Ice cream social Aug. 6 at BU student center, Titanic talk with Dr. Robert Ballard on Sept. 26 at RIverfront Museum two free ...

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A grand parade like few Peorians have ever seen was the opening spectacle of a four-day Peoria County centennial extravaganza. An estimated 150,000 people lined the streets on Sept. 29, 1925, to watch ...

Donald Trump is a narcissist. He cannot be shamed, he does not know right from wrong. So it is not Trump to be condemned, but whoever carries out his plans, his wishes, his self aggrandizement, his ...

The working class has become the latest cash cow of the ultra rich. These people never stop putting their hands in our pockets one 12-month, no-interest deal, special offer or sports betting app at a ...

Music from the 1960s and ’70s and memories of Midwest musicians from then such as Dan Fogelberg, Head East, REO Speedwagon, Starcastle and Styx will be featured the afternoon of Oct. 8 at the Peoria ...

BY CLARE HOWARD Warthog Wheat stretched to the horizon and chattered in a breeze as storm clouds banked in the distance. Harold Wilken and his son Ross were anxious to get out into the field to start ...

A number of incidents in the local media prompts me to focus on Peoria’s broadcasting industry. Let’s start with the dismissal of WEEK TV’s talented meteorologist, Jesse Guinn. Guinn reportedly was ...

Big Picture offers art opportunities for students in Peoria Public Schools. It helped students create this 20-foot mural at Northmoor School. This year, Big Picture has launched “Giving Voice,” a ...

I attended the Feb. 13 meeting because a group of Peorians was asking the City Council to consider adopting a Ceasefire Resolution for the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and that resolution ...

Community Word is published monthly by Community Word LLC. Independently owned by local investors. Brian Ludwig, Managing Editor, c/o 621 Commercial St. Suite 1A-B, Peoria, IL 61602, ...

If we’re to believe WCBU-FM, and there’s no reason not to, Methodist, Proctor, and Pekin hospitals have been transferred by Unity Point Health of West Des Moines, Iowa, to Carle Foundation of Urbana ...