparently things don't seem to be going well. Here's Nicholson's request to extend an order of prot...
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Studios on Sheridan is honored to host the first annual Hot CIAO! exhibit opening Saturday June 22nd. The Central Illinois Artists Organization (CIAO) is made up of over 70 talented area artists working in various ...
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PEORIA, IL – State Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth (D-Peoria) has been selected to participate in the Edgar Fellows initiative to promote responsible and responsive leadership throughout Illinois. Led by former Gov. ...
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PEORIA — Attorneys for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., have notified the City of Peoria, the Peoria Park District, and Peoria Public Schools (District 150) that their client wants to purchase “a portion of Peoria...
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Peoria Landmark #471 The first to positively identify this will be mailed a special prize. One vote per person and any facebook friends of mine are not eligible.......
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In the wake of the gruesome public murder of a British soldier in broad daylight on a public street by Muslim fanatics, now a UK Muslim group is trying to pretend that the problem is attacks on Muslims.Really?......
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Peoria Landmark #470 Photos by Kara Harris. to be continued….......
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<span style="font-size: 13pt;">PEORIA --Thanks for these announcements to the Friends of the Rock Island Trail: </span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-size: 13pt;"...
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<div lang="x-western"><s pan style="font-size: medium;"><strong>ELMW OOD, IL. - From a news release: </strong></span></di v><div lang="x-western"&...
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Wendy Perkinson, RN, BSN, Case Manager, is the 2013 recipient of the Donna Jean Pauli Award for Nursing. Donna Jean Pauli received the Nurse of the Year Award in 1990, nominated by her peers, just as the Award is de...
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Delta Air Lines Begins 2nd CIRA-Atlanta A319 Flight Today! (Updated 2x)
Delta Air Lines begins flying an Airbus A319 on a second roundtrip between Bloomington-Normal’s Central Illinois Regional Airport (CIRA) and Atlanta this afternoon.Delta Flt# 835 is scheduled to arrive CI...Posted: 1 week, 2 days ago. - Peoria Station |
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Apparently some believe The Bill of Rights is a museum piece, something from our history to be looked at and admired, but not to impact how the nation is run when it seems inconvenient. This attitude, of course, is...
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<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;">NORMAL, IL -- The League of Women Voters of Illinois, meeting in Normal for its 56th biennial convention on June 7-9, did more than celebrate a century of wome...
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John Malkovich saved a dude’s life. If it was a movie, he would have stabbed the guy. Related PostsMay 14, 2013 -- This couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of thieving, greedy *******s (0)January 14, 2013 ...
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I plan new posts in the near future:(1) FedEx’s complete conversion to Boeing 757-200C’s at Peoria as the older Boeing 727-200C’s are retired at the end of the month.(2) Delta Air Lines’...
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<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;">PEORIA -- The <a href="http://www.peoriabachfes tival.org" target="_blank">Peoria Bach Festival</a> got underway this week, and...
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The Friday Video: Tuatha Dea at the Masquarade, Knoxville, TN
Coming late this summer? Pagans of Peoria, a newly formed Pagan arts group, hopes to introduce Tuatha Dea to the Peoria Area. Here they are performing at The Masquerade in Market Square, Knoxville, TN. Pagans of ...Posted: 1 week, 5 days ago. - Witches Brew |
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Moving really takes it out of me. No matter how many people I’m moving, from where or to where, I always attempt to turn into my own version of Superwoman (without the spandex) and get everything packed, clean...
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"The Reverend R. Guy Erwin, a member of the Osage Nation of Oklahoma, is the first American Indian bishop in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America." Yes, I had to do some hunting to find this as the lede for a...
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<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;">PEORIA -- A new literary magazine debuted June 6 with a celebration at the cozy, independent Peoria Heights bookstore I Know You Like A Book. </span><...
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Ondray Harris, former executive director of the Public Employee Relations Board of the District of Columbia claims two board members, Don Wasserman and Ann Hoffman, ordered Mr. Harris to stop hiring anyone suspec...
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I'm wondering why member blog posts are taking so long to be published at Peoria. com??Is anybody home? UPDATE: Seems they've fixed it.......
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Despite the numerous, masturbatory predictions of Limbaugh's imminent demise from the left in the wake of the Fluke kerfuffle, word is now that advertisers are now moving back to his show.The attached graphic is in ...
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