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At-large City Councilman Zach Oyler’s action at a recent council meeting raised eyebrows. Oyler made a motion to reconsider the council’s unanimous decision to impose a 1% grocery tax, effective Jan.

This moment of celebration was also marked with a sense of remembrance. The passing of the first mayor of West Peoria casts a reflective tone over the opening of the new City Hall. The obituary for ...

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 ...

The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) said workers at the Bloomington Barnes & Noble bookstore ratified their first contract March 15. It followed the ratification of first union ...

Being repeatedly smacked in the face with a ball-peen hammer is preferable to listening to anyone discuss politics. No worries. This piece will neither indict nor endorse any political party or ...

Randall Carlson has been a ceramic professor at Bradley University since 1993, and brings a wealth of experience and a diverse artistic background to his work. The Illinois native studied under ...

It has been a remarkable spring, and now we are moving into what is poised to be a wonderful summer. As the dog days will be soon upon us, it’s a great time to tie up some loose ends from past Nature ...

Recently the Peoria Art Guild hosted Sydney Swisher, an artist from Newton, who’s inventive imagery develops exquisitely rendered oil paintings on thrifted fabrics. She is a graphic designer adept at ...

April is one of the best months to take a 4-mile ramble through Singing Woods Nature Preserve. Walking the perimeter of the trail system will give you a glimpse of all of the varied habitats. It’s a ...

The “FRESH: New Directions in Contemporary Art” exhibition at Peoria Riverfront Museum provides a compass for novice and seasoned art enthusiasts with the latest additions from Alice Walton’s Art ...

Look, when my kids were little, I would not have wanted them to read “Catcher in the Rye” or “Grapes of Wrath” or, Heaven forbid, “To Kill A Mockingbird.” But when they were old enough to understand ...